Mideast oil exporters – Apr 6
Energy demand in Gulf States to curtail oil exports
Dubai power shortage continues to deepen
Qatar says it will continue to peg its currency to the falling dollar
Iranian Pres. calls for joint OPEC bank, currency
Oil
Peak oil – Apr 6
How realistic is EIA’s US domestic oil supply and demand forecast?
Byron King: The U.S. oil supply – a look at our future oil needs
Peak oil and “Transport Revolutions” (new book)
How long can oil fuel our leisure?
ODAC Guest Commentary – Colombia oil reserves
…large reserves numbers relayed by ANH, Colombia’s national hydrocarbons agency, whose aim is to set out details of a Colombian licensing round, must be taken in context. Especially when the numbers are conflated with a target output hoped for over a period of just a decade. It takes many years to develop heavy oil reserves even in accessible areas.
The peak oil crisis: the transition
While waiting for the price of gasoline to get so high that we can’t afford to drive anymore, there is still some time to ponder just how the great paradigm shift of the 21st century is going to work out.
Peak oil – Apr 3
Peak oil may worsen the climate crisis
Former OPEC official: Seeking a more stable oil market
Peak Oil 101
Shell CEO: Easy-to-produce oil, gas to peak in next decade
Russian March oil output falls again
Iraq war – Apr 3
Iran torpedoes US plans for Iraqi oil (Basra)
Military feels the gouge of fuel costs as Iraq, allies watch oil profits soar
Farrakhan: Is oil the motive for war?
Transport – Apr 3
Truckers protest high fuel prices
Life without transport by oil is closer than we think
Former Exxon insider: People driving their cars to the end of the oil age
Aloha Airlines halting passenger service
Oil execs asked to justify huge profits at Congressional hearing
The executives of the five biggest oil companies were called to testify at a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Lawmakers took them to task for making enormous profits but investing next to nothing in renewable sources of energy. (Excerpts from testimony) Followed by commentary from analyst Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International.
The silent side of oil
Throughout the history of oil reporting, there has been one major aspect that the press has remained largely silent on: peak oil. (Op-ed from “the conscience of American journalism”)
Peak oil – Apr 2
Why EROI matters
Soaring energy costs ‘to change how society operates’ says former Woolworths chief
The accidental environmentalist (Matthew Simmons)
Oil producers – Apr 1
Libya to redefine contracts with oil companies
The battle of Basra and its oil dimension
Abu Dhabi may face blackouts
Oil prices – Apr 1
Indonesia feels pinch as oil, commodity prices surge
Truckers to protest fuel costs
China diesel rationed, despite government pledges
