Talking peak oil in the Heartland
Report on the recent peak oil conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Fossil Fuels
Oil jumps record $16 in two days to $138
Oil prices skyrocket, taking biggest jump ever
Oil rises to record on weakening dollar, Morgan Stanley outlook
Oil’s surges $11 day to record $138
Morgan Stanley sees $150 oil within a month
Some oil pundits see crude hitting $140+
Israel-Iran tension causing price surge, CNBC analyst says
BBC: Growing talk of Iran attack
ODAC Newsletter – 6 June 2008
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Peak oil – June 6
ABC Science: The price of peak fuel
Rounding up the bad guys (oil price rises)
Kjell Aleklett: Coca-Cola and gasoline, the Coke index
Energy industry – June 5
Reuters Industry Summit: global energy
US coal lobbyists unveil nightmarish vision of life after cap-and-trade
Dakota oil fields of Saudi-sized reserves make farmers drillers
TOD:
Predictions for Canada’s natural gas production
Gail Tverberg on US natural gas: Lessons from BP’s Tight Gas Facility in Wamsutter WY
Peak oil notes
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices and consumption
– Subsidies
Producers – June 4
Shura member calls for oil production curbs in Saudi Arabia
Argentina halts Chile natural gas exports
Russia… energy priority #1
Caspian CPC May oil exports fall 9.5% vs April
Indonesia says good-bye OPEC, hello peak oil
Global net oil exports have declined for 2 years
ANWR is not the answer
Americans are easily misled about domestic “supply-side” solutions to rising oil prices and dwindling global exports. Their confusion is understandable. Oil company executives like Shell’s John Hofmeister have called for opening up now restricted areas in Alaska or on the outer continental shelves, implying that salvation is only a few oil wells away.
Peak oil – June 4
The New World Energy Order (interview with IEA economist Fatih Birol)
Dallas vs. Indonesia
The hollow victory of Rep. Bartlett
Prices – June 4
Jeff Vail: Falling dollar behind oil price rises?
Oil price crash not imminent despite bubble: Soros
Reports of oil boom’s death look premature
Oil price and hurricane season
Lehman Brothers: Oil price bubble will burst with a bang like dot-com did
How speculators are manipulating & profiting from the global food crisis
Peak oil – June 3
Jeffrey Brown: Is a net oil export hurricane hitting the US Gulf Coast?
Energy analyst Douglas-Westwood on PO
Peak oil quotes at Reuters conference
ASPO newsletter for June
Oil price drivers — a look at the fundamentals
David Strahan on Newsnight
Peak Oil Review — June 2, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The Reaction
– Declining Exports
– Energy Briefs
