Briefs 09/21/2009
Nigeria depends on oil for more than 90 percent of its export revenue and more than 80% of its government revenue. According to government figures, this year attacks on oil installations have reduced the
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Name: Steve Andrews
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Bio: Steve Andrews has been a Denver-based energy consultant and freelance writer for over 25 years. After interviewing Dr. M. King Hubbert at his home during the 1980s, Steve steadily followed the world oil picture. He began speaking and writing about world oil issues during the 1990s and he co-chaired Denver?s "World Oil Forum?When Will Global Oil Production Peak?" in 1998. After attending and presenting at previous European ASPO Conferences, he helped establish ASPO-USA in 2005.
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Interview with David Shields - update on Mexico and oil
David Shields is a journalist and independent oil industry analyst based in Mexico City. Steve Andrews caught up with him yesterday and posed a few questions. SA: Is Mexico’s well-being tightly tied to oil production? David Shields: I think the oil industry is roughly 3-4% of Mexican GDP, which is not that high. It’s a much bigger proportion of tax revenues. So it’s very relevant. But oil prices have fluctuated wildly
Top 10 Pieces of the Peak Oil Puzzle during the 2000s
Here’s one take on key events that impacted the peak oil story during the
Yemen’s Oil-Deadly Decline Rate
The failed Christmas plane bomber’s links to Yemen brought that country back under the geopolitical microscope. But a dark headline about Yemen the day
Moving Beyond Denial - Two Steps Forward and One Step Back
Oil Exploration and Production Constraints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUVY2qrEfd8 Acknowledging
A few short clips from: The Most Recent Economic Downturn is a Peak Oil Recession
Below are several clips from an article by Steven Kopits. Originally published in Oil & Gas Investor magazine, the piece ran too long for a Commentary
Umbrage in the Gas Patch
Last week, two remarkable events at World Oil magazine raised the decibel
Oil & Money Conference - What the CEOs and VPs are Saying
On October 20-21, the 30th Oil & Money Conference, convened in London by Energy Intelligence and the International Herald Tribune, attracted roughly
Jeremy Leggett Interview - Culture Problem in the Oil Industry?
What follows is four questions from an interview recently filmed in London by ASPO-USA’s Dave Bowden and Steve Andrews. Jeremy told us of his three
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The first peak oil recession: Interview with Steven Kopits
Steven Kopits, who runs the New York office of Douglas Westwood, was in Denver last week. He talked about his latest paper on peak oil and the economy with Steve Andrews and will share related remarks
