Geopolitics – Oct 2
Oil and Politics in Iran, Iraq and Russia
Mexican president must ride oil’s fortunes
Odell warns of Russian purchase into Shell, BP
Fossil Fuels
Energy Industry – Oct 2
Iran MP says Japan oil deal ‘to be cancelled’
Nigerian Militants kill troops on Shell convoy
Indonesia warns Japan LNG exports to halve by 2010
Norways Statoil hunts for big oil sands deal
Dow suing Nova over ethane feedstock supplies
Aviation – Oct 2
New aircraft fuel could be pie in the sky
Boeing Says Biofuels Show Some Promise
Why We Need An X Prize for Eco-Friendly Air Travel
Ethanol from Brazil and the USA
Brazilian success with its ethanol from sugar cane has been cited as an example of how the USA could get free from its oil imports by substituting ethanol for gasoline. But comparing USA ethanol from corn with Brazilian ethanol from sugar cane is like comparing mangoes and apples.
Iraq – Sept 29
Iraq, China discuss reviving Saddam-era oil deals
Iraq’s revival of China deal heartens oil majors
Attacks, missteps cost Iraq $16B in oil exports
Iraqi Kurds raise secession threat over oil
Clashes in Iraq as parliament acts to resolve autonomy issue
Peak Oil – Sept 28
Oil Shortages? It’s Happened Before. And It Will Happen Again
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Perfect Storm
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 28
Burning Buried Sunshine
A step in the right direction
Interview With Locavore Jessica Prentice
Interview With Worldwatch Institutes Christopher Flavin
North Bay Energy Transition and Climate Change
Geopolitics – Sept 28
Confronting the world’s new petro-powers
Russia may re-direct new gas supplies from US to Europe
Saudi Arabia begins looking east
Russia calls IAEA’s low-enriched uranium reserves plan “interesting but dangerous”
Biofuels – Sept 27
Jatropha fuelled car tours Indonesia
France prepares for post-oil fuels
Uganda to make fuel blending compulsory
Close the CAFE loophole
Oil Industry – Sept 27
OPEC supply down in September
Oil man is awarded disputed Mexican election
Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil’s options are limited
ExxonMobil hits at ‘unfair’ attack by scientists
Hyundai wins billion dollar UAE facility contract
Gas is down – go back to sleep
We are used to gas prices going up and down in the short term, but in the last six weeks, we’ve seen a dip of fifty cents or more in the price of a gallon. We haven’t seen anything this precipitous in a long time and it has excited a lot of comment.
Get ready for oil supplies to dwindle, experts warn
Kjell Aleklett, a Swedish professor of physics, sees inescapable similarities between the steady depletion of the world’s most coveted energy source and the foraging habits of berry afficionados.
(First in an excellent series on energy by the Vancouver Sun.)
