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Pumping more oil is the wrong solution…
2 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 16th, 2008 in Oil Price, Saudi Arabia, oil reservesUnder huge political pressure, Saudi Arabia will raise oil production to record levels by pumping an extra half-a-million barrels of oil a day, bringing their production to 9.7 million barrels a day.
That would be a rise of 550,000 bpd or over 6 percent since May and would take Saudi crude output to its […]
BP Blames the “Madness of Men” for Oil Rise
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 12th, 2008 in Oil Price, oil reserves“We’re not running out of hydrocarbons,” insists Tony Hayward, the baby-faced boss of global oil giant BP.
To back up this view, he cites various comforting figures from the latest edition of the firm’s “Statistical Review of World Energy”, released this week.
Oil Shortage a “Myth”, Says Industry Insider
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell June 9th, 2008 in gas guzzlers, oil reservesSoaring oil prices, talk of peak oil… there is really nothing to worry about says a former oil man who claims that there is over twice as much oil in the ground as major producers say.
Although it is widely assumed that the world has reached a point where oil production has peaked this idea is […]
The Second North Sea Oil Boom
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 5th, 2008 in North Sea, exploration, oil reservesHappy Environment Day, story number three. The record oil price could cause a second oil boom in the North Sea. The popular view is that the UK’s share of the North Sea is in decline, with energy reserves diminishing rapidly about 35 years after the oilfields were first exploited.
However, there is a growing body […]
The Seabed Scramble
4 Comments Published by Andy Rowell May 27th, 2008 in Politics, exploration, oil reservesWe just don’t know when to stop. It looks like we are going to chase every drop of oil under every remote sea-bed, no matter the consequences.
A fevered scramble for control of the world’s seabed is going on - mostly in secret - at a little known office of the United Nations in New York.
Officials […]
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