US crude imports from Non-OPEC countries peaked 10 years before tight oil boom
In this post on the impact of US tight oil, we look at US crude oil imports from Non-OPEC countries.
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Turnabout: OPEC shows U.S. oil producers who’s boss
To paraphrase Mark Twain: Rumors of OPEC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Peak Oil Notes – Nov 20
A mid week update.
Peak Oil Review – Nov 17
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
US Oil Dependency on Middle East has Hardly Changed Since 2007
US imports started to drop following the 2007 recession and the financial crisis in 2008.
Eight Pieces of Our oil Price Predicament
A person might think that oil prices would be fairly stable. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work that way recently. Let me explain at least a few of the issues involved.
Energy Crunch: Sinking Oil
Oil prices plunged to a four year low of just $85 per barrel this week – down from around $115 as recently as mid-June.
Peak Oil Notes – Oct 16
The price plunge which began in mid-June when New York oil futures trading around $105 a barrel continued this week with oil touching $80 on Wednesday before recovering to close at $81.78.
Peak Oil Review – Oct 13
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
Irony alert: Yergin gets award named after peak oil realist Schlesinger
Where is George Orwell when you need him? It is a supreme irony that cornucopian oil industry mouthpiece and consultant Daniel Yergin should receive America’s first medal for energy security named after James Schlesinger, the first U.S. energy secretary.
Scots lost out in UK oil and gas endgame
Those 24 Gboe (oil and gas) hotly debated during the independence campaign appear to be largely exagerated because half of that includes additional and yet-to-find resources the development of which is uncertain.
The Oiliness of Everything: Invisible Oil and Energy Payback Time.
You can’t understand the predicament we’re in until you can see the oil that saturates every single aspect of our life. What follows is a life cycle of a simple object, the pencil.
