Other energy – July 17
China’s Wind Power /
China set to invest $200bn in renewable energy sector /
China: Natural gas discovery in sea /
OPEC: 07 Non-OPEC Oil Supply Seen Highest In Decades /
Greenland makes oil companies melt
Oil
Energy geopolitics – July 17
Industrialized dilemma: What to do about Russia? /
Putin says can’t give Japan guarantees on planned oil pipeline /
Iraqi oil official seized /
From Group of 8, Energy Focus Is on Oil /
Did World War III start yesterday morning?
Energy & economics – July 17
Pinched at the Pump /
Britain and world set for ‘hard landing’ /
Economic Gains Mask Underlying Crises – Report /
Is Oil at the Tipping Point?
De-bunking the geo-political premium in oil prices
The risk-premium concept is, in my opinion, the convenient smoke-screen used to prevent discussion of the real issue: this is a supply and demand driven problem, and we are rapidly approaching or passing peak oil. (Seeking feedback on an economic argument)
Peak oil – July 15
Peak oil passnotes: where Is the recession? /
Using community radio to communicate peak oil (N. Calif.) / Potential impact of Cantarell’s decline on Mexico’s oil production
Other energy – July 15
British Petroleum’s “Statistical Review of World Energy 2006” / ODAC comments on BP’s Review / CNN special: fueling America /
Deep ocean energy resources – a critical analysis / Saudi Arabia tests potential for unlocking heavy-oil reserves / Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of “Big Coal”
Study cites plan to end U.S. oil imports
Sympathetic coverage of a plan by Roger Bezdek, coauthor of “The Hirsch Report.” The four-part plan suggests: coal-to-liquid (Fischer-Tropsch process), pumping CO2 into old oil fields, biomass as a feedstock for synthetic fuel, and oil shale.
Pentagon and Peak Oil: A Military Literature Review
Until the recent oil price hikes and world wide discussions on the future of oil, Peak Oil was nearly absent in military publications. Now, things have changed. This article attempts to provide a US military literature review on Peak Oil and related issues.
Clinton: not briefed on peak oil
“To the best of my knowledge I never had a security briefing which said what some of these very serious but conservative petroleum geologists say, which is that they think that either now or before the decade is out that we’ll reach peak oil production globally … This needs much more serious debate. It’s almost not discussed at all in the mainstream media.” [Clinton also comments on climate change and how to present the issues.]
Daniel Yergin Day, July 13, 2006
The front-month futures contract climbed past $76 a barrel Thursday for the first time ever on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with August crude touching $76.30 and last trading at $76.21, up $1.26.
Russian energy politics – July 12
More Conflict than Camaraderie Between Moscow and Washington /
U.S. Seeks Ways to Route Natural Gas Around Russia /
The New American Cold War /
Guide to Russia’s key energy clients /
Russian oil exchange hold-ups /
Boeing brains show Russia’s way into WTO /
Oil boom: Russian suicide rate falling
Peak Oil – July 11
Real Oil Crisis (online video) /
Bakhtiari: oil industry hits peak production /
‘Mission Accomplished’ – High oil prices are here to stay /
Trouble South of the border: Mexico’s oil production /
Opec: ‘We do not subscribe to the peak-oil theory’
