Quest for energy is race against time
New forms of energy need to be developed quickly or else the world faces a cataclysmic economic and environmental future writes Jeremy Leggett
Oil
Middle East: EU Modifies U.S. Plan On Promoting Regional ‘Democracy’
The European Union says it has modified an ambitious U.S. plan to promote democracy in the Middle East. [propaganda warning]
Join us as we watch the crisis unfolding
Saudi Aramco could turn some valves and increase production rate by two million barrels per day. In doing so, they might cut short the life of their largest resource.
Crossing the Red Line
Bill McKibben discusses Paul Roberts’ book the End of Oil in the context of climate change.
Dwindling Oil and 9/11 (audio)
Presentations by independent investigators at the international inquiry on 9/11 held in San Francisco in March.
Raymond urges “constructive relationships” with oil-producing nations
“We simply do not yet have the economic solutions or technologies that would permit us to meet future energy demands without carbon emissions growth,” Exxon Mobil chairman Lee R. Raymond said.
State explores North Slope gas pipeline financing options
The state of Alaska held preliminary talks with investment banking firms in New York City May 25 to explore options should the state decide to help finance a North Slope natural gas pipeline.
East Asia readies emergency measures to overcome oil supply concerns
Facing runaway oil prices and security fears, East Asian officials meeting in Manila will make emergency plans that included creating oil reserves and finding alternative sources for their energy imports.
Norway, Russia jealously eyeing virgin oil fields
OSLO: In a world growing increasingly worried about oil supplies, there is one large white spot on the fossil fuel map, eyed eagerly by both Norway and Russia, but accessible to neither without a treaty.
ODAC bulletin
News briefs from ODAC.
Oil supplies: we’re on a knife-edge
OIL supplies are now so tight that just 1.5 million barrels of oil a day – less than 2% of global production – is keeping another potentially devastating surge in energy prices at bay, experts have warned.
What if…
It’s 2006. Bin Laden conquers Arabia. Crude prices are nudging $100. A far-off fantasy? Don’t you believe it, writes Oliver Morgan
