As Iraqi’s prepare to go to the polls on Sunday the country has been subjected to a month of increased violence including a string of blasts in Baghdad on Thursday targeting early voters which killed at least 14 people. The election, which will decide the next chapter of Iraq’s future, is being keenly watched by the oil industry... read more
The Haradh III development at the southern tip of the Ghawar oil field in Saudi Arabia, completed in 2006, has been portrayed by the national oil company Saudi Aramco as the turning point in the battle between geological adversity and engineering prowess...Aided by 3D Seismic images showing fracture locations, well sites were optimized and drills were guided by remote control from Dhahran....Lots of glowing articles were published, and the man in charge eventually rode off in glory to solve the rest of the world's oil production problems. read more
A weekly update including:
- Prices and production
- Iraqi elections read more
-Matt Simmons: Oil shortage spills into water
-Photographer Burtynsky recent focus on water rooted in political power, control
-Water and the War on Terror read more
The United States apparently has reached the point where it must either accept that Iran will develop nuclear weapons at some point if it wishes, or take military action to prevent this. There is a third strategy, however: Washington can seek to redefine the Iranian question. As we have no idea what leaders on either side are thinking, exploring this represents an exercise in geopolitical theory. Let’s begin with the two apparent stark choices. read more
Nobody knows what will happen when an oil-producing member of the global economy in the middle of the Middle East implodes into worthlessness,... and then runs out of water, but in Yemen, we are going to find out. read more
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Venezuela read more
-Goldilocks and the three fuels
-Israel Urges Iran Oil Embargo Even Without U.N. Okay
-Why Peak Oil Is The Only Thing That Can Stop The Chinese Export Deluge read more
Some of you may know that over the last 3 or 4 years, I wrote extensively about our precarious oil supply. Since then I've broadened my outlook in so far as it's hard to choose among all the potential disasters on our doorstep. read more
-Barclays and Bank of America see looming oil crunch
- China's CNPC in Iran gas deal
-Saudi Arabia fears a peak in oil demand - and it's going green, sort of
- OPEC strategy reveals that they're 100% short-term focused, and sure Of peak oil read more
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