Energy prices and producers – Feb 6
Why the Saudis aren’t lifting a finger to ease oil prices
Byron King: Brazil’s recent oil discovery
Energy prices, inflation and denial
Asia coal prices at record high
Oil
Peak oil – Feb 6
Minnesota state legislators discuss oil reserves drying up
Lester Brown: World oil supply may have already peaked
Gail the Actuary: The science of oil and peak oil
Fertilizer – Feb 6
Fertiliser famine threats to hit harvests
Gulf to become major fertiliser producer
Nebraska Farmer: Time to be more accurate with fertilizer
Farm group backs plan for fertiliser price probe
Market spotlight: fertilizer companies
Revamped ODAC newsletter
The newsletter will be published each Friday, and aims to provide a representative selection of the peak-related stories that have appeared in the media during the previous week, along with occasional guest commentary and analysis of the most important issues.
Peak oil – Feb 5
Jeremy Leggett: Peakists predicted crisis
Oil analyst Maxwell: Shortages in 2010; PO 2012-2015
ASPO director to run for Congress
Corporations Uber Alles on peak oil
Peak oil: Will we see it coming?
Teacher gets ready for the end of oil
Kunstler lecture
Simmons slides
Oil producers – Feb 5
Russian economy succumbs to the oil curse
‘Huge’ gas field found off Iran
A frail economy raises pressure on Iran’s rulers
Canada’s shifting sands
Geotimes on
oil around the world
Peak Oil Review — February 4th, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– he Next OPEC Meeting
– Troubles in China Continue
– Energy Briefs
Will Alaska rise again?
The discovery of the supergiant Prudhoe Bay field in 1967 ultimately led to Alaska becoming the top oil producing state in the U.S., at least for a while. The Prudhoe Bay field is the largest field ever discovered in the U.S. and Canada, and one of the twenty largest fields ever found globally. But even supergiant fields ultimately decline.
Do high commodity prices speak for themselves?
Stunning new highs in some world commodity prices have catastrophists of all types tapping out SOS in their sleep. But it is dangerous to affix any particular meaning to any particular price, whether high or low.
Iran oil bourse scheduled
Iran was scheduled to inaugurate its long-awaited oil bourse this coming week. However, communication cables have been cut three times, disrupting Web service to portions of the Middle East and Asia. This may impact the bourse. (Links and background)
Oil industry – Feb 2
Exxon Mobil profit sets record again
How oily is your candidate?
Jerome a Paris: BigOil big profits should not be taxed
The oil paradox
Peak oil – Feb 2
In depth report on San Francisco Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force
Energy Roundtable: Simmons, Hirsch, Rubin
Understanding the current energy crisis in South Africa
