Peakonomics: Mitt Romney and $100 diet
This article was published in NorthAmOil, 6 September 2012.
There seems to be a rule that every US presidential hopeful must promise energy independence but never deliver. (more…)...
Peakonomics: no country for old men
This article was first published in New Scientist, 16 August 2012.
In 2007 James Schlesinger claimed the intellectual arguments around peak oil had all been won. With global oil production flat-lining and prices surging towards their all-time high of $147 per barrel, the former US Energy Secretary declared “we are all peakists now”. (more…)...
Monbiot peak oil u-turn based on duff maths
In his column of July 2nd George Monbiot recanted peak oil, claiming “the facts have changed, now we must change too”. Much of the article was spent regurgitating a recent report by Leonardo Maugeri, a former executive with the Italian oil company Eni, which Monbiot breathlessly reported “provides compelling evidence that a new oil boom has begun”. (more…)...
Oil glut forecaster Maugeri admits duff maths
This article was first published in EurOil, 24 July 2012, and by
2degreesnetwork, 30 July 2012.
Move over peak oil, the world is heading for glut, according to a recent report by Leonardo Maugeri, a former executive with the Italian oil company Eni. (more…)...
Peakonomics: why the oil price slide is temporary
First published in Petroleum Review, July 2012.
Time was when the oil price slide of recent months would have been greeted with jubilation by everyone bar the oil companies and exporting countries. No longer. (more…)...
BP: out of the frying pan
This article was published in EurOil, 19 June 2012.
You could be forgiven for thinking BP’s luck had finally turned on 1st June 2012. (more…)...
Golden rule of gas: don’t believe the hype
This article was published in Unconventional Oil & Gas Monitor, 4 June 2012.
Like it or not, the unconventional gas industry has a lousy reputation. It is widely blamed for water contamination, earthquakes and fugitive emissions of methane that by some estimates make its climate impact worse than coal. (more…)...