Mideast – Oct 30
World oil output struggling, say Arab experts
Middle East can leave oily old cycle in the past
Iran adapts to economic pressure
Fossil Fuels
ASPO-China is formed
At a Peak Oil workshop held October 26 at the China University of Petroleum Beijing (CUPB), it was unanimously agreed that ASPO-China should be formed and that Peak Oil research and modeling is essential to China.
Oil reserves over-inflated by 300bn barrels – al-Huseini
The world’s proved reserves have been have been falsely puffed up by the inclusion of 300 billion barrels of speculative resources, according to the former head of exploration and production at Saudi Aramco, and this explains the industry’s inability to raise output despite soaring prices.
Peak oil – Oct 30
Libya oil head: global output can only reach 100 million barrels/day
IHT: No real alternative to oil
Why Malcolm Wicks really hasn’t got this peak oil thing
Connecticut peak oil and NG caucus
Oil Shockwave simulation: Iran sanction impacts on oil futures
Interview with Shell UK chairman
Liberal bloggers puzzle over peak oil
Energy industries – Oct 30
Dark side of a boom town (Alberta tar sands)
The iconic and ironic rural electric co-op
Opposition takes on coal plants
Rise in heavy oil refining could boost demand for hydrogen
Oil prices – Oct 30
How a Fed rate cut raises oil prices
Please don’t blame us for $93 oil: OPEC
Daniel Yergin: Oil prices becoming decoupled
Peak oil – Oct 29
‘Oil production has peaked’ according to al-Huseini (former head of exploration and production at Saudi Aramco)
China to reach peak oil production as early as 2015 says leading scholar in Beijing
“Requiem for Fossil Fuels” performed in NYC
Kunstler: Assumptions
Downloadable peak oil presentation
Kenneth Deffeyes on feedback loops
ODAC news
Peak Oil Review – October 29th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Tanker Trackers
– Alberta
– The Energy Watch Group
– Energy Briefs
A dose of reality for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projection
There is a huge discrepancy between the National Petroleum Council’s (NPC) projection for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and the history of actual EOR results. Where does EOR succeed and where does it not?
Ripple effects – Oct 28
High oil prices hit Chinese petrol stations
Oil price ‘grounds’ N Korea air fleet
Airlines struggle to keep pace with soaring fuel costs
Zimbabwe faces energy crisis
Ill-conceived energy strategies for developing countries
Mideast views – Oct 28
Opec to study basket of currencies for oil pricing
Why Kuwait wants to shift to heavy oil
Gulf countries eye alternative energy
China’s role in the oil price rise
Energy industry – Oct 28
Russia turning Big Oil into employees
China coal boom attracts US investors, business
Arctic oil, gas offer challenge, potential
