How oil is changing the world

May 22, 2005

Crude Awakening

The world’s thirst is not sustainable as experts predict an imminent decline and fall in oil production. In this seven-day series, the Globe investigates what awaits the world as the reserves dry up.

Saturday

  • Welcome to the age of scarcity
  • Supply: Are Saudi reserves drying up?
  • Demand: China’s unquenchable thirst
  • Reguly: Deal junkie set to play trust consolidation game
  • Key to making money in oil is getting trend right
  • North-South energy links are growing ever tighter
  • Sustained high prices redraw Canada’s economic map
  • How to grind the oil sands into a ‘sausage factory’

    Monday

  • Deep pockets buy into high tech
  • Startup aims to feast on the scraps


  • Tags: Fossil Fuels, Oil