Peak Oil Review – July 20
By Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly review: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East and North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Greece, The Briefs.
Tag: ukraine
Peak oil notes – Oct 9
By Tom Whipple, ASPO USA
Mid-Week Update. Energy prices continued to fall this week with New York futures trading below $87 a barrel on Wednesday and London oil falling to a close of $91.37.
The Ukraine conflict, peak cheap gas and the MH17 tragedy
By Matt Mushalik, Crude Oil Peak
The number of countries with fossil fuel conflicts and wars is increasing. Libya, Sudan, Egypt (Sinai), Yemen, Syria, Iraq and now Ukraine. The result is that many innocent people die and that actual oil/gas production drops.
Peak Oil Review – Apr 28
By Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly update including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
Perverse outcomes: Lifting U.S. oil export ban would mean greater dependence on foreign oil
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
There is a case regarding market efficiency for overturning America's oil export ban, but this is NOT the one the industry is using in its public relations campaign. That's because increased efficiency in the world oil market would actually make the country's oil supply more vulnerable to events abroad.
Fracking politics – headlines
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Why US fracking companies are licking their lips over Ukraine •Putin tells Europe Ukraine gas debt 'critical', transit threatened •Cheniere cheif plays down US gas claims •The Absurdity of US Natural Gas Exports •Everyone's getting excited about US oil independence. Not so fast. •Russia's South Stream pipeline in deep freeze as EU tightens sanctions noose
Export Stupidity
By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
If the US could supply Europe with large amounts of fuel, that would reduce the Continent’s dependency on Russia while depriving Putin of needed revenues.
Ukraine: Challenging the pipelines narrative
By Alexis Rowell, Resilience.org
As a former correspondent in Kiev, Moscow and Georgia I find the attempt to link the Ukraine conflict with pipelines and natural resources is highly debatable.
Ukraine, Russia and the nonexistent U.S. oil and natural gas “weapon”
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
There is no U.S. oil and gas export "weapon" to aim at Russia to counter its moves in the Ukraine. The U.S. isn't even supplying its own needs. But you wouldn't know that from media reports and editorials in the last week.
Ukraine crisis shows urgency of green energy: Russian nat’l gas blackmail
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment
The threat of economic sanctions would be more realistic if Europe did not depend so heavily on Russia for its natural gas. 40% of Germany’s natural gas and one third of Europe’s natural gas in general is imported from that country.
Energy Crunch: Peaks and tipping points
By Energy Crunch staff, New Economics Foundation
Diplomatic efforts are underway to diffuse tensions between Russia and the West following the overthrow of Ukrainian President Yanukovych. Should tensions escalate, one risk is the disruption of gas supplies from Russia to Europe via the Ukraine.
Ukraine crisis is about Great Power oil, gas pipeline rivalry
By Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian Earth Insight blog
Resource scarcity, competition to dominate Eurasian energy corridors, are behind Russian militarism and US interference.