Oil producers – Dec 28
The Oil and the Glory: slick account of geopolitics in Central Asia
Chavez oil diplomacy gains ground
Chavez announces “a new geopolitics of oil”
Running just to stand still (Mexico’s Pemex)
Fossil Fuels
Energy industries – Dec 28
Gods of the rotary table
Australia: Big Oil’s highway robbery
New Type of coal plant moves ahead, haltingly
Uranium deposit sparks controversy in Pittsylvania county
A Christmas Eve story
Two things happened to me over this weekend before Christmas that jarred me a little. One was when an old friend said I sounded crazy, and the second was when I read the galley proof of Dmitry Orlov’s forthcoming book, Reinventing Collapse.
Peak Oil Review – December 24th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The Energy Bill
– 3. Mexico
– 4. Gazprom
– 5. Energy Briefs
United States – Dec 22
Bush: nuclear is ‘best’ for greenhouse gases
Ralph Nader: Big Oil’s profit and plunder
Lakota group secedes from U.S.
2 million acres proposed for oil shale
Presidental candidates on energy, environment
As Bush signs energy bill, new issues emerge
Oil prices & supply – Dec 20
Michael Lynch: A hard rain is gonna fall on pil prices (probably)
$100 Oil: It’s a New Beginning: Economides
Could OPEC drop dollar for euro?
The peak oil crisis: issues
As 2007 winds down, it is good time to review some of the major issues that those of us following the peak oil story are watching closely
Energy producers – Dec 20
Iraqi oil exceeds pre-war output
Iraq and climate change
Angola: Energy profile
Russia – Dec 20
TIME Person of the Year 2007: Vladimir Putin
How long will Siberia’s gas last?
Europe refiners look to Russia as N.Sea oil fades
Bankers see grim outlook for Russian oil
Russia’s future: the Gazprom-KGB state
Transport – Dec 20
Fewer, more crowded flights to offset fuel costs
Fuel, flight costs: fewer holiday travelers
Rising freight rates: trouble for oil firms
The maritime pollution problem
AEI panel discusses National Petroleum Council report on availability of fossil fuels
A recent NPC report analyzed the political, economic and environmental factors that may be causing instability in the availability of fossil fuels. NPC chairman Lee Raymond and others discuss “Do fossil fuels have a future?”
United States – Dec 19
Newt Gingrich: Red staters must turn green
Green gains momentum on military bases
A very green year
Former coal exec tapped for DOE seat
Former Calif EPA Director calls for tobacco-like lawsuits against petroleum giants
