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Oilwatch Monthly October 2009

The October 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.37 MB, 33 pp).

Figure 1 - EU-27, United States and Chinese oil consumption from January 2004 to August 2009

The Oilwatch Monthly is a newsletter that is available free of charge with the latest data on oil supply, demand, oil stocks, spare capacity and exports.

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Oilwatch Monthly September 2009

The September 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.37 MB, 33 pp).

Figure 1 - OPEC spare capacity according to the Energy Information Administration from January 2003 to August 2009

The Oilwatch Monthly is a newsletter that is available free of charge with the latest data on oil supply, demand, oil stocks, spare capacity and exports.

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Oilwatch Monthly August 2009

The August 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.3 MB, 33 pp).

Figure 1 - Non-OPEC crude oil production from January 2004 to May 2009

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Oilwatch Monthly July 2009

The July 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.3 MB, 32 pp).

Figure 1 - OECD oil imports from 1st quarter 2002 to 4th quarter 2008

The Oilwatch Monthly is a newsletter that is available free of charge with the latest data on oil supply, demand, oil stocks, spare capacity and exports. Readers who want to receive the Oilwatch Monthly in their e-mail box each month can subscribe at this weblink, by filling in their first name, last name, email address and selecting Oilwatch Monthly in the mailing list box. To finalize your subscription push the 'inschrijven' button below the form.

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Peak Oil Update - July 2009: Production Forecasts and EIA Oil Production Numbers

An update on the latest production numbers from the EIA along with graphs/charts of different oil production forecasts. 

World oil production (EIA Monthly) and various
forecasts (2001-2027)
World oil production (EIA Monthly) for crude oil + NGL. The median forecast is calculated from 15 models that are predicting a peak before 2020 (Bakhtiari, Smith, Staniford, Loglets, Shock model, GBM, ASPO-[70,58,45], Robelius Low/High, HSM,Duncan&Youngquist). 95% of the predictions  sees a production peak between 2008 and 2010 at 77.5 - 85.0 mbpd (The 95% forecast variability area in yellow is computed using a bootstrap technique). The magenta area is the 95% confidence interval for the population-based model. Click to Enlarge. 

Oilwatch Monthly June 2009

The June 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 2.0 MB, 28 pp).

Figure 1 - Iraq crude oil & Liquids fuel production from January 2005 to May 2009.

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Oilwatch Monthly May 2009

The May 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 2.0 MB, 28 pp).

Figure 1 - World liquids production from January 2004 to May 2009.

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Oilwatch Monthly April 2009

The April 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.9 MB, 28 pp).

Figure 1 - OPEC liquids production from January 2004 to March 2009.

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The 2009 EIA Energy Conference: Day 2

Energy and the Media

This was the panel I had been asked to participate in. My fellow panelists were Steven Mufson (one of my favorite mainstream energy reporters), from the Washington Post; Eric Pooley from Harvard, (the former managing editor of Fortune); and Barbara Hagenbaugh from USA Today. The panel was moderated by John Anderson of Resources for the Future.

I can only imagine that a number of people looked at the lineup, looked at my inclusion, and thought "What's that guy doing up there?" So here's the background on that. When I was working at the ConocoPhillips Refinery in Billings, Montana, we followed the weekly release of the EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report very closely. We included this information in a weekly supply/demand report, and it helped us to make decisions on how to run the refinery for the upcoming week.

The 2009 EIA Energy Conference: Day 1

The Plenary

I covered Energy Secretary Steven Chu's comments in the previous post. Here, I will cover the rest of Day 1. This is not so much a comprehensive summary as it is a collection of observations and things I otherwise found to be interesting. My notes at times are spotty, so if someone was there and feels like this essay contains an error, please let me know.

Following Chu's talk, Professor William Nordhaus of Yale gave a talk entitled Energy and the Macroeconomy. I got called out during his talk, so I missed most of it. What I do remember him arguing is that oil embargoes are completely worthless, because oil is fungible. If Venezuela decided not to sell their oil to the U.S., they would end up selling it to someone else, which would displace some other seller, which at some point would end up with someone else selling it to the U.S. I missed the next point, but Gail the Actuary was there and said "a corollary of this is that there is no point in protecting the US oil and gas industry. We can just buy what we need elsewhere."