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Peak Oil

Natural Gas Fracking Process – ConocoPhillips

Posted by Matt Beer - May 7, 2014 - Energy, Level 3, Natural Gas, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 3
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This video developed for the oil & gas company ConocoPhillips gives a very good visual overview of the drilling process involved in hydraulic fracturing, AKA fracking. You’ll just have to take a few pinches of salt to compensate for the sickly sweet perfection in which this video presents the drilling process and how it couldn’t possibly impact the surrounding environment. The process isn’t as clinical as a well rendered animation and biased PR friendly narration.

Peak Oil Files – 5 – Future Story of Oil

Posted by Matt Beer - November 29, 2012 - Economics, Energy, Level 3, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Files, Peak Oil Level 3
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This particular chapter takes a more detailed look at the various oil demand projections by comparing each organisation’s take on the main economic forces that shape their final numbers. Despite the huge uncertainty, there is near universal agreement on some of these forces. But opinion is divided on the biggest question of all – will supply be able to meet demand.

Crude Oil, Economics, Economy, fossil fuel, GDP, Growth, Oil, Peak Oil, Transport, Video

Peak Oil Files – 4 – Future Demand

Posted by Matt Beer - November 29, 2012 - Economics, Energy, Level 3, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Files, Peak Oil Level 3
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This chapter looks at the recent history of the many organisations that make energy demand forecasts. Their track record has a lot to be desired but understanding the huge uncertainties involved highlights just how easy they are to get wrong.

Crude Oil, Economics, Economy, fossil fuel, Oil, Peak Oil, Transport, Video

Peak Oil Files – 3 – In High Demand

Posted by Matt Beer - November 29, 2012 - Economics, Energy, Level 3, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Files, Peak Oil Level 3
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This chapter attempts to cover the last 150 years of oil consumption with the aim of discovering the main economic forces that have helped shape how and where oil is used today. By understanding these forces we can begin to understand how future oil demand will unfold.

Crude Oil, Economics, Economy, fossil fuel, GDP, Oil, Peak Oil, Transport, Video

Peak Oil Wars – Post Carbon Institute

Posted by Matt Beer - September 1, 2012 - Level 1, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 1
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Brilliant animation.

Peak Oil

How an Oil Well is Drilled

Posted by Matt Beer - November 21, 2011 - Energy, Level 3, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 3
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A simple little 6 min computer animation that shows the start to finish steps of how an oil well is brought into production.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DniNIvE69SE

Conventional oil, Crude Oil, fossil fuel, Oil, Oil Production, Video

CSIS – IEA Medium Term Oil & Gas Market

Posted by Matt Beer - November 8, 2011 - Climate Level 4, Energy, Level 4, Natural Gas, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 4
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I would of liked to be able to post the 2011 version of this up but every version of CSIS.org recording of the event (youtube, www.csis.org, itunes) seems to end after 7 mins. Still the 2010 version is quite similar and should give you a decent summary of the shorter term issues and what is in the pipeline for oil and gas at the moment.

Check out the csis.org page on the event for the slides that accompany the presentations.

Biofuels, Conventional oil, GDP, Natural Gas, Oil, Unconventional Oil, Video

CSIS – International Energy Agency WEO 2010 Summary

Posted by Matt Beer - November 7, 2011 - Climate Destabilisation, Climate Level 4, Coal, Energy, Level 4, Natural Gas, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 4, Renewables, Sustainable Economy
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Definitely worth a watch. The big boys from the IEA give their take on the very important annual World Energy Outlook report which was released November 2010.

Click the link for the csis.org page detailing the event, the speakers and the slides that go with the presentations.

Climate Change, Conventional oil, Economy, environment, fossil fuel, GDP, Global Warming, Oil, sustainability, Transport, Unconventional Oil, Video

Adam Brandt – GHG Emissions from Oil Substitutes

Posted by Matt Beer - November 6, 2011 - Climate Destabilisation, Climate Level 4, Energy, Level 4, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 4
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I have seen Adam Brandt’s name pop up a few times in some of the life cycle analysis literature I have seen so it was good to see him speak as part of the Stanford Uni series I am slowly making my way through.

You can probably divide this talk up in to 2 parts. The first 15 mins is quite a good overview of the whole peak oil debate and Adam’s quite reasonable take on it. The problem is of course is it is virtually impossible to predict the future (which is the whole point of the rest of the talk) but Adam goes through a lot of the issues which helps wrap your mind about what the various future pathways could be. But in general, conventional oil will decline and other oil/liquid fuel sources will replace this. I am in broad agreement with his conclusions that oil prices will have to be in the $100-150 per barrel range to facilitate this and that greenhouse gases will rise as we make the switch. Although it doesn’t capture what oil price shocks and environmental shocks from climate change will do.

The second part of the talk becomes a lot more academic-y as Adam describes his computer simulation model that attempts the impossible of seeing what the future will look like. His approach is take a whole bunch of variables, such as economic growth, oil depletion, carbon tax, etc and show what the various ranges of what could happen with these would do to the overall oil supply picture. Adam is well aware of the limitations of doing this but also sees the value in using these types of models to gain a better understanding of how all these different variables tie together, with the overall aim of trying to find some win-win policy options that would be “robust” no matter what assumptions we decide to make about the future or the uncertainty of these assumptions.

So definitely check out the first 15 mins and then you can judge if you want to check out the rest.

Adam Brandt, Climate Change, Crude Oil, fossil fuel, Oil, Transport, Unconventional Oil

Everything Leaks – US Oil Pipeline Spills

Posted by Matt Beer - September 11, 2011 - Level 4, Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Oil Level 4
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The New York Times reports that since 1990, more than 110 million gallons of mostly crude and petroleum products have spilled from the nation’s mainland pipeline network. More than half of it occurred in three states — Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana — where more pipelines exist.

Source: Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Crude Oil, environment, Info-graphic, Oil, Oil Spills, Pipelines, Polution, United States
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