Preparing for a Hard Landing: Mendocino gets ready for the end of oil
Good coverage of the development of one grass roots peak oil awareness network on US west coast, five hundred more articles like this please.
Linnea Due
Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in California
Expanded efforts to drill for oil and natural gas off the California coast and elsewhere in the US will be among the direct impacts of the growing demands for oil and natural gas as their supplies diminish.
Fossil Fuel Headlines – 8 July, 2005
The Peak Oil Crisis: Mid-Year 2005 / Oilcast #15: Bank Of Montreal – Saudi & Mexico fields “in decline” / Bush Urges Less Global Oil Use, as US Guzzles It / Oil and Economic Crash Possible This Winter / Oil’s not well, so let’s find alternative / Leadership on energy use ‘will curb high oil prices’ SCO wants date for US withdrawal from Central Asia / Gas pipeline talks: Iran, Pakistan to invite India / Chinese rigs, crews arriving in western Colorado / Left, right: Iran and Venezuela in lockstep / Hu Jintao makes further advances in Kazakhstan / Asian govts face protests as oil subsidies cut while prices hit records / As oil prices rise, shrugs at the gas pump
Sustainability and Environment Headlines – 8 July, 2005
Portland (USA) proves climate action profitable / Producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy / Canada awards $46 million to ethanol plants / Climate Change Solutions Focus of New KLD Index / Wind Power Has A Head Of Steam / UK summer turning to a drought / Earth getting darker as sunlight decreases / Experts Predict Polar Bear Decline – Global Warming Is Melting Their Ice Pack Habitat / Water Shortage May up Japan Utilities’ Oil Demand / Urban sprawl produces rich pickings for farmland owners
Energy-Rich Nations Are Raising Price of Foreign Admittance
LA PAZ, Bolivia – For centuries, this country made it easy for prospectors to mine – from the Spaniards who plundered gold to the tin barons of the 19th century to the multinational energy companies that flocked here in the 1990’s to develop Latin America’s second-largest natural gas deposits. B like many energy-producing countries these days, Bolivia has pulled back the welcome mat. With an angry population demanding a larger share of the benefits, and some groups even calling for expropriation, the government recently raised royalties and taxes to among the highest levels in Latin America.
US lawmakers meddle in CNOOC’s Unocal bid
Washington lawmakers who have expressed opposition to CNOOC’s US$18.5 billion bid for Unocal Corp have received more than US$100,000 in campaign contributions from rival bidder Chevron since 2002, the Financial Times reported, citing publicly available filings in the US.
SA: OPEC wont meet demand in 10 to 15 years
… But private warnings also point to a worsening long-term outlook, with Saudi officials saying that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will be unable to meet projected western demand in 10 to 15 years. …
Saudi Arabia pumps 9.5m b/d and has assured consumer countries that it could reach 12.5m b/d in 2009 and probably 15m b/d eventually. But a senior western energy official said: “They said it would be extremely difficult to move above that figure”.
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Australian LNG showdown in California – It’s all about the game (part 2)
The competition to build LNG terminals on (or off) the US west coast is hotting up, with corporate contenders having to deal with new geological and operating safety concerns, untested technology and planning framework changes, never mind the political arm wrestling. Martin Hastings updates us on who is still in the game.
Jatropha oil: A promising, clean alternative energy
Discovering an affordable and cleaner burning alternative energy source has long been the dream of industrial chemical engineer Robert Manurung.
Fossil Fuel Headlines – 5 July, 2005
Facing our energy predicament / Why We Need $60/Barrel Oil – Update / Can Democracy Survive Without Fossil Fuels? / Rail woes may bring US power summer of discontent / Want trumps need in ’05 energy crisis / Are the Desert Kingdom’s foundations built on sand? / Study: Ethanol Not a Sustainable Path to Petroleum Independence / Save 18c a litre in battle of the bowsers / World’s First Purpose-Built Fuel Cell Motorbike Makes North American Debut / Experts predict energy crisis in Ukraine, removal of PM in autumn / Leaving no oil source untapped / Iraq tallies $11.4 billion in lost oil revenue / Russia to help China oust the USA from Eurasia /
Fossil Fuel Headlines – 6 July, 2005
Pertamina Tells Customers to Ration Gas / Expect oil production slump – Iranian expert / Launch Of World Oil Data Delayed Again on Quality Issues / The Sunset of Oil / EOR to revive some US fields? / Fuel duty increase delayed again / Higher taxes sap Russian oil exports to Europe / Japan considering up to 1 trln yen aid to Russia in pipeline bid / Heating bills likely to double / A Manufactured CPI, Other Perils and Gold / Energetic Disagreements on Oil /
