Peak oil – June 3

Jeffrey Brown: Is a net oil export hurricane hitting the US Gulf Coast?
Energy analyst Douglas-Westwood on PO
Peak oil quotes at Reuters conference
ASPO newsletter for June
Oil price drivers — a look at the fundamentals
David Strahan on Newsnight

Peak Oil will be politicians’ best friend

I left International Transport Forum at Leipzig with the feeling that the future’s biggest questions, energy and climate, lacked leadership. There is nobody who will stand up and say “I have a dream” but rather it is nightmares that are discussed. Peak Oil will, in future, become the politician’s best friend since Peak Oil will reduce CO2 emissions from oil and become a part of the solution that the politicians cannot agree on… Those that actively accept and respond to the Peak Oil idea will be the winners of the future. (Report from a meeting of European transport ministers)

Speculators – May 31

Speculation – but not manipulation
Regulators step up probes of trading in oil markets
Commodity policies set for revision
Regulators strengthen oversight of energy markets
Oil traders reduced bets on rising prices as crude hit records
Traders and commodity exchanges fight back