Prices – May 25
This is only round one
Oil economist: Iraq war trebled oil costs
$100-plus oil as China motors ahead
Dec ’08 crude tells the tale of oil’s surge
James Hamilton: Understanding crude oil prices
Whither the price of oil?
Fossil Fuels
Bubble – May 25
Oil goes vertical
Is $130 oil a bubble?
Slick investors strike riches as they cash in on peak oil
Blaming speculators – May 25
Are speculators fueling oil run-up?
Speculators draw the heat
Controversial theory: traders to blame
Oil insiders say investors driving up prices
Oil trade’s winners now reap the wrath
Speculation – May 25
Gambling with the futures (primer)
James D. Hamilton on oil speculation
Ban on futures trading: Anti-farmer, not anti-inflation
Peak oil – May 25
Pickens: Oil production is reaching its peak
IEA inquiry to examine ‘narrow margin’ in 2012
50 MPs sign peak oil Commons motion
Above ground factors: The propaganda tool of choice
Stating that above-ground factors are limiting oil supply is not merely an observation. Rather, it is part of a propaganda strategy supporting a policy agenda which almost certainly reflects the views of CERA’s clients, many of whom are major oil producers.
“Seven Sisters” have become “Five Little Brothers”
For many it comes as a shock that Big Oil has transformed into the ”five little brothers”. Today, the world’s seven largest oil companies are completely outside the control of the U.S. Senate.
Peak oil (2) – May 24
$135 and rising … has cheap oil gone for ever?
Ken Deffeyes on Radio 4BC
Living with costly crude
Soaring prices are a warning that we need to change
Energy Watch Group’s updated report on oil supply (German)
Peak oil – May 24
Svenska Dagbladet: Oil up on reduced prognoses
Oil Search’s Peter Botton on PO and oil prices
Independent: World about to be running on empty?
Peak oil hits new heights and the view is not pretty
Prices & supplies – May 24
Why oil prices have hit record highs
OPEC Sec-gen not worried by aging oil fields
NYT:
Economic toll mounts from oil prices
Where the oil money goes
Oilwatch Monthly – May 2008
Latin America – May 24
Mexico’s battle over oil
Export Land Model in Mexico
Limits of economic growth in Latin America
Blaming oil companies – May 24
The same old song on high gas prices
Greg Palast: Obama’s secret war profiteering tax
