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WEO report

IEA oil forecast unrealistically high; misses diminishing returns

December 15, 2020November 16, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

The International Energy Agency (IEA) provides unrealistically high oil forecasts in its new 2012 World Energy Outlook (WEO). It claims, among other things, that the United States will become the world’s largest oil producer by 2020, and will become a net oil exporter by 2030.

Categories Energy Tags tight oil production, US oil production, WEO report Leave a comment

Some serious fracking exuberance in gay Paris

December 15, 2020November 16, 2012 by Asher Miller

Good news, folks. According to our friends at the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States will once again be the world’s top oil producing nation by 2020. In your face Russia and Saudi Arabia!

Categories Energy Tags Fracking, Shale Oil, tight oil production, WEO report Leave a comment

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