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US oil dependency on Middle East has hardly changed since 2007
Posted on November 6, 2014 | No CommentsThis is part 2 of a series of articles on how US tight oil has impacted on oil markets The following graph shows US petroleum imports from OPEC countries starting […] -
US oil consumption did not increase as result of US tight oil boom
Posted on November 5, 2014 | No CommentsIn part 1 of a series of articles on the impact of US tight (shale) oil we examine the impact on US oil consumption. Fig 1: US crude oil production […] -
US shale oil growth covers up production drop in rest-of-world
Posted on September 15, 2014 | No CommentsWe use the period starting with January 2010 when crude production had come back to 2005 levels after the exceptional year of 2009 Fig 1: US crude oil vs crude […] -
IEA report implies US crude production may start to peak 2016
Posted on August 14, 2014 | No CommentsThe Medium Term Oil Market Report of the International Energy Agency (IEA, Paris), published in June 2014, contains a graph which implies that US crude production will start to peak […] -
Ex-Saudi Aramco geologist Dr Husseini predicts oil price spikes of USD 140 by 2016-17: graphs
Posted on March 15, 2014 | No CommentsIn an interview with ASPO USA in January 2014 Ex-Saudi Aramco geologist Dr. Sadad-Al-Husseini predicted oil price spikes of $140 by 2016/17. This post shows some graphs explaining why this […] -
World crude production 2013 without shale oil is back to 2005 levels
Posted on March 13, 2014 | No CommentsUnnoticed by the mainstream media, US shale oil covers up a recent decline of crude oil production of 1.5 mb/d in the rest of world (using data up to Oct […] -
Jean Laherrere uses Hubbert linearization to estimate Bakken shale oil peak in 2014
Posted on January 31, 2014 | No CommentsIn his latest research on shale oil French oil geologist Jean Laherrere from ASPO France http://aspofrance.viabloga.com/texts/documents estimates a Bakken shale oil peak in 2014 He uses a Hubbert linearization to […] -
US shale oil hides crude oil peak in rest of world
Posted on September 11, 2013 | No CommentsRecent US shale oil growth sits on top of a bumpy production plateau of the rest-of-the-world (ROW) Other Middle East (Syria, Yemen, Oman) was in long term decline until 2007. […] -
Excluding the US, rest-of-world crude production in 2H2012 was not higher than in 2005
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsExcluding the US, rest-of-world crude oil production in the 2nd half of 2012 was on the same level as in the 2nd half of 2005, despite 85% higher oil prices. […] -
International oil companies’ oil production peaked in 2004 and declined by 2.1 % pa
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsOil production (crude and NGLs) of 5 international oil companies has been declining by a total of 15% over the period 2004-2011. Merci, Jean (Lahererre, ASPO France) pour m’avoir envoyé […]