did you mean to say the north slope peaked in 1988, instead of 1998?

...not that it makes all that much difference... unless you're trying to put together evidence for US elite awareness of peak oil... and evidence of motive to get an oil acquistion project started.

i mean, when we start with lower 48 peaking in 1970 or so, conventional oil in canada peaked in 74, indonesia in 77, alaska in 1988, the north sea peaking in 2000 or so... you'd have to be a complete idiot to be ignorant of peak oil and its implications.

Yes, thank you (and others) for the correction.