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How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world
How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world In my life there are two things that have the effect of at least somewhat isolating me from others. The first is being a writer on climate change, peak oil, and the economic crises bound up with those modern predicaments. The other is being a Christian […]
Asia’s oil consumption at record high while production peaked in 2010
Asia’s oil consumption at record high while production peaked in 2010 The annual BP Statistical Review has come out, as usual in June. In this post we focus on the Asia Pacific region. This is important because the Australian government has offered the help of “Team Australia” to build the “Asian Century”. The question no one […]
Peak oiler? Not Catholic? You should still stand with the pope on climate
Peak oiler? Not Catholic? You should still stand with the pope on climate I get it, you believe in peak oil. So do I, despite gas at $2.50 a gallon. But peak oil is no excuse for either you or me to just sit around waiting for the final oil crash to make the climate problem moot by […]
Texas Oil and Gas Production for April
Texas Oil and Gas Production for April The preliminary Texas RRC Production Data is out this morning. There appears to be a considerable drop in Texas crude oil production in April. All Texas RRC data in the charts below is through April 2015 and all EIA data is through March 2015. For those new to this site, the Texas […]
Plenty of trouble: Feeding a climate changed world after peak oil
Plenty of trouble: Feeding a climate changed world after peak oil Nothing is more precious than balance, stability, and sustainability. Today, we’re hanging by our fingernails to a skyrocket of intense insane change, and it’s the only way of life we’ve ever known. Joel Bourne has spent his life riding the rocket. He grew up on […]
Peak Oil: Myth Or Coming Reality?
Peak Oil: Myth Or Coming Reality? In 1956, a geoscientist named M. King Hubbert formulated a theory which suggested that U.S. oil production would eventually reach a point at which the rate of oil production would stop growing. After production hit that peak, it would enter terminal decline. The resulting production profile would resemble a […]
China’s offshore CNOOC started to peak in 2010
China’s offshore CNOOC started to peak in 2010 The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is the largest producer of offshore oil and gas in China. Production statistics should therefore be pretty much indicative of what is happening along China’s coastline. Data from annual reports show that net oil and gas liquids production in 4 […]
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time Who ruined Mad Max’s world? The new film isn’t afraid to lay blame — and suggest a way forward. When the first Mad Max was released back in 1979, the era’s reigning existential threats were nuclear winter and, to a lesser extent, peak oil. Set in […]
OPEC according to the EIA
OPEC according to the EIA OPEC publishes monthly production data for all OPEC nations in their Monthly Oil Market Report. The data crude oil production only and does not include condensate. I have found the data to be highly accurate and any errors are corrected in the next month’s report or the month following that. The […]
The Energy Gang looks at the shifting peak oil debate
The Energy Gang looks at the shifting peak oil debate Over the last few years, analysts and academics worried about peak oil have been on the defensive. The fracking revolution has brought an abundance of oil and gas that no one thought possible a decade ago. So we can declare peak oil dead, right? Chris Nelder, […]
