Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The issue of planning for and administering fuel emergencies is complex and multi-layered, involving a range of commercial interests, government agencies and a tangle of legislation, policies and jurisdictions, one of the largest and most influential of which is the International Energy Agency, an autonomous body within the framework of the OECD.
Russian oil production reaches its peak
EU spending spree brings carbon capture closer to reality
UK gets biofuels research centre
Britain’s energy industry is nosediving into a dark, uncertain future
Wind power set to decline under Obama?
Reactivating Nuclear Reactors for the Fight against Climate Change
Advice to Pres. Obama (#6): Beware the Hungry Ghosts
Another Confirmation of Oil Depletion
Over the Cliff for Natural Gas in North America?
Coal in South Asia
Nate Hagens on BBC Regarding Obama Energy Policy
Geography Is Dividing Democrats Over Energy
Obama: U.S. done ‘dragging heels’ on climate
Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement
Directive from the Obama Administration on fuel efficiency is creating alarm among automakers
Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency
The Patch: Peak supply vs. peak demand
Peak Oil Production in Russia Suggests Worldwide Supplies on the Brink
Oil Cartel Keeps Cuts on Track
Simmons: Is oil’s future sustainable?
La Fin Du Petrole (2013-Oil No More)
Facing the Oil Problem
Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer’s Advice for Energy Policy
David Korten: “Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth”
Hard Realities: Why Understating the Cost of Dealing With Climate Change Hurts
A weekly round-up from a UK perspective
Oil price in July 2008 reached a staggering $147 a barrel, having doubled in price over the previous 12 months. Who would have thought, that within half a year, a dramatic oil-price freefall would bring oil to a 5-year low of $35 a barrel – a price drop of 76%.
However, even though many have sighed in relief, experts are heralding new dramatic spikes in oil prices.
Wednesday, Pemex is expected to release historic reduced output numbers. With everything going wrong with Mexico internally, what can the government do about losing revenue from its largest cash cow? Will Mexico continue to be a steady U.S. supplier? By the time it’s all over U.S. troops may be securing what’s left of Mexico’s oil fields.
Two directors take on oil industry
Court Halts Oil and Gas Leasing in Utah Wilderness
Oil Addiction: Don’t Count on Mexico to Supplant Mid-East Crude
Today the second three-day world future energy summit began in Abu Dhabi. One of the biggest energy conference in the world that is being attended by key policy makers, financiers, leading academics and no less than 400 journalists from all over the world. The conference was opened by the Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange and the Netherlands…
