Speculators – June 19
Wall Street lobbies to protect speculative oil trades
Commentary on speculation from McCain advisor
Myth-makers caught short in oil speculation
Oil
Peak oil – June 19
Why North Korea was a global crisis canary
Tom Petrie:
Price rations consumption – ‘not all a bad thing’
The next challenge for the maintenance department
Dutch government acknowledges peak gas
Can A ‘shadow OPEC’ of ‘global guerrillas’ set global oil prices?
Oil crunch trumping climate concerns?
The peak oil crisis: a meeting at Jiddah
If the only purpose of the meeting was to celebrate the Saudis opening the taps a bit at a new oil field in response to fears that their customers will soon be priced out of the market — that would be nice. However, it seems there will be more to the meeting than an increase in oil production.
Peak Oil Notes
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices and stockpiles
– The meeting at Jiddah
– Offshore drilling
– Chinese growth
– Floods and ethanol
Peak oil goes public – June 18
Heinberg and Darley: Peak oil for policymakers
World crude production has peaked: Pickens
Rudd in the hot seat … about peak oil
There is no oil market anymore (IEA’s Birol)
“Get used to high oil prices” says Loughborough MP
Peak oil – June 18
Simmons: Raised Saudi output is `drop in bucket’
Oil woes hitting health care system
Peak oil – worry now
Kris Can speaks with Kunstler
Peak Oil Review — June 16th, 2008
News round-up from a U.S. peak-oil perspective, including:
– Production and Prices
– The King’s Meeting
– Protests Spread
– Energy Briefs
Saudi Arabia – June 17
Succession at House of Saud
Saudis playing ‘high stakes game’ ahead of oil summit
Arab News: Rise in oil prices
Saudi King: ‘We will pump more oil’
The oil production story: pre- and post-peak nations
The world oil production data below tell a story …
Triple crisis (energy, food, finance) – June 16
After the credit boom comes the long and painful squeeze
£100 to fill up the tank? Just get used to the idea
Surging Oil and Food Prices Threaten the World Economy, Finance Ministers Warn
From Indonesia to the US, governments stand powerless in face of markets
Why is the cost of living going up?
The End of Cheap Oil as an Opportunity
Eyes on Saudi Arabia – June 16
Saudis plan to increase oil output
Saudi Arabia’s leverage in oil market is sapped
SA’s reserves: particulars or propaganda?
More oil flowing?
Saudi oil: the foundation of geopolitical power
Peak oil – June 16
BBC on peak oil
Europe: Oil’s Brave New World
New Matt Simmons Presentations
Oilwatch Monthly – ASPO-Netherlands
Learning From the Oil Shock
Localizing a global oil problem
