Iraq and oil – Sept 14
NY Times: Compromise on oil law in Iraq seems to be collapsing
Naomi Klein: Why failure is the new face of success
Michael Klare on the internal war for control of Iraq’s oil
Iraq: New U.S. Base – Wasit
Oil
Sixth annual ASPO conference – Cork, Ireland Sept 17-18
On Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th of September, Cork, Ireland hosts the sixth annual international conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO).
ASPO-USA’s October conference: the peak of world oil production
ASPO-USA’s 3rd annual World Oil Conference will take place in Houston, Texas, on October 17-20, and consists of four days of high-level energy discussions on the peak and decline of global oil production.
The innovation fallacy
Many people in the peak oil movement cling to the hope that technological innovation can make up for the end of the age of cheap abundant oil. Is this hope as plausible as it seems?
OPEC, supplies, prices – Sept 12
OPEC agrees to increase oil output
Oil prices continue to rise
Exxon CEO:
Fundamentals don’t justify $70 oil
Platts: OPEC output dips in August
Indonesia and OPEC
Saudi Arabia keeps Oct crude supply steady
A non-OPEC progress report
A data-driven analysis of new oil projects outside of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reveals that production growth is now surpassing the dismal performance exhibited in 2005 and 2006… It’s important to keep our eye on the ball by examining how declines or delays affect overall non-OPEC production growth during these crucial years.
Peak oil – Sept 12
Jeffrey J. Brown on The Reality Report
The end of oil, the start of tasty food (Julian Darley)
The amazing power of King Hubbert (…?)
TOD: This week in petroleum
Canada/financial energy round-up
ODAC News
Oil industry – Sept 12
OPEC to lift oil output modestly
What’s behind OPEC’s production hike?
Oil execs: Beware the new world energy order
Oil giant agrees to fight greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gas is Big Oil boon
For oil companies, the good old (bad old) days are over
Big Oil talks up carbon capture, but does little
Planning for the mitigation of maximum world oil production
A framework is needed for planning the mitigation of oil shortages created by world oil production reaching a maximum and going into decline. Some argue that normal market evolution will be adequate to avoid shortages. We assume that will not be the case.
Peak oil – Sept 10
Zac Goldsmith: ‘Peak oil informs everything’
Leftist discussion of Peak Everything
Atlantic: The world’s most essential oil field may be in decline
Matt Simmons series
TOD community update
ODAC News
Using the media – Sept 10
Oil addiction is ugly (DIY video)
Get your green on in Energyville (game from Chevron)
Kunstler: The dis-information society
United Kingdom – Sept 10
Conservatives have opportunity to introduce a green agenda
Turn off the TV and join the Tory green revolution
Kunstler gets a letter from an employee in the British oil industry
New nuclear row as green groups pull out
