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Bio: Matthew Simmons is Chairman of Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment banking firm. The firm has completed approximately 600 investment banking projects for its worldwide energy clients at a combined dollar value in excess of $65 billion

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A Peak-Oiler, but still in the closet? IEA’s 2008 Report

A Peak-Oiler, but still in the closet? IEA’s 2008 Report

By Matt Simmons • on November 17, 2008

By Aage Figenschou, with Matt Simmons The groundbreaking new IEA World Energy Outlook 2008 is still a product of a somewhat schizophrenic organization.   Here and there you still have references to how abundant the resource base is (9 trillion barrels all in) and how satisfying demand is only a question of timely investments.  The oil optimists are still an important group of the IEA, but it is the new positions the organization takes which are showing us the direction they are heading: “Current more »

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