Oil

Facing the Hard Truths about Energy – the NPC report, commented

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Extensive commentary on the National Petroleum Council’s report on energy supply. The report is a mixed bag in absolute terms but a real step forward in political terms. We should definitely use it in the public debate, with regular use of the phrase “Even the industry now acknowledges that…

A report on the American Petroleum Institute conference call and review of the NPC report

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Since the National Petroleum Council (NPC) is an industry group and has always provided optimistic forecasts in the past, it shouldn’t be a surprise that its report doesn’t go all the way to peak oil indications. But it definitely starts talking about peak oil, recommending many of the actions that one would expect based on peak oil indications.

Peak oil – July 20

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Peak oil – when? (online survey)
Arab News: Global thirst for crude set to rise

Singapore, Dubai, HK suited to a PO world

Are Democrats the peak-oil party?

What happens to Kenya when oil is $100/brl?
Yergin interviewed about NPC report

CIBC predicts $100 oil by end of next year
AutoWeek discovers peak oil

Exaggerated oil recovery

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A closer look at the National Petroleum Council (NPC) report: the case of the “missing” graph. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) been used in the United States for three decades. By its own admission, the NPC’s previous estimates for EOR production didn’t pan out. Are you willing to take the chance that the NPC is right this time?