Oil

Middle East at a crossroads

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The unfolding crisis has enormous implications both for the world as a whole and for the small but growing community of people involved in preparations for Peak Oil. Mainstream reporting seems to miss much of the context of events and, when discussing the Middle East, the geopolitical struggle for control of energy resources nearly always forms much of that context.
…At the ASPO conference a well-connected industry insider who wishes not to be directly quoted told me that his own sources inside Saudi Arabia insist that production from Ghawar is now down to less than 3 million barrels per day, and that the Saudis are maintaining total production at only slowly dwindling levels by producing other fields at maximum rates. This, if true, would be a bombshell: most estimates give production from Ghawar at 5.5 Mb/d.

Peak Oil – Aug 3

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King Abdullah’s First Year: A Personal Perspective /
Cantarell 2006 Production to Decline 8% /
Etopia News: PO interviews with Randy White, Dr. David Goodstein and Dan Bednarz /
Are we on the plateau? /
An end to subsidized parking /
Time for Action: A Midnight Ride for Peak Oil (Conference)

Peak Oil – Aug 2

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When chaos replaces oil /
On the other side of the oil ‘peak’ /
Peak experience: Heinberg and Room in San Francisco /
Interview with Bryant Urstadt, author of recent Peak Oil article in Harper’s

Peak Oil – August 1

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The Get-Ready Men (Kunstler review) /
Plans begin in Maryland for looming peak oil crisis /
Oil ‘addicts’ face painful withdrawal symptoms /
Along with Peak Oil, Peak Grain and Peak Water, the world enters crisis overload /
A thirsty world is running dry (Peak Oil and nuclear in Oz) /
Notes from Peak Speak 2

A tank of gas, a world of trouble

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What does it take to quench America’s mighty thirst for gasoline? Pulitzer-winning correspondent Paul Salopek traced gas pumped at a suburban Chicago station to the fuel’s sources around the globe. In doing so, he reveals how our oil addiction binds us to some of the most hostile corners of the planet—and to a petroleum economy edging toward crisis. [A milestone in U.S. coverage: multiple articles and high-quality online video. Topics include peak oil, urban sprawl and Saudi reserves.]