• Richemont’s Rupert Opposes Shell’s Gas Plans in Karoo, Star Says

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:41:04
    , Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Richemont’s Rupert Opposes Shell’s Gas Plans in Karoo , Star Says Jan 31st , 2011 by John Donovan BLOOMBERG By Nasreen Seria Jan 31, 2011 7:05 AM GMT Cie . Financiere Richemont SA Chairman Johann Rupert is opposed to a plan by  Royal Dutch Shell Plc to explore for gas in South Africa’s Karoo region until further environmental studies are conducted , the  Star reported , citing . Rupert Shell must do further tests on the possible impact of its exploration on the water systems , geology and environment , Rupert told a public meeting in the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet on Jan . 28, the Johannesburg-based newspaper said . Rupert , who owns

  • NGL to the Rescue, Revisited (Part 1/2)

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:41:02
    , The Oil Drum Discussions about Energy and Our Future The BP Energy Outlook to 2030 a review The Oil Drum What's Behind Egypt's Problems NGL to the Rescue , Revisited Part 1 2 Posted by Rune Likvern on January 28, 2011 10:59am Topic : Supply Production Tags : butane ethane iea weo 2010 ncs ngl opec ngls propane sleipner volumetric heating value wetness factor list all tags : DISCLAIMER The author holds no positions in the oil energy market that may be affected by the content of this . post This is the first of two posts where I present a closer look at NGLs . In this first post I will present a closer look at volumetric energy heat content for some hydrocarbons in liquid state and the wetness factor for natural gas . Later I will present a closer look at the conditions that need to be met

  • OPEC quotas and crude oil production

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:41:02
    The Oil Drum Discussions about Energy and Our Future What's Behind Egypt's Problems The Oil Drum OPEC quotas and crude oil production Posted by Luis de Sousa on January 31, 2011 11:20am Topic : Supply Production Tags : crude oil production jean laherrère opec original proven reserves quotas list all tags This is a guest post by Jean Laherrère a long-time friend of and contributor to . TheOilDrum It is hard to obtain reliable graphs and quotas on OPEC oil production and to know how these quotas are ascertained . The few graphs that I found are incomplete and inaccurate . OPEC's website reports the oil production allocations quotas or ceilings from April 82 to Nov 2007. OPEC's 2009 annual report extends the data up to December 2009 but only with the total 24.845 Mb d there's no detail since

  • Why Clean Energy Can’t Exist on its Own – OilPrice.com

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    Why Clean Energy Can't Exist on its OwnOilPrice.comShe is especially known for her work with financial issues associated with peak oil. Prior to getting involved with energy issues, Ms. Tverberg worked as an …and more » More: continued here

  • Welcome, 'Peak Oil.' The day of reckoning is approaching and the …

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    “Peak Oil” is a religion of artificial scarcity to drive prices through the stratosphere by the same globalists that want to tax the air we breath. They’re all in bed together. There may a shortage of refineries, but certainly not crude … More: continued here

  • Tomgram: Juan Cole, American Policy on the Brink – Firedoglake

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    Tomgram: Juan Cole, American Policy on the BrinkFiredoglakeMany energy analysts believe that the world is at (or will soon reach) peak oil — the moment when global petroleum output achieves a maximum sustainable …and more » More: continued here

  • Survivor Kids – Republican Reality Show Coming? – Treehugger

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    Treehugger Survivor Kids – Republican Reality Show Coming?TreehuggerBased on what's happening in Egypt right now, it looks increasingly plausible that geopolitical peak oil could be upon us. If theres' a works stoppage on … More: continued here

  • Peak oil, inequality and wheat prices unite for revolution in Egypt

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    The chart tells a thousand words, including peak oil = revolution. Also, I was watching Aljazeera and they mentioned that Mubarak’s last government had more ‘businessmen’ than any of his previous administrations. … More: continued here

  • Peak oil and our financial decline | Energy Bulletin

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    In this fifth video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, author, blogger and social critic James Howard Kunstler opens up on two circumstances he sees running neck and neck “that … More: continued here

  • List of Oscar Nominees: Which Hollywood star celebs are going green? – Green Celebrity Network

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    List of Oscar Nominees: Which Hollywood star celebs are going green?Green Celebrity NetworkORG Jim Cherry Meet Jim Cherry: Graphic artist, Peak Oil crisis news watcher — classic car guy going green! Maryann Tobin Meet Maryann Tobin: Animal …and more » More: continued here

  • Jeff Rubin: Triple Digit Oil This Quarter | Peak Oil News and …

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    Just as the IEA has finally recognized the reality of peak oil—at least insofar as affordable conventional oil is concerned—triple-digit oil prices have become the new normal in OPEC’s price expectations. When both OPEC, an organization … More: continued here

