Oil – Dec 22
NYT: Incentives on oil barely help U.S.
Mexico’s lost oil revenue
Trading coal for oil
Oil boom for Norwegian outpost
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil – Dec 22
Audio interview with Tom Whipple (new)
Desperately shrinking Big Oil
Cultural Economist: online report on oil depletion
Skeptics speak against their own interests
UK Soil Assn conference focuses on peak oil
Dr. Jerry Unruh – interview
Peak oil and the energy utilization chain (EUC)
Autos – Dec 21
The Highwaymen – privatization of the roads
U.S. Interstate: A golden opportunity missed
Detroit: Misguided assault on autos won’t solve energy crisis
Ford’s new Super Duty trucks
The auto efficiency wedge
OPEC and Middle East – Dec 21
Enlarged Opec aims for high crude prices
Angola joins OPEC (TOD analysis)
Saudi Aramco revealed as biggest group
Gulf states study shared nuclear program
Richest people of the Middle East
OPEC says peak oil near
In the most recent edition of the OPEC Bulletin, a senior member of OPEC writes: “…peak oil output is not very far away for all of us.”
Iraq and oil – Dec 21
Senators Clinton, Ensign propose Iraq Oil Trust
Iraq oil law stuck on contracts
Iraq’s oil smuggling
How will America keep control of oil fields?
US energy policy – Dec 21
State of the Region 2006 (Southern California)
New call to reduce dependence on foreign oil
FedEx founder on energy independence
Mississippi salt dome selected to expand U.S. oil reserves
Oil & gas companies to pay royalties
NY Times: royalty rip-off
Oil sands and shale – Dec 21
The cautious U.S. boom in oil shale
Oil sands key target for global energy players
Toxic waste left in wake of oil sands extraction
New Zealand’s response to Peak Oil
The New Zealand Sustainable Energy Forum has proposed a plan of action to help New Zealand respond to Peak Oil.
Peak Oil – Dec 18
Running on fumes
Legislation introduced to prepare SF for oil shortage
OPEC bulletin covers peak oil
Angolan oil output to peak in 2011 – bank
[Video] Portland peak oil task force interview
Peak blogs
TOD: Peak Oil Update – December 2006
Peak oil at the movies: Oil Crash & Crude Impact
Reviews of two recently released documentaries.
Exxon’s energy outlook – Dec 13
“By 2030, energy demand will increase by about 60% compared to 2000. …The global energy mix will look very similar 25 years from now. Oil, gas and coal will be predominant. Resources are adequate to support global demand growth.”
