Why Oil is Headed To $300 – Yes, $300!
August 13, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The price of oil is headed “unimaginably higher” in the next few years – to somewhere north of $300 a barrel – because of two very simple forces. Words: 708
What Happens to Oil Prices if Israel Bombs Iranian Nuclear Facilities?
June 15, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
Because sanctions are unlikely to curb the Iran’s nuclear ambitions, we now believe that there is at least a 50% probability of military action (most likely unilateral action by Israel) against Iranian nuclear sites over the next 12 months. Iran has multiple retaliatory options at its disposal in the event of Israeli airstrikes. Which options would most adversely affect the price of oil? Words: 610
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U.S. Military Warns of Serious Oil Shortfall by 2015
April 14, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The US military’s Joint Operating Environment report from the US Joint Forces Command has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear by 2012 and that there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact. Words: 455
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4 Bombshell Reports Suggest: Peak Oil Now an Imminent Reality
Official recognition of the peak oil threat has been muted up until now, couched in warnings about “adequate investment” and blithe assertions that demand would soon peak, averting any supply shortage. All that seems to have changed in the last month with a sudden deluge of reports and summit meetings suggesting that the oil industry and energy officials are now taking peak oil very seriously indeed. Words: 990
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Hess: $140 Oil was NOT an Aberration – It was a Warning!
March 2, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
Once economic growth recovers, it is likely we will return to the market conditions of 2008. The price of $140 per barrel oil was not an aberration; it was a warning. An oil crisis is coming that could prove devastating to future economic growth. Given the long lead times of 5-to-10 years from oil discovery to production, we need to act now to avert this outcome. Words: 862
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New Discoveries Insufficient to Avoid Peak Oil
February 28, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The imbalance between oil demand and supply is likely to result in a decade long upward trajectory in energy prices, marked by volatility. The world is going to be running short of oil production in the not too distant future and these new discoveries don’t change that reality. Words: 2032
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Do Canada’s Oil Sands Deserve “World’s Dirtiest Commodity” Label?
February 22, 2010 by Editor · 3 Comments
When you think of Canada, which qualities come to mind: the world’s peacekeeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its southern neighbour, decent, civilised, fair, well-governed? Think again. This country’s government is now behaving with all the sophistication of a chimpanzee’s tea party. Words: 1275
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How ‘Crude’ are Canada’s Oil Sands?
February 19, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The carbon footprint left by Canada’s oil sands has been a target of criticism for years with many environmentalists suggesting that the extraction and processing of bitumen from Alberta’s northern oil sands is “two to three times worse” for the environment than any other supply of oil on the planet. Is that legitimate criticism? Words: 692
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What is Shale Oil?
February 17, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
People often say: “You can’t squeeze blood from a stone.” However that’s exactly what shale oil is. An alternative fuel, created by squeezing our planet’s proverbial “Life Blood” out of rock. Words: 1066
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Crude Oil: How ‘Sweet’ it can be!
February 7, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
Some people arbitrarily speak about oil as if it is a single, indistinguishably homogenous substance without any unique differentiation, but this is actually not the case at all! In fact, there are many different kinds of oil. Words: 1007
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