Oil Shock Model Scenarios
Many different oil shock model scenarios have been presented over time at Peak Oil Barrel. Information on the Oil Shock Model, originally developed by Paul Pukite can be found in Continue Reading
The Slow Death Of Californian Oil & Gas
Entrepreneurs in California were pioneers of the American oil industry in the 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th century. One of the oldest still producing oil fields Continue Reading
The Largely Ignored Problem Of Global Peak Oil Will Seriously Hit In A Few Years
The era of oil is coming to an end, with global oil production set to halve in the next five to six years. To avoid a global economic slump, the Continue Reading
Michael Lynch: The Curious Incident Of The Oil Supply That Didn’t Decline
Interestingly, there are still peak oil advocates who think that we’ve reached peak oil now, despite the fact that shale oil production is still growing, OPEC+ has about 1.5 mb/d Continue Reading
Was 2018 The Peak For Crude Oil Production?
The following OPEC charts were created with data from the OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report . All OPEC charts are through February 2019 and is in thousand barrels per day. Continue Reading
Gail Tverberg: Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal?
General Ideas Most people expect that our signal of an impending reduction in world oil or coal production will be high prices. Looking at historical data (for example, this post Continue Reading
Gail Tverberg on Peak Oil
A few years ago, especially in the 2005-2008 period, many people were concerned that the oil supply would run out . They were concerned about high oil prices and a Continue Reading
Peak Diesel or no Peak Diesel? The Debate is Ongoing
In a recent post , Antonio Turiel proposed that the global peak of diesel fuel production was reached three years ago, in 2015. Turiel’s idea is especially interesting since it Continue Reading
Will peak oil save Earth’s climate?
This year, international delegates gathered in Katowice, Poland for the thirty-second international climate meeting in 40 years. As they dithered over whether they should “welcome” or “note” the 1.5°C pathways Continue Reading
Hubbert’s Peak by Kenneth Deffeyes
This is the first of three books that the late geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes, who passed away a year ago this week, wrote about the coming global oil crisis. The Continue Reading