clearly showing a peak in crude oil production in 2005. A PDF version (1 Mb) is now available here:

A peak yes, but likely a temporary peak. An issue that is also adressed on the first page of this month's oilwatch monthly.

You and Matt write in the article that

This annual decline of 1.8 million bpd can be broken down to about .6 million bpd annual
decline relating to the countries Nigeria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia (combined), and about 1.2
million bpd for other countries below the black line. One might argue that the production of
Nigeria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia (Figure 8) is not necessarily in long-term decline, so should not
be below the black line. Since the production for these countries has recently declined, it is
shown in this group.

Consider the case that this 0.6 million bpd of production decline stops and reserves. Then we would not have a decline but an increase, above peak levels of 2005.

One of the things we need to do now is monitor the data, and confirm the 2005 peak in world oil production. We cannot know whether this peak was a geological peak per se.

In that case the 2005 peak wasn't the peak, and production shall continue to increase.