Coal – Sept 16
China’s coal prices may increase on environmental, safety costs
Rep. Bartlett questions Coal-to-Liquid at hearing
Flash: New technology for carbon sequestration discovered!
King Coal resumes its crown
King coal constrained
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil – Sept 16
Former Shell chairman: Oil industry ‘sleepwalking into crisis’
Interview with Lord Oxburgh (full version)
Malthus and Mein Kampf come to Cork
ASPO’s Stuart McCarthy on peak oil hitting the Australian mainstream
United States – Sept 15
Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil
U.S. court backs states’ measures to cut emissions
Hopes dim for measures to conserve energy
Energy independence is a myth
Bartlett: We need political pioneers, not the glacier flag-planting types
Iraq and oil – Sept 14
NY Times: Compromise on oil law in Iraq seems to be collapsing
Naomi Klein: Why failure is the new face of success
Michael Klare on the internal war for control of Iraq’s oil
Iraq: New U.S. Base – Wasit
The peak oil crisis: A meeting to remember
On Tuesday, Oil Ministers from the OPEC countries gathered in Vienna to decide on production levels. It turned out one of the more remarkable meetings that OPEC has held in recent years.
OPEC and $80 oil
Chris Skrebowski on record high oil price
Oil closes above $80 a barrel for first time
Traders doubt OPEC’s ability to boost output
Bodman: $80/barrel prices are `troublesome’
Forget about fundamentals, this is the oil market after all
Shell CEO: “psychology” behind high oil prices
OPEC realignment reflects oil supply reality
OPEC says $80 oil won’t last due to `fundamentals’
Oil: A slippery (upward) slope
Peak oil – Sept 14
CNN on peak oil
Not black and white
Queensland govt warns of `peak oil’ chaos
Andrew McNamara: Wartime mentality needed
NPC report presented to Houston petroleum engineers
Peak oil and the energy supply curve
Canada TOD round-up
Declining net oil exports vs “near record high” oil inventories: What’s going on?
ODAC News
The innovation fallacy
Many people in the peak oil movement cling to the hope that technological innovation can make up for the end of the age of cheap abundant oil. Is this hope as plausible as it seems?
Sixth annual ASPO conference – Cork, Ireland Sept 17-18
On Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th of September, Cork, Ireland hosts the sixth annual international conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO).
ASPO-USA’s October conference: the peak of world oil production
ASPO-USA’s 3rd annual World Oil Conference will take place in Houston, Texas, on October 17-20, and consists of four days of high-level energy discussions on the peak and decline of global oil production.
OPEC, supplies, prices – Sept 12
OPEC agrees to increase oil output
Oil prices continue to rise
Exxon CEO:
Fundamentals don’t justify $70 oil
Platts: OPEC output dips in August
Indonesia and OPEC
Saudi Arabia keeps Oct crude supply steady
A non-OPEC progress report
A data-driven analysis of new oil projects outside of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reveals that production growth is now surpassing the dismal performance exhibited in 2005 and 2006… It’s important to keep our eye on the ball by examining how declines or delays affect overall non-OPEC production growth during these crucial years.
