After The Gold Rush: A Perspective on Future U.S. Natural Gas Supply and Price
Wednesday, February 08 | The Oil Drum
On January 23, 2012, Chesapeake Energy announced that it would curtail drilling in shale gas plays in the United States. Subsequently, other operators have followed suit. While the outcome of this announcement is unclear, it is a signal that the industry is in distress. One can argue that this dist.. .. read more..
TheOilDrum.com Archive 2005-2011
Wednesday, February 08 | The Oil Drum
During the past seven years, TheOilDrum.com has hosted analysis and discussion surrounding the possibility and implications of a near term peak in global oil production and importance of energy to society in general. Out of the ~8,500 articles posted here (all searchable by keyword in upper left), .. .. read more..
Drumbeat: February 8, 2012
Wednesday, February 08 | The Oil Drum
Oil, Food, Water: Is Everything Past Its Peak? An unprecedented crisis faced America. Oil production was going to peak in just three to five years, resulting in foreign oil addiction and economic calamity. The scientist responsible for slapping the nation into consciousness implored industry and go.. .. read more..
Rule 26(f) Conference Checklist
Tuesday, February 07 | A Theory of Power
F.R.C.P. 26(f) requires thatall parties confer “as soon as practicable—and in any event at least 21 daysbefore a scheduling conference is set” to discuss “the nature and basis oftheir claims and defenses,” “the possibilities for promptly settling orre.. .. read more..
Gas Boom Goes Bust