Audio: Beyond Resource Wars: Peak Oil and Community Solutions (Part 1)
Audio recordings from the First US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions featuring Pat Murphy and Richard Heinberg.
Fossil Fuels
Oil prices prompt another look at shale
The U.S. government said Tuesday it was ready to resurrect oil shale drilling in the Rocky Mountains, a technology heralded 30 years ago to boost America’s energy output until it failed financially.
Professor Goodstein discusses lowering oil reserves
Lateline interview with David Goodstein, professor of physics and author of Out of Gas – the End of the Age of Oil.
Attempts to offset oil depletion in Venezuala through heavy oil processing
It is no secret that Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is having trouble maintaining production capacity. With a natural production decline of around 25% a year, it is necessary to develop that magnitude of additional oil for the production level to remain where it was.
Oil Touches $50 a Barrel as Cold Outlook Boosts Supply Concern
New York crude oil touched $50 a barrel for the first time in almost three weeks amid concern that refiners have failed to build adequate heating-oil supplies in time for the U.S. winter.
Running out of oil
Colin Campbell believes that over the next 12 months the world will probably reach its peak of supply.
Energy: A Global Overview
A new presentation by Matthew Simmons, “Energy: A Global Overview” given at the Deloitte & Touche’s 2004 Oil & Gas Conference in Houston, Texas.
With Oil Production Near Peak, Analysts Worry About Meeting Growing Demand
One of the big economic stories this year has been the high price of oil. As winter approaches in the northern hemisphere, there is growing concern about rising prices for heating fuel. Some economists see the increase in energy costs as temporary, but others are predicting a more serious trend.
US companies rediscover coal-fired power plants
Sure, coal sounds dirty and dated, the kind of energy source that went out of fashion with big Buicks and bell-bottom jeans. But a coal project here in northern Nevada is one of more than 100 coal-fueled plants that are vying for approval around the country, the largest increase in such projects since the 1970s.
New study analyzes global energy resources
A reasonably sceptical look at the latest International Energy Agency report.
Arctic Drilling a Triumph in Short-Sightedness
A Republican-dominated Senate means drilling in the Arctic wilderness will probably go ahead, but not because of the oil reserves.
US military on the scent of oil
The Pentagon hopes that its plan, the Global Posture Review, when fully implemented, will allow for rapid, tailored responses to contingencies that could arise from any one of a number of “vital national-security interests”. However, two of these circumstances are paramount: countering any new outbreaks in the “global war on terror” and reliable access to energy resources.
