Oil Reserves

Peak Oil Crisis - The End Of Cheap Oil
By News Staff — Latest peak oil statistics and news headlines
Oct 2008, NEW YORK, USA (PEAK-OIL-CRISIS.COM)

The Truth about Oil and Gasoline: An API Primer (Part 1)
By The Bear — Deconstructing an American Petroleum Institute (API) report on the industry: Part One -- Part Two -- Part Three
Apr 02 2008, USA (THE ABSURD REPORT)

Peak Oil - the Debate
By Site Editor — A collection of papers on the great peak oil debate
2008, USA (HUBBERTPEAK.COM)

Price Setting

Oil Price Slide is an Emergency for OPEC Nations
By Tyler Hamilton — OPEC may aim to set a price floor no lower than $70 (U.S.) per barrel
Oct 24 2008, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (THE STAR)

Petro Dollars

Petro-crisis Redux
By Herbert Grubel — Like the economic crises of the ’80s and ’90s, the current one stems from recycled petrodollars
Nov 11 2008, DON MILLS, ONTARIO, CANADA (FINANCIAL POST)

Canadian Dollar: Loonie Tunes
By Joe Castaldo — Canadian dollar as a petro-dollar -- so far it's nothing compared to what's coming
Nov 10 2008, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (CANADIAN BUSINESS)

OPEC & Production

Crude Oil Rises as OPEC Prepares to Make Record Production Cut
By Alexander Kwiatkowski — Crude oil rose after Saudi Arabia said OPEC will make a record production cut to reverse the five- month, $100 slump in prices
Dec 17 2008, NEW YORK, USA (BLOOMBERG)

Oil ministers say Opec needs big cut
By Carola Hoyos — Cartel will need to make a sizeable cut in its oil production next week as Russia moveS a step closer to joining the cartel’s efforts to halt the steep slide in oil prices
Dec 11 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FT.COM)

OPEC Defers Decision on Output Cut, Seeks $75 Oil
By Chmaytelli & Daya — OPEC deferred decision on reducing production this year to gauge the impact of earlier cuts aim at $75/BB
Nov 30 2008, NEW YORK, USA (BLOOMBERG)

Mexican oil production down nearly 10 percent
By News Staff — America's third-largest oil supplier has exported 17 percent less crude this year
Nov 21 2008, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (AP / YAHOO)

IEA Report on Oil gets Angry Opec Reaction
By Robin Pagnamenta — Opec fumes over International Energy Agency report on global demand challenges
Nov 13 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (TIMES ONLINE)

America With No Plan for Oil Interruption
By Fred Ghatala — Canadian Diesel Shortage and Stalled Oilsands Renew Canola Biofuel Interest
Nov 10 2008, CANADA (CUTTING EDGE)

Processing & Distribution

Eastern Europe Leaders to Push for new Energy Routes
By News Staff — Eastern European leaders gather for summit aimed at promoting energy supply routes from the Caspian region to Europe, bypassing Russia
Nov 14 2008, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (AFP)

Pipe Bombers Still at Large
By Markus Ermisch — Police, RCMP pursue three separate bombings of EnCana gas pipelines near Dawson Creek, B.C.
Nov 13 2008, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA (EDMONTON SUN)

Enbridge Gateway Pipeline Back on Track in B.C.
By Scott Simpson — Customers demanding new facilities despite sliding oil price
Nov 13 2008, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (VANCOUVER SUN)

China and Russia Suspend Pipeline Talks
By News Staff — Talks on construction on a new Siberian oil pipeline fall off
Nov 12 2008, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AFP)

Export Crisis

Never Mind Peak Oil; Worry about Peak Exports
By Chris Nelder — The loss of export capacity may prove to be the canary in the data mine
Jun 11 2008, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (ENERGY & CAPITAL)

Oil Crisis Set to Worsen as Crude Oil Exports Decline
By Sean, Money & Markets — The dragons are coming to dinner. Are Americans on the menu?
Jun 11 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (MARKET ORACLE)

Net Oil Exports and the "Iron Triangle"
By Jeffrey J. Brown — How declining production and increasing consumption work against net exports
Jul 13 2007, DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (BLOOMBERG)

Geo-political Pressures

The Rise (and fall?) of Petro-states
By Sreeram Chaulia — Announcing the "fall" of Russia, Iran and Venezuela as a result of the about-turn in oil prices would be naive.
Oct 28 2008, HONG KONG (ASIA TIMES)

World GDP Statistics, Middle East Theater of War and Oil Pipelines
By NowAndFutures.com — World graphs and statistics, and map of existing and project oil pipelines in Middle East theater
Aug 22 2008, NEW YORK, USA (NOWANDFUTURES.COM)

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