Very interesting take on Lynch.  I don't believe he's stupid, so you have to wonder whether he simply has an agenda.  If the Saudi's and short sellers are signing his paychecks, that might explain things.  

Do you have a link/confirmation of clientele?

I think that Mr. Lynch is biaised but definitively not stupid! who's not biaised anyway in this business! There is an interesting discussion between Lynch (aka spikre) and posters at PO.com: Michael Lynch - Disputing Peak Oil
His criticism of the PO proponents should be carefully analyzed and not just simply dismissed.
Here's your confirmation:

"Lynch's principal role seemed to be one of resuscitating the audience after Campbell 's address. He backed up the Saudi Aramco claim that its definition of "oil initially in place" (according to Society of Petroleum Engineers, World Petroleum Congress and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists) is the "volume or the amount of oil that's presently in the subsurface." Lynch also disclosed during the talk that he has worked off and on for the Saudis and does work in the short sell market, saying "I'm sure there'll be questions about that." Curiously, there were none. "

http://www.energybulletin.net/248.html