Iran & Mideast oil – Dec 22
UN poised to pass Iran sanctions despite threat
U.S. plans naval buildup in Gulf to counter Iran
Finally, wisdom in Washington on our oil future
Geopolitics & Military
Turkmen death puts gas supplies in turmoil
The death of Turkmen leader Saparmurat Niyazov on Thursday plunges Europe’s energy security into doubt, with the prospect of a struggle for power raising the specter of a new gas crisis. (headlines)
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?
Unconventional war strategies
The war in Iraq has damaged the U.S. in many ways, both economic and political, but national debt and depletion of energy resources have the potential to destroy the nation. [To recover, the U.S. must] get its monetary and energy policies straightened out.
Oil and Iraq – Dec 13
PSAs and Iraqi oil
ISG report: Has the Empire really failed?
The Baker Boys: stay half the course
Russia – Dec 13
Russia gets tough on energy sales to Europe
U.S. senator urges use of NATO defense clause for energy
The KGB’S great power-grab
$20bn gas project seized by Russia
Russia & China – Dec 11
Russian oil: a slippery substance
Russia to create giant company for oil and gas production at sea shelf
Shell offers to sell stake in Russian project to Gazprom
Chinese demand growth continues (for oil and everything else too…)
Peak oil – Dec 10
PBS debate on peak oil
William Clark: Peak oil, petrocurrencies and the emerging multi-polar world
Peak oil era will be hard on Hawaii
Oil – Dec 10
Oil field delays = higher 2010 crude price: EIA
A sea of oil – the Caspian
Geopolitics move back into focus for oil market
Oil & Iraq – Dec 9
Iraq oil wealth distribution planned
It’s still about oil in Iraq
The Baker agenda: troops out, oil companies in?
Oil for sale: Iraq Study Group recommends privatization
Peak oil – Dec 6
Michael Klare: the post-abundance era
ASPO Newsletters for Nov and Dec
Mystery Cassandra
Renewable resources: investment hedge against peak oil
Richest 2% own ‘half the wealth’
The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, according to a new study by a UN research institute.
