Peak oil – Dec 28
NASA scientist on PO and climate change
Life after peak oil: not so bad
Saudi Aramco: don’t worry about PO
Busting the Hubbert myths
DVDs of the 2007 Houston ASPO conference
Review of Crude Awakening by leftist paper
Oil
Russia – Dec 28
Russia signs deal for Caspian gas pipeline
Russia’s big energy secret: can barely meet own demand
Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan sign Caspian pipeline accord
The Pipeline War: As the CondiBoys bicker, Putin laps the West again
Oil producers – Dec 28
The Oil and the Glory: slick account of geopolitics in Central Asia
Chavez oil diplomacy gains ground
Chavez announces “a new geopolitics of oil”
Running just to stand still (Mexico’s Pemex)
Energy industries – Dec 28
Gods of the rotary table
Australia: Big Oil’s highway robbery
New Type of coal plant moves ahead, haltingly
Uranium deposit sparks controversy in Pittsylvania county
A Christmas Eve story
Two things happened to me over this weekend before Christmas that jarred me a little. One was when an old friend said I sounded crazy, and the second was when I read the galley proof of Dmitry Orlov’s forthcoming book, Reinventing Collapse.
Peak Oil Review – December 24th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The Energy Bill
– 3. Mexico
– 4. Gazprom
– 5. Energy Briefs
United States – Dec 22
Bush: nuclear is ‘best’ for greenhouse gases
Ralph Nader: Big Oil’s profit and plunder
Lakota group secedes from U.S.
2 million acres proposed for oil shale
Presidental candidates on energy, environment
As Bush signs energy bill, new issues emerge
The peak oil crisis: issues
As 2007 winds down, it is good time to review some of the major issues that those of us following the peak oil story are watching closely
Energy producers – Dec 20
Iraqi oil exceeds pre-war output
Iraq and climate change
Angola: Energy profile
Russia – Dec 20
TIME Person of the Year 2007: Vladimir Putin
How long will Siberia’s gas last?
Europe refiners look to Russia as N.Sea oil fades
Bankers see grim outlook for Russian oil
Russia’s future: the Gazprom-KGB state
Transport – Dec 20
Fewer, more crowded flights to offset fuel costs
Fuel, flight costs: fewer holiday travelers
Rising freight rates: trouble for oil firms
The maritime pollution problem
Oil prices & supply – Dec 20
Michael Lynch: A hard rain is gonna fall on pil prices (probably)
$100 Oil: It’s a New Beginning: Economides
Could OPEC drop dollar for euro?
