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BP’s Russian roulette belies stance on peak oil

June 22, 2008 By David Strahan1 Comment

First published in the Independent on Sunday, 22 June 2008 It must be increasingly lonely being Tony Hayward. As the oil price continues to soar there is a gathering consensus that global oil production is nearing some fundamental geological limits, yet BP's chief executive continues to argue valiantly that the causes of the current oil shock are "not so much below ground as above it, and not geological but political"...

Newsnight interview

June 6, 2008 By David Strahan1 Comment

My interview on Newsnight on 30 May can now be viewed on You Tube, or below in this post - just click on 'read more'. (more…)...

Oil: why Gordon doesn’t get it

May 29, 2008 By David StrahanNo Comments

First published in the Telegraph, 29 May 2008. Even by the low standards if his government, Gordon Brown's recent pronouncements on oil have been shockingly ignorant. (more…)...

What happens next?

May 25, 2008 By David Strahan4 Comments

First published in the Independent on Sunday, 25 May 2008 Never mind speculation, forget the weak dollar. To understand the soaring oil price you need only glance at figures from the US government which show that global oil production has been essentially stagnant - at just under 86 million barrels per day - since early 2005. (more…)...

Greenland oil estimates over-reported

May 7, 2008 By David StrahanNo Comments

Letter to the Times Sir, the Times incorrectly reported that Greenland has 47 billion barrels of ‘estimated oil reserves’ (‘Global warming could help Greenland to independence’, print edition, 7 May), which is wrong on two counts. (more…)...

How do you solve a problem like jet fuel?

May 6, 2008 By David Strahan3 Comments

First published in Petroleum Review, May 2008. Say what you like about Sir Richard Branson, but you cannot fault his willingness to suffer in the cause of a photo-opportunity. (more…)...

Don’t panic, it’s only the oil supply

May 3, 2008 By David StrahanNo Comments

First published in the Telegraph , 3 May 2008 Polishing the portholes on the Titanic hardly does it justice. This week saw ministers giving an uncanny impersonation of Corporal Jones urging calm over the Grangemouth refinery strike; lorry drivers protesting in Park Lane over a two pence rise in fuel duty; and much righteous indignation over the level of profits reported by Shell and BP. All of which entirely misses the point. (more…)...