  • Degens ramps up stakes – Coff’s Coast Advocate

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    Degens ramps up stakesCoff’s Coast Advocate“Moving more freight onto rail would also improve road safety in and around Coffs Harbour and with peak oil passing, the need to develop alternative … More: continued here

  • Cold fusion: reality or utopia? | Peak Oil News and Message Boards

    Updated: 2011-01-31 16:40:31
    Peak Oil News and Message Boards is a community and collaboration portal about energy-related topics. More: continued here

  • “Compromised” API Set for Key Safety Role

    Updated: 2011-01-31 10:35:32
    So its back to business as usual. Bob Dudley, BP’s chief executive, is set to announce a resumption of dividend payments tomorrow as a signal to investors that the oil giant is back on track, after last year’s Deepwater disaster. The reinstatement is key for Dudley to show investor confidence before his inaugural presentation to...Continue reading '“Compromised” API Set for Key Safety Role'.

  • Shell Looks for Partnership With Rosneft

    Updated: 2011-01-31 08:01:06
    Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell Looks for Partnership With Rosneft Jan 31st , 2011 by John Donovan THE MOSCOW TIMES 31 January 2011 Bloomberg DAVOS , Switzerland Peter Voser , chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell , said he’s looking at a partnership with Rosneft to hunt for oil . reserves We are talking about potential exploration” together , Voser said Friday in Davos , Switzerland . Partnership with national oil companies is part of our business model . Shell , ExxonMobil and BP are teaming up with government-controlled companies in oil-rich countries to gain access to resources . Rosneft , Russia’s biggest energy company , this month agreed to swap 8 billion in

  • Is Begich of Alaska trying to strong-arm the EPA on behalf of Shell?

    Updated: 2011-01-30 23:20:56
    Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Is Begich of Alaska trying to strong-arm the EPA on behalf of Shell Jan 30th , 2011 by John Donovan , John I read the article about Begich of Alaska trying to strong-arm the EPA on behalf of RD Shell . I have attached a link to his webpage . This is just a suggestion , but you may want to drop him a line and let him know about the email received from the DoI’s Inspector General office regarding the ongoing DoI investigation of RD Shell as it pertains to the Navy’s espionage investigation of RD Shell . You could include a link to that Navy ONR memo listing the classification authorities . Just a suggestion , but there is no harm in stirring

  • Royal Dutch Shell Malaysian pension fund controversy

    Updated: 2011-01-30 23:20:55
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • Royal Dutch Shell tried to blackmail reserves whistleblower

    Updated: 2011-01-30 14:41:09
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • Begich Asks EPA to Swiftly Resolve Shell’s Air Permit Issues

    Updated: 2011-01-30 14:41:06
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • OIL POLITICS: The Emperor with no clothes

    Updated: 2011-01-30 06:01:12
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • Shell whistleblower Dr Huong accuses Shell of psychological torture

    Updated: 2011-01-29 05:51:44
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • Production on Shell Ogoni Oil Wells Recommences

    Updated: 2011-01-28 20:42:58
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • Turning the BC Liberals Green

    Updated: 2011-01-28 19:14:50
    VPOE Jon Cooksey turns up the heat in BC. Tired of the same old short sighted politics in BC? DO SOMETHING!!!! FIRST - Consider registering to become a member of the BC Liberal Party. It costs $10.00. There are only 7 days left. Registration allows you to vote for the person to replace Gordon Campbell and serve [...]

  • Green Jobs & Public Investment = Corporate Welfare

    Updated: 2011-01-28 18:04:29
    The recent naming of GE’s Jeffrey Immelt to head a presidential commission on, err, something or other seems to have been an occasion for bipartisan gnashing of teeth about what I call the growth of the American corporate state.  I was encouraged by the bipartisan negative reaction from the left, right, and of course the [...]

  • This Explains A Lot

    Updated: 2011-01-28 15:14:42
    Some days I almost can’t remember my own kids’ names The mysteries of the brain may be virtually endless, but a team of researchers from two institutes in Göttingen, Germany now claim to have an answer for at least one question that has remained a puzzle: just how fast does the brain forget information? According to [...]

  • Shell under fire for alleged environmental, human rights violations

    Updated: 2011-01-28 12:00:58
    If you haven't seen the attached, it may interest you to know that the attached is a copy of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company's internal management exchange which was leaked by one of the employees who is disgusted with Shell. You may take note that Shell cheats on paying the Retirement Benefit Fund resulting in the class action at Miri High Court by ex and current staff of Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Company.

