Paying the right price for oil
HERE’S the sticky truth about oil: As a finite commodity, the world never seems to tire of burning more of, its price is bound to hit the roof.
HERE’S the sticky truth about oil: As a finite commodity, the world never seems to tire of burning more of, its price is bound to hit the roof.
Global Warming is not the disease; it’s a symptom, albeit the most serious symptom of a cancer caused by industrial civilization. Prescribing more nuclear power (even if physically possible) as a cure to the civilization’s cancer is tantamount to treating a smoker’s lung-cancer by switching her over to a different brand of cigarettes.
Saudi power struggles are holding back attempts to defeat terrorism.
OPEC expects world oil demand to rise by some 2 million barrels per day in the third quarter from a seasonal second quarter low, as consumption growth hits a seven-year high, the cartel said Thursday.
The biggest news in the world at the moment however is also the most suppressed, and it is actually quite frightening. It’s suppressed because it completely obliterates all the ludicrous reasons we’ve been fed about why we’re in Iraq and Afghanistan, and because once it becomes self-evident the global stock markets will panic and crash.
Luanda – The Angolan government yesterday unveiled a $370 million (R2.4 billion) plan to develop infrastructure in the oil-rich Cabinda enclave, in a bid to win over a region that has long pushed for self-determination.
Australia will have to import oil by the end of this decade as we move into a world where prices are inevitably going to be higher.
The recent sabotage of Iraq’s oil pipelines has raised fresh concerns about production capacity and room for maneuver in case of a crisis amid firm global oil demand.
Concern that the European Commission could gain control of Britain’s North Sea oil resurfaced last night.
IN THE short run, it is good news that the price of a barrel of crude oil has fallen below US$40 (S$69). In the long run, however, this is not good news. In fact, it may be terrible news.
Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network. “If you believe, as I do, that worldwide oil production has reached its peak, then they’ve set up a global showdown.”
Kazakhstan announced on Friday that it planned to build two oil terminals in Iran as it ramps up a lucrative oil-swap export arrangement that has been criticised for lack of transparency.