The City of Bloomington in Indiana, USA, first formally recognized that the City must begin preparing for peak oil in July 2006. A Peak Oil Task Force was created. The specific charge of the Task Force is to acquire and…
Divisions within OPEC have eased as the dual threat of the global economic crisis, and climate change talks force oil producers to be pragmatic and unified, analysts said on Sunday. But the stance of the price hawks has since lost…
Publication date: 2009-07-23 First Published in: Energy Policy Authors: G. Maggio, G. Cacciola Abstract: In recent years, the economic and political aspects of energy problems have prompted many researchers and analysts to focus their attention on the Hubbert Peak Theory…
Colin Campbell, the founder of ASPO, has written a comment to the recent article about the IEA whistleblower from the newspaper the Guardian. Dr Campbells comments are available from below: Download here: Campbell’s Comments
The world is closer to a peak in oil supply than International Energy Agency estimates admit, UK newspaper The Guardian reported in today’s edition, citing an unidentified “whistleblower” at the IEA. The senior official claims the US has played an…
The group president of OPEC has said those organization ministers will raise output to protect the global economic recovery at a meeting in December if oil prices rise to US$100 per barrel. Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos, who is also Angola’s…
John Hess, the chairman of the US independent producer of the same name, has fired a warning shot to the world, claiming a “devastating oil crisis” looms large on the horizon if global action is not taken about developing alternative…
There is a “significant risk” that global production of conventional oil could “peak” and decline by 2020, a report has warned. The UK Energy Research Council study says there is a consensus that the era of cheap oil is at…
Publication date: 2009-10-05 First published in: www.peakoil.net Authors: Jean Laherrere Abstract: Comments on “Squeezing more oil from the ground” by L. Maugeri in Scientific American October 2009. Maugerifinalversion.pdf 1.72 MB
Credit Suisse expects the major US and European integrated oil companies to struggle to boost output to 2020, saying the sector is unlikely to see any volume growth over the coming cycle. However, the brokerage said Chevron is the only…