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Doctoral dissertation estimates 'peak oil' between 2008 & 2018

A doctoral dissertation by Fredrik Robelius of the Uppsala University in Sweden contends that global oil production will reach its peak yield as early as next year before falling into decline. The thesis, which attempts to estimate the largest oil fields' future production, is based on Robelius's investigation of historical oil production, new oil field discovery and global reserves. The world's largest, or giant, oil fields number less than one percent of all fields but account for over 60 percent of global production. Analysis: Robelius ... Read more →

Has Saudi oil production peaked already? 8% decline in 2006 Sam Abuelsamid

Over at the OilDrum.com there is an interesting and potentially disturbing look at Saudi oil production in 2006. Looking at data from a number or different sources (where the exact numbers vary but ...

Cornell University prof says peak oil could be pushed out 50-100 years Sam Abuelsamid

Cornell University geology professor Muawia Barazangi claims that the time of "peak oil" in the Middle East could readily be pushed out another 50-100 years by updating drilling and pumping ...

Forget peak oil. Are we facing peak lithium? Sam Abuelsamid

Lithium ion battery technology is all the rage when talking about future vehicle propulsion systems. Everybody wants lithium ion batteries because so far they are the only electro-chemical batteries ...

Saudi oil exec: Don't worry, we have plenty of oil Derrick Y. Noh

At a conference today in Vienna sponsored by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Abdallah S. Jum'ah, president and CEO of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), proclaimed ...


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