On 13 October 2010, the New Zealand Parliament released a research report entitled “The next oil shock?” dealing with peak oil and future supply for the world. Some key aspects of this paper concluded that “Low-cost reserves of oil are…
Publication date: 1996-06-27 First published in: Institute on Energy and Man Authors: R.C. Duncan Attachment: The olduvai theory sliding towards a post indus. stone age.doc 136 KB
Speaking at the Barclays Capital conference in New York Andrew Gould, chief executive of oilfield services giant Schlumberger said that if the world is to have any chance of meeting aggressive demand growth for energy in the years to come…
The most influential progressive think tank in Australia, The Australia Institute based in Canberra, recently published a paper on peak oil and its importance for the government. Summary of the content and conclusions: Like climate change, the possibility of peak…
A study by a German military think tank has analyzed how “peak oil” might change the global economy. The internal draft document — leaked on the Internet — shows for the first time how carefully the German government has considered…
The Lloyd’s insurance market and the highly regarded Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS, known as Chatham House) says Britain needs to be ready for “peak oil” and disrupted energy supplies at a time of soaring fuel demand in China and…
Dr. Feng Lianyong, a professor of the School of Business Administration at the University of Petroleum, Beijing, was born in 1966. In 1988, he graduated and obtained his Bachelor’s degree from University of Petroleum (East China) with Management Engineering as…
Publication date: 2010-02-01 First published in: Energy & Fuels Authors: I.S. Nashawi et al Abstract: The year 2008 has witnessed unprecedented fluctuations in the oil prices. During the first three-quarters, the oil price abruptly increased to $140/bbl, a level that…
At present Ugo Bardi is a professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Firenze, Italy. He started with this position in 1992, before that he was staff researcher at the Department of Applied Chemistry in…
The aviation industry now uses a staggering 5 million barrels of jet fuel every day. Many of the world’s largest oil fields are nearing depletion. With peak oil production finally upon us, or very nearly so, the inevitable downward spiral…