[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 25 Jan 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 25 January 2006 5:03:20 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 2 results (news)
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> Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
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> Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Oil traders are paying record prices to get  
> crude almost five years from now, reflecting increasing doubts the  
> oil boom will go bust.
> The rise in prices for futures contracts that come due in later  
> years has differentiated this oil rally from predecessors. For  
> example, in September 2000, when crude prices reached $37.20 a  
> barrel because of concern of a potential shortfall in inventories,  
> the contracts for delivery in three years stayed closer to $20, a  
> sign of confidence that oil would be available at lower prices.
> The prices for futures at the end of this decade...
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> <http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=akim.xUWeN38>
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>
> TheStar.com - Need public discussion now
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> Yes, there are lots of reasons for which traders in oil futures are  
> jittery. The article in the Star, however, was remiss in not  
> stating the one reason which connects all the insecure dots of the  
> ongoing pursuit of liquid energy — peak oil. I suggest that if you  
> aren't yet familiar with the term, you certainly will know it soon  
> enough. It refers to the "peaking" of world oil production, the  
> point at which the greatest amount of oil will have been produced  
> worldwide, after which there will only be less and less to be had.
> When will this...
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> <http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/ 
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