Margaret Thatcher, one of the United Kingdom’s greatest leaders, has died. We can hear on the radio and see on TV how she is praised for her political deeds. Many consider that it was the changes in the economic system…
The conference “Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportunities for the GCC Countries” in Doha, Qatar, has ended. It was a very interesting Peak Oil conference and was the first to be held in the Middle East. I was given the honor…
At the beginning of January, I was invited to give a presentation and participate in a panel discussion on Peak Oil. Maybe this is not such a huge surprise but what was surprising was that the invitation was a symposium…
“Many small creeks make a large stream” is a Swedish saying that describes well the production of shale oil and shale gas. Equivalent English sayings are, “Many a little makes a mickle,” (that originated in Scotland, and then President George…
Since the IEA presented its World Energy Outlook report of 2012, the world’s press has spread the news that the USA can become a larger oil producer than Saudi Arabia. They have also reported on increased production of shale gas.…
The term “Peak Oil” was used for the first time in January 2001. It was then that Colin Campbell wrote his first newsletter for ASPO, the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas. A month later the “Focus”…
Björn Lindahl has published an article on activities and investment on the world’s seas. (20120108 in Swedish in the edition of Svenska Dagbladet Industry [the business section of one of Sweden’s major broadsheet newspapers].) He states that 59,000 freight ships…
In the World Energy Outlook 2012 report the IEA presents its view of future crude oil production (see the figure). With decreases of over 2 million barrels per day (Mb/d) by 2035 both Russia and China have passed Peak Oil.…
Kjell Aleklett, Professor in Global Energy Systems at Uppsala University, Sweden. The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet has now, 2012 December 23, published my article “EU must drastically reduce its oil imports.” In Swedish, “EU måste skära ner sin oljeimport drastiskt.”…
On Friday I boarded the aircraft in New York to travel back to Stockholm from (among other things) the ASPO-USA conference. When I did so, I picked up two newspapers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and the Financial Times (FT).…