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Uncertainties following the Abqaiq attack have shrunk the world’s safe oil reserves by around half (part 2)
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Uncertainties following the Abqaiq attack have shrunk the world’s safe oil reserves by around half (part 1)
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The Attacks on Abqaiq and Peak oil in Ghawar
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Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 2)
Continued from part 1 But there is another metric explaining China’s oil consumption growth: debt. The following graph is from an article by the Institute of International Finance in its […]
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Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 2)
Posted on July 15, 2020 | No CommentsContinued from part 1 But there is another metric explaining China’s oil consumption growth: debt. The following graph is from an article by the Institute of International Finance in its […] -
![Fig 1: Asian oil consumption is around 5 times higher than production The production decline after the peak in 2015 is very modest. The size of the gap between consumption […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Asia_oil_production_consumption_1965-2019_fill_in-2039-115x115.jpg "Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 1)")
Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 1)
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![From the Energy Minister’s media release: Australia to boost fuel security and establish national oil reserve 22 April 2020 The Australian Government is boosting the nation’s long-term fuel security by […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Strategic-Petroleum-Reserve_US-115x115.jpg "Australia outsources its oil reserve problem to the US")
Australia outsources its oil reserve problem to the US
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How the first phase of peak oil brought Virgin Australia into minus after 2008
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Impact of Corona Virus similar to some earlier peak oil scenarios
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Bush fires cause load shedding in New South Wales – January 2020
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