  • Was Ugandan Oil Deal “Corrupt”?

    Updated: 2011-01-28 10:11:07
    Tullow Oil is “approaching the finishing line” in talks with the Ugandan government to resolve a tax dispute that has held up plans to bring in new partners to exploit its oil reserves there. Tullow expects to reach an agreement to sell a share of its Uganda assets to Total SA and China National Offshore...Continue reading 'Was Ugandan Oil Deal “Corrupt”?'.

  • Japans Sovereign Debt Downgraded, US Next

    Updated: 2011-01-27 18:47:06
    Standard & Poor’s, a leading credit ratings agency downgraded Japan’s long-term sovereign debt Thursday, a sharp reminder of the heavy financial obligations plaguing one of the world’s largest economies.

  • Davos 2011: World Economic Forum Begins

    Updated: 2011-01-27 18:47:05
    The 2011 annual gathering (Jan 26-30) of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which brings together hundreds of business, political, and finance movers & shakers from around the world, began today in Davos, Switzerland, a renowned winter ski resort for the wealthy and connected.

  • “Shell, Let’s Go Clean Nigeria!”

    Updated: 2011-01-27 10:52:49
    Just before dawn yesterday, activists from Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands scaled the front of Shell’s headquarters in the Hague and urged the company to “clean up” its operations in Nigeria. Some activists were dressed as oil-smeared birds. Others held pictures of polluted land or hung plastic strips appearing to smear Shell’s corporate...Continue reading '“Shell, Let’s Go Clean Nigeria!”'.

  • Markets Rally on Obama SOTU Priorities

    Updated: 2011-01-27 03:22:26
    Trade, global economic competition, job growth, the Federal deficit, spending cuts, taxes, infrastructure investments and technology innovation were the focus of President Obama’s annual State of the Union address to a newly divided Congress last night.

  • What oil subsidies is Obama targeting?

    Updated: 2011-01-26 12:46:33
    Last night, The President once again proposed ending subsidies to the oil industry.  As we’ve said before, this is a great idea, and should be supported in full. That said, although we haven’t seen details, it’s quite unlikely that the Administration is proposing to eliminate all these subsidies.  First, there is an important difference from...Continue reading 'What oil subsidies is Obama targeting?'.

  • Driving Straight Into Catastrophe

    Updated: 2011-01-25 06:45:09
    By Julio Godoy 24 January, 2011 Inter Press Service PARIS - Despite repeated warnings by environmental and climate experts that reduction of fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is fundamental to forestalling global warming, disaster appears imminent. According to the latest statistics, unprecedented climate change has Earth hurtling down a path of catastrophic proportions. The Paris-based International Energy [...]

  • Worst. DA. Ever.

    Updated: 2011-01-25 03:11:10
    Andrew Thomas was very competitive in Radley Balko’s Worst Prosecutor of the Year voting.  But if he had just waited a few days, this news could have easily put Thomas over the top: The same people responsible for tens of millions in claims being filed against Maricopa County are now drooling after their own pot of gold. [...]

  • The Oil Boom is Back

    Updated: 2011-01-24 10:34:14
    A new report by the energy consultancy, PFC Energy, is arguing that the center of the global energy industry is slowly shifting away from the oil majors. Publicly traded companies in Russia, China and Brazil are taking more of the top spots in its influential global ranking of the world’s energy giants. In part to...Continue reading 'The Oil Boom is Back'.

  • Natural Gas Supply Security: Is there a Rational for EU-Wide, Unique Supply Security Standards?

    Updated: 2011-01-23 17:57:46
    Obviously, no country wants to depend on ‘insecure’ foreign supplies of an important economic input such as natural gas. However, security of supply has a cost. Therefore, we question whether there is a rational for EU-wide, unique supply security standards as have been implemented recently via the Commission’s new regulation concerning measures to safeguards security [...]

  • CO2 emissions to rise by 25% in 20 years, says Big Oil

    Updated: 2011-01-20 10:19:41
    We are on the path to climate chaos, Big Oil has admitted. Both BP and Exxon have conceded that progress on climate change is totally insufficient to stabilize CO2 emissions. Both oil companies have just published their Energy Outlooks, and the outlook looks grim. In a bleak prognosis for success on reducing carbon dioxide emissions,...Continue reading 'CO2 emissions to rise by 25% in 20 years, says Big Oil'.

  • Opponents to Fracking Disclosure Take Big Money From Industry

    Updated: 2011-01-19 21:22:12
    This post is cross-published from ProPublica. Congress isn’t going to regulate hydraulic fracturing any time soon. But the Department of Interior might. [2] For starters, Interior is mulling whether it should require drilling companies to disclose the chemicals they use to frack wells drilled on public lands, and already the suggestion has earned Interior Secretary...Continue reading 'Opponents to Fracking Disclosure Take Big Money From Industry'.

