[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 7 Jan 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 7 January 2006 6:19:34 AM
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> Supply, Demand and Reserves - the Oil market towards 2010 - Articles
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> The largest oil terminal in the world, Ras Tanura, is on the  
> eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. From Ras Tanura's control tower, you  
> can see the totems of oil's dominion - supertankers coming and  
> going, row upon row of storage tanks, and miles of pipes. I visited  
> Ras Tanura because oil is no longer out of mind, thanks to record  
> prices caused by refinery shortages and surging demand - most  
> notably in the US and China - which has strained the capacity of  
> producers, especially Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter.
> As Aref al-Ali, my escort from Saudi Aramco, the giant...
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> <http://www.eemsonline.co.uk/articles/13-09-05?s=9j0vlsw94252y8m>
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> A Hambleton View
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> Should local residents be concerned by recent energy - fuel price  
> rises and their alleged connection to global warming and “peak  
> oil” ? Should we be begging central government to place a nuclear  
> power station at RAF Leeming, if the MOD decides it will place the  
> new joint combat aircraft elsewhere ?
> Although disputed, recent increased strength hurricanes were blamed  
> on Atlantic warming. Damage to oil extraction and refinement hit  
> the worlds poorest countries hardest. Fuel price rises coupled with  
> reduction of subsidies sparked fuel riots as far away as Indonesia.  
> Richer countries have not escaped, principally the US. 26 IEA  
> member countries...
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> <http://hambletonview.blogspot.com>
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