Iraq – Apr 25
Iraqi oil: More plentiful than thought (and in a Sunni province)
Iraq: Big contracts for Big Oil
A warning over good news on Iraqi oil ‘wealth’
Oil
Mini-review: Energy Crossroads, PO documentary
How do you get your older Midwest relatives to swallow the Red Pill and understand why you’re obsessed with peak oil? A DVD for when End of Suburbia just won’t do.
Peak Oil Review — April 23, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Peak oil – Apr 24
NY Times coverage of PO – “A very bad idea”
Global warming and the coming peaks in oil, gas and coal production
Oil depletion in English as a Second Language (ESL) format
Chris Vernon Responds to George Monbiot
A world without oil, in a game
Implications of “peak oil” for atmospheric CO2 and climate
Peaking of global oil production may have a large effect on future atmospheric CO2 amount and climate change, depending upon choices made for subsequent energy sources.
We suggest that, if estimates of oil and gas reserves by the Energy Information Administration are realistic, it is feasible to keep atmospheric CO2 from exceeding approximately 450 ppm, provided that future exploitation of the vast reservoirs of coal and unconventional fossil fuels incorporates carbon capture and sequestration. [Excerpts]
Our world is finite: Is this a problem?
We all know the world is finite. We also know that growth is central to our way of life. At some point, growth in resource utilization must collide with the fact that the world is finite. We are now reaching that point. (Includes discussion questions)
Norwegian authorities fear steep crude decline
The Norwegian Oil Director is establishing “a slow and gradual decline” as a best case scenario for Norway, concluding that “serious efforts must be made in several areas” to achieve it. The alternative scenario? Steep decline.
Is Portland preparing for Pittsburgh’s future?
Pittsburgh should follow Portland’s example and get ready for the end of the fossil-fuel era
The American Petroleum Institute on peak oil
The API considers “Peak Oil theory” to be bunk. Yes, they believe that Yergin is more credible than Simmons. As far as dealing with potential supply shortfalls? They don’t believe that we are facing any potential supply shortfalls.
The looming oil crisis could arrive uncomfortably soon
Forecasts of peak oil production have ranged from Thanksgiving weekend 2005 to somewhere beyond 2050. But at the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in Long Beach, California, early this month, the latest answer emerged: World oil production could stop growing as early as 2020–too soon to avoid a crisis–or it could hold off until 2040.
Energy producers – Apr 20
Iraq may hold twice as much oil
Jerome a Paris is dubious
Bering Sea likely rich in hydrates
United States – Apr 20
Byron King: The California oil industry
Trans-American sources of electricity
Green utilities are growing, but they need to grow faster
Growing number of Americans see warming as leading threat