  • PEAK OIL NEWS

    Updated: 2011-01-19 08:22:48
    Jan. 18, 2011 Rex Weyler Lost in the news cycle is the fact that oil has quietly returned to its Oct. 2007 price of $90/barrel .. now $91 .. and the Brent Crude price, European price, is $95. So we’re back where we were in early 2008, approaching $100 oil, and counting. This matters. OPEC oil production [...]

  • Deep Green: What the Greens got right

    Updated: 2011-01-18 08:17:51
    Blogpost by Rex Weyler - January 14, 2011 at 22:14 Deep Green is Rex Weyler’s monthly column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace’s past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own. January 2011 “Ecology is a subversive subject.” Paul Sears, BioScience, July 1964 Last November, British television’s Channel 4 aired ‘What the Green Movement [...]

  • The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest

    Updated: 2011-01-18 07:52:38
    By Tom Whipple 13 January, 2011 Falls Church News-Press Buried in the millions of words that were written about the shootings in Arizona last week was a recent poll showing that only 13 percent of the American people think favorably of the U.S. Congress. The implication, of course, is that as 87 percent [...]

  • ION in the Media

    Updated: 2011-01-13 20:31:09
    ION has recently appeared in several industry publications over the last several months. In case you missed the articles, here are some of the highlights. January 2011 Shale Gas Plays and the Value of Seismic in a Low-Price Environment, Hart’s E&P Written by Mike Saur, Director – Portfolio Management and Strategic Initiatives, and Mark Wallace, [...]

  • BP Hits Oil Production Milestone in Iraq: It's a Start

    Updated: 2011-01-12 17:02:00
    BP met its oil production milestone at Iraq's Rumaila field, lifting the country's production to the highest level in two decades. But the work isn't over.

  • Gulf Oil Spill: Why Liability Should Be Tied to Risk

    Updated: 2011-01-11 22:14:26
    The oil spill commission may have punted on how much the current $75 million liability cap should be raised to. But its co-chair did float one compelling solution based on risk.

  • The time has come for Demand Side Response incentive mechanisms in the low-carbon future

    Updated: 2011-01-10 16:52:04
    Demand Side Response incentive mechanisms are destined to play an important role in the low-carbon future, where electricity peaks increase because of higher levels of energy service demand met through electricity. Demand Side Response (hereafter, DSR) consists of all those programs which enable shifting peak loads through diversified tariffs and financial incentives. The traditional argument [...]

  • Upping the Stakes - The Tyranny of Entitlement

    Updated: 2011-01-09 08:38:25
    A lesson in limits by Derrick Jensen Published in the January/February 2011 issue of Orion magazine ’M CONTINUALLY stunned by how many seemingly sane people believe you can have infinite economic growth on a finite planet. Perpetual economic growth and its cousin, limitless technological expansion, are beliefs so deeply held by so many in this culture that they [...]

  • Vancouver’s Regional GROWTH Strategy: Problematic

    Updated: 2011-01-08 21:14:43
    Jan. 8, 2011 Vandy Savage - My 2 cents. In order to add a green voice to plans for the future, I went to multiple Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) meetings where this long range Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy plan was presented, amended, and presented again. Nearly all of these were the dreaded “breakfast” meetings with tepid coffee [...]

  • Cities with Stable Population Outperform Fast Growing Cities

    Updated: 2011-01-08 07:28:24
    Posted by Dave Gardner on Dec 14, 2010 Metro areas in the U.S. with a stable population are proving growth is not the path to prosperity. Eben Fodor, community planning consultant and author of Better, Not Bigger, has just released a study comparing the fastest-growing metro areas of the U.S. with the slowest-growing, to test conventional [...]

  • World food prices enter ‘danger territory’ to reach record high

    Updated: 2011-01-07 05:58:18
    UN food price index rises for sixth month in a row to highest since records began in 199 Jill Treanor guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 5 January 2011 15.04 GMT World food prices enter ‘danger territory’ to reach record high UN food price index rises for sixth month in a row to highest since records began in 1990 Soaring prices of sugar, [...]

  • Yes, Oil Price Hikes Threaten Global Recovery. But Don't Look At OPEC

    Updated: 2011-01-06 20:00:09
    Warning: Oil at $90 a barrel will hurt the global economy. What's worse? Big countries will do the kneejerk thing -- blame OPEC -- when they should look to their own guzzling habits.

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