Oil producers – March 4
Fierce competition for Libya’s black gold
Russia, pumped – the new petro empire
Selling Iraq by the barrel
Envoy warns Chavez about oil takeover
Chávez exploits oil wealth to push IMF aside
Fossil Fuels
A review of 2006 EIA Data; Expectations for Year Ahead
Oil prices set new records and the industry maintained a historically high level of activity in 2006. Energy agencies issued consensus forecasts that production would rise. Yet crude oil production was down and total liquids production was flat. The economists should be shaking in their boots.
Five questions for the 21st Century
“Matthew Simmons, a distinguished petroleum investor who is no liberal Democrat tree-hugger like me, he is one of the Bush family’s close friends. He’s a conservative Republican. He says we have 35 years of recoverable oil left.”
Peak oil – March 2
TOD: Saudi Arabian oil declines 8% in 2006
Brunei thinking about life after the peak
Texas oilman Pickens says global oil production at its peak
US Congressman says GAO report points to arrival of peak oil
A draft US Government Accountability Office report finds that, though it is difficult to assess whether the world has reached “peak oil,” a large number of experts surveyed for the report believe the world may have reached the peak for conventional petroleum supplies, said Representative Roscoe Bartlett, Republican-Maryland. [excerpts]
Transport – Mar 1
U.S. ‘stuck in reverse’ on fuel economy
Put the ‘public’ back in public transport
Car mpg ratings going down
Seattle-L.A. train nation’s worst for on-time arrivals
Reducing Oil Dependence Without Triggering A Global Crisis
Peak-ignorant but compelling discussion of the options facing oil exporting nations in the carbon-sensitive future.
Coal and TXU – Feb 28
How environmentalists shaped TXU deal
NYT:
A green deal on coal
Top scientist seeks halt on coal plants
Peak oil – Feb 28
Colin Campbell on the Isle of Man
TOD: That cubic mile
Kunstler critiques urban planning, oil shortage
Methane Hydrates – Feb 28
Alaska Fire and Ice
Anomalies caused by ancient event
Slope test well yields ‘gold mine of data’
Japan, Canada to Start Test-Production
Geopolitics – Feb 27
Three US reasons to attack Iran
Iraqi Ministry Casts Doubt on Oil Law
Who wins in Iraq?
The DCDC Global Strategic Trends Programme 2007-2036
“The Golden Age of cheap energy has passed. Competition for energy supplies will dominate the economic landscape during the next 30 years… The prospect, apparent or real, of the peak production of oil during the timeframe out to 2035 and progressive diminution of output thereafter will intensify competition for remaining resources.”
