Middle East – Aug 24
A tipping point in Saudi Arabia
In Iran, living in the moment
Why Iraqis oppose U.S.-backed oil law
Iraq oil minister says gunmen kidnap his deputy
UAE to cut oil production for rig maintenance
Fossil Fuels
Energy consumption – Aug 24
Fuel price policy explodes in Myanmar
African giant continues to stagger (Nigeria)
Elderly scrimp to get by in Australia
Rosneft buys local crude oil
China crude imports up 39% in July, LNG imports up 5x
Oil producers – Aug 24
Shrinking supply of Venezuelan oil to the US
A pipe dream for Chavez?
Research boom in Arctic village as oil reserves draw big powers
BP-led pipeline In Turkey a possible target for rebels
Hurricane Dean will paralyze oil extraction in Mexico
Somalia reopen to oil majors
Peak oil – Aug 23
Richard Heinberg interview
On sale: 2015 crude oil below $45 ! (The market does not believe in peak oil)
ASPO international conference in Ireland mid-September
EROEI: Boundaries and calculations
United States – Aug 23
Dilip Hiro: The sole superpower in decline
Priority changes on U.S. green policies
Administration breaking law by withholding global warming report, judge rules
Bush rule to expand mountaintop coal mining
Thomas Friedman: Go green and save money
US Army War College:
US oil dependency- new weapon of mass disruption
Air travel – Aug 23
WHO predicts more global epidemics, blames air travel
TIME: Does flying harm the planet?
Oil Depletion and the Brisbane airport expansion
Burma fuel prices doubled – Aug 23
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over fuel price hike
Myanmar arrests dissidents, squashes fuel protests
Behind Burma’s fuel price rise
Fuel price policy explodes in Myanmar (Update)
Peak oil – Aug 22
Matthew Simmons interview: All the canaries have stopped singing
The social effects of peak oil
Dale Allen Pfeiffer takes a closer look at Escape from Suburbia
Jay Hanson: Can American government survive “peak oil”?
Gregory Green, director of Escape from Suburbia
Immunize yourself against future hype
A breakthrough in oil & gas industry technology is not inevitable. Indeed, it is not very likely. Painstaking linear growth in technological advances permit more oil to be recovered each year, but Seidensticker’s myths about technology change apply to the oil & gas industry just as they apply to most human endeavors.
The peak oil crisis: hurricanes and meltdowns
The news for the week: our gasoline stocks are so short that a hurricane hit is likely to result in shortages; world supplies are unlikely to increase enough this year to avoid much higher prices in the next six months; and some think we are seeing the beginning of the mother of all economic meltdowns.
Not much should happen before Labor Day, however, so we can all enjoy the rest of the driving season.
Peak oil news – Aug 22
TOD Canada focus on financial crunch
World oil forecasts including Saudi Arabia
ODAC news
Peak oil – Aug 21
US peak oil adaptation: prognosis in a credit crunch
The economics of oil: supply & demand
Gail the Actuary: What should we do now?
Peak oil in Trinidad – less faith
Conservationists cannot escape Laws of Energy
Planning for a decline in our oil bounty
How bad is peak oil, really?
