Energy Supplies and Climate Policy
This is a guest post by Dave Rutledge. Professor Rutledge is the Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech, and a former Chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science there. This post originally appeared on Judy Curry's Climate...
With Gas So Cheap and Well Drilling Down, Why Is Gas Production So High?
This is a guest post by David Hughes, a geoscientist, president of a consultancy dedicated to research on energy and sustainability issues, and a fellow of Post Carbon Institute, on whose website this article first appeared.
Natural gas prices have dec...
The Oil Potential of Iraqi Kurdistan
Whilst much of Iraq may be viewed as in a metastable social and political state, the semi autonomous northern region of Kurdistan has enjoyed relative peace for a number of years. This has enabled the regional government to develop oil exploitation law...
A Monster from the Deep
With relatively little fanfare on the international stage, Lundin Petroleum and Statoil (and partners) have just recently jointly discovered one of the largest oil fields ever found in the North Sea. The Aldous Major South - Avaldsnes discovery on the ...
Iran – Possible Implications of an Oil Embargo
Does Thursday's announcement that the EU is considering to ban oil imports from Iran epitomise the draining of power from west to east? The big winners here will be China and India, who do not fear rising Iranian influence and who will gladly soak up a...
Countdown to $100 Oil – High Energy Prices Suppressing Growth?
This is the fifth post in the series following the oil price, markets and general health of the global economy, examining the simple theory that OECD recession may result from annual average oil price exceeding $100 / bbl.
The annual average price (AAP...
Countdown to $100 Oil – No Normal Recession
David Cameron describes the economic downturn as "no normal recession" UK Prime Minister David Cameron to party conference, 5th October 2011.
This is the fourth post in the series following the oil price, markets and general health of the global econom...
Got Storage? How Hard Can It Be?
This is a guest post by Tom Murphy. Tom is an associate professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. This post previously appeared in Tom's blog at Do the Math.
The recent city-wide power outage in San Diego made me appreciate my s...
A Brief Economic Explanation of Peak Oil
The following is a guest posting by Chris Skrebowski, the ex Editor of Petroleum Review and longtime ASPO and ODAC member. Chris is the founder and Director of Peak Oil Consulting Ltd. The article was published on the ODAC website on 16th September.
F...
Peak Oil – Now or Later? A Response to Daniel Yergin
In a recent article called There Will Be Oil in the WSJ, Daniel Yergin once again attempts to debunk the concept of peak oil and sees global production capacity growing to 110 mmbpd by 2030, followed by slow decline. In this short report I will take a ...
Countdown to $100 Oil – Deja Vu?
The general and simplified theory to be tested in this series of posts is that OECD economies cannot grow with average annual oil price over $100 / barrel. As of 16 August 2011, the annual average for Brent stood at $100.04 per barrel! Are there any si...
Back to the Future: A Smart Energy District
This is a guest post by Raymond Kaiser, LEED AP, Director of Green Building Services for Stewart Engineering Consultants. Mr. Kaiser has considerable experience in renewable and sustainable energy strategies and technologies. He has provided energy and...
