Last week we looked at the shocking discovery that the EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2001 was completely wrong in it’s analysis of some major oil provinces, worrying since it seems some people, even governments, actually believe these guys know what they are talking about and use their forecasts to develop policy. Now it’s time […]
A quick update to last week’s story about Mexico’s Cantarell super giant oil field peaking. An 8th Dec 2005 press release from Pemex the Mexican national oil industry has confirmed that they expect Cantarell to have peaked and for production to decline from this point forward:
La estimación de nuestros modelos para predecir la producción […]
Have we, the hydrocarbon depletion aware folk of this world got it wrong? Is it reasonable to think that this small band of retired geologists, academics, amateurs and energy enthusiasts have a clearer idea of what’s going on in the world than the prestigious governments and energy agencies? Someone once suggested to me […]
Although Vital Trivia has been mainly concerned with hydrocarbon depletion from a UK perspective, as we really do have ringside seats for the main attraction with our indigenous oil, gas and coal extraction rates simultaneously collapsing as reserves deplete and our nuclear power stations reaching the end of their lives, today we turn our attention […]