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The Saudi officials’ announcement that they were satisfied with the current level of world oil prices may constitute an implicit fait accompli, an acceptance of their inability to increase production substantially beyond current levels, bringing the days of peak oil production ominously closer.
Review of Paul Robert’s book The End of Oil.
The Philippines called on China on Saturday to “desist” from provocative actions in the disputed Spratly islands region after reports a Chinese company was exploring for oil and gas near the area.
Online video of two panel discussions exploring "How Stable Is the House of Saud?" and "An Impending Energy Crisis?"
Latest US EIA data confirms Australian oil production dropping through the floor. Pity Prime Minister John Howard is too busy shovelling subsidies out to industry to consider responsible government.
I would venture to speculate that the coming together of the strongest armada in history has more to do with oil and natural gas and nothing to do with Taiwan.
Michael C. Lynch, the most vocal critic of Colin Campbell and other oil depletion ‘pessimists,’ tries to point out that within this debate we are dealing with a lot of assumptions and many unknowns.
Those of you who were driving in the US in 1972-73 will vouch for the rapid changes that occurred across the board due to the decline of US oil output.
Britain came within an ace of becoming a net oil importer for the first time in 13 years in May, helping the country’s trade deficit widen unexpectedly to £3.4 billion.
When Richard Heinberg wrote The Party’s Over he expected that global oil production peak would most likely to fall within the window of 2006 to 2015. These days (18 months after the book was finished) he’s “more likely to say 2006 to 2010.” Here’s nine events which explain that.
Deep water covers 180 billion barrels of the world’s undiscovered oil and natural gas reserves, more than twice the amount yet found, Scottish energy consultants Wood Mackenzie said Wednesday.
North America will experience the highest sustained natural gas prices in
history if no measures are taken to boost supply or damp demand, according to a
study released on Friday by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).
