ODAC Newsletter – 9 Jan
A weekly review from a UK perspective
Oil
Prices & supplies – Jan 9
Falling Oil Prices: Again, Blame Speculators
Oil Tumbles 12 Percent as U.S. Supplies Rise More Than Forecast
Era of Cheap Energy ‘Will Never Return’
Norway Sees Oil Production Falling 9.7% This Year
Peak Oil & Coal – Jan 8
2009: Predictions for Australia
Are we approaching peak coal?
ASPO’s Aleklett: The year that passed and the year ahead
Deep Thought – Jan 8
Writer of 1970s ‘Ecotopia’ makes a comeback in the green era
Energy Uncertainty and Community Resilience
Two Steps Towards Being Slightly More Sustainable
The Peer-Polity Peter Principle
Western prosperity is based on resources that are running out
Peak oil notes – Jan 08
A weekly update including:
– Market volatility continues
– Russia and the EU
Geopolitics – Jan 7
Oil price rises on Gaza conflict
Australia: Defence warns of climate conflict
Brace for ‘Climate Wars’
Peak Energy – Jan 6
Nate Hagens on the financial meltdown and fossil fuels
Peak Oil – Politics, Geopolitics, and Choke Points
Radical Retrenchment — A reference model
Geopolitics – Jan 6
Russia flexes its military muscle
Arab News: Why should we bail out US automobile industry
New Year, New Outlook For Oil
Climate & environment – Jan 6
We’re gonna need a bigger boat
It will take more than goodwill and greenwash to save the biosphere
The third degree
Oil prices: Wild 2008 ends with mild contango
Spot prices finish the end very low, but what about the long end of the curve, where market practitioners reflect their medium term expectation of the oil buy / sell balance?
Some would say the curve is in deep contango (i.e. future prices are higher than the spot), reflecting a strong expectation that prices will resume their upward movement as soon as the crisis is less severe.
Does that mean more market players are convinced by peak oil?
Peak Oil Review – Jan 5
A weekly review including:
– Last Week
– Briefs
The Top 10 Peak-Oil-Related Stories of 2008
1. The Global Recession
2. Price Volatility: Who Knew?
3. Falling Investment = Building the Big Boomerang
4. The IEA Changes its Stance (will U.S. EIA, CERA and Exxon-Mobil follow?)
5. The Campaign and the Elections
6. OPEC Cuts Production
7. The Large Exporters: from Boom to Busted
8. Shale Gas: Game Changer or Rope-a-Dope? [or “a mixed blessing”]
9. Food vs. Fuel Hit Pocketbooks Worldwide
10. Global Production Peaks, on the Production Plateau
