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Here are our Archived Articles
April,
2006
March,
2006
February,
2006
January,
2006
Thanks to "Depletion
Scotland" for the following collection of "alerts":
Several big investment banks have recently
released reports of the impending peak in global oil
production. The first was Deutsche Bank in December 2004,
“Energy prospects after the petroleum age” : http://www.dbresearch.de/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_DE-PROD/PROD0000000000181487.PDF
Goldman Sachs issued a report predicting an
oil “super-spike”: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4399537.stm
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/streetlife/0,15704,1051267,00.html
(subscription)
Mellon Global Investments issued a report
in February 2005, “Oil Price outlook: OVER A BARREL,
Complacency and the Threat of Diminishing Oil Reserves”: http://www.noticias.info/Archivo/2005/200502/20050222/20050222_49291.shtm
In April, the Bank of Montreal issued a
report predicting that Saudi Arabia's - and the world's
-biggest oilfield, Gharwar, is in irreversible decline:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/08B97BCF-7BE6-4F1D-A846-7ACB9B0F8894.htm
Matthew Simmons, Chairman of Simmons and Co
International, has published many articles on Peak Oil,
especially on Saudi Arabian oil production eg.:
http://www.worldoil.com/Magazine/MAGAZINE_DETAIL.asp?ART_ID=2486&MONTH_YEAR=Feb-2005
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2574
http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches
In his article "OIL DEPLETION? It's
All In The Assumptions", Ronald R. Cooke reviews the
assumptions made by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)
in their recent optimistic report,
"Worldwide
Liquids Capacity Outlook To 2010— Tight Supply Or Excess
Of Riches".
In the ‘Reality Check’ section of his article, Cooke
summarizes the most recent opinions of various leading
players, including ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, Shell and
Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian state oil company:
http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/cooke/2005/0728.html
In the article "The Energy Crunch to
Come", Michael Klare takes a slightly different angle,
the reporting of diminishing reserves by the so-called ‘oil
majors’ (major oil companies): http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=2277
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