In summary, we have created an artificial and destructive “Peak Oil”, and we can learn from the pain that it causes how to avoid a painful “Peak Oil” in future.
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Manhattan Contrarian Announces The Arrival Of “Peak Oil-Hysteria”
From The MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN November 03, 2021/ Francis Menton Do you remember the “peak oil” scare? That was the claim, heard everywhere in the early 2000s, that nearly all the world’s…
Peak Oil—Facts and Fictions
But because of the oil field depletion gamma curves, it will not be a ‘sudden’ end to the world, nor even close to it as falsely depicted by this Hubbert’s…
A Peak Oiler and an Abiotic Oil Aficionado Walked into a Bar on the Gulf of Mexico…
Guest “Deepwater trip to Mars” by David Middleton A Peak Oiler would look at this pie chart and declare that 93% of the oil and gas under the US Federal…
Forbes: “Forget About Peak Oil – We Haven’t Even Reached Peak Coal Yet”
Mainstream media is waking up that despite billions invested in renewable energy, oil and coal use are surging.
Peak Oil Demand and the Middle East: Even More Bad News?
Guest essay by Tilak Doshi – Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore It would seem that the Middle East oil producers cannot get enough of…
Beyond Petroleum Part Deux: “BP sees ‘peak oil’ in 2020s”
Guest “Looney Toons” by David Middleton OPEC cuts oil demand forecasts, BP sees ‘peak oil’ in 2020sSeptember 14, 2020 LONDON (AP) — Developing countries’ difficulty in containing the spread of…
Oil Price Collapse –> Next Peak Oil Frenzy?
Guest “oil’s well that ends well” by David Middleton The ChiCom-19 hostage crisis certainly makes strange bedfellows. Over the past few weeks I have been agreeing with Dallas County Commissioner…
Another Permian Basin Peak Oil Prediction… Yawn.
Guest “who fracking cares?” by David Middleton What is so newsworthy about peak oil predictions? The latest is from someone named Adam Waterous and it’s all over the news. This…
Chevron’s $10B Impairment: “another symptom of peak oil demand and the demise of the oil industry”?
Guest oil patch news by David Middleton Chevron recently announced that it would take a $10-11 billion charge against net earnings in Q4 2019, largely due to its exposure to…
Peak Oil Postponed… Again: US EIA International Energy Outlook
Guest “divestment my @$$!” by David Middleton Jude Clemente rocks! Sep 29, 2019The U.S. Department Of Energy Says More Oil, More Natural Gas Jude Clemente Contributor EnergyI cover oil, gas,…
IPCC Demands Peak Oil Now!!!
Guest hyperbole by David Middleton Definition of Hyperbole Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting,” is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. Literary Devices…
Peak Oil, Abiotic Oil & EROEI: Real(ish) Things That Don’t Matter, Part One: Peak Oil
Guest Seinfeld routine by David Middleton The plots of the Seinfeld TV show often revolved around trivializing important things and blowing trivial things out of proportion. While not a Seinfeld…
Peak Ghawar: A Peak Oiler’s Nightmare
Alternate title: No… “The biggest Saudi oil field is [NOT] fading faster than anyone guessed”… Part Trois: Why Peak Oil Is Irrelevant and the Perpetually Refilling Abiotic Oil Field Is…
Another Failed Energy Prediction: Peak Oil Demand
Guest post by David Middleton BP’s ‘Peak Oil’ Demand Prediction Falls Flat By Jude ClementeFebruary 22, 2019 Always mandatory reading, BP just released its Energy Outlook 2019. It has caused quite a stir…
Saudi Aramco CEO: “Not losing any sleep over ‘peak oil demandʼ or ‘stranded resourcesʼ” and the reality of energy transition.
Guest post by David Middleton If Alexandria Occasional Cortex and the rest of the Green New Deal nitwits only had the mental capacity to understand Amin H. Nasser’s 2018 CERA presentation……
Peak Oil Postponed Again: “USGS Identifies Largest Continuous Oil and Gas Resource Potential Ever”… And it’s in the Permian Basin
Guest congratulating by David Middleton USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico Release Date: NOVEMBER 28, 2018 Estimates Include 46.3 Billion Barrels of Oil, 281 Trillion…
Whatever happened to fears over “peak oil”?
By Michael Lynch, Forbes Very few people realize that the entire concerns about peak oil were based on misinformation or junk science. A decade ago, the media was filled with…
Peak Oil Indefinitely Postponed
Guest post by David Middleton The U.S. Geological Survey has made its largest discovery of recoverable crude ever under parts of West Texas, the federal agency announced Tuesday. A recent assessment…
Lessons from the hysteria about peak oil (2005-2013)
By Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website Summary: The peak oil hysteria provides rich lessons for us today about learning from activists and the value of listening to our…
Peak Oil Re-visited
Guest essay by Mike Jonas In January 2012, my article “Peak Oil – the R/P Ratio re-visited” was posted on WUWT. 3 years on, maybe this ever-controversial subject is…
Peak Oil – the R/P Ratio re-visited
Guest post by Mike Jonas On Dec 13, Willis Eschenbach posted a convincing (and eloquent as always) argument “The R/P Ratio” against Peak Oil being imminent. I would like to…
Peak Oil – now for the downslope
Guest post by David Archibald When I posted on peak oil’s effect on agricultural costs and food security, some comments questioned the idea of peak oil. What follows is a…
Peak Oil, Climate Change and the threat to food security
Guest post by David Archibald In May, WUWT kindly hosted a post with slides from a presentation I gave to the Institute of World Politics in Washington. Following are some…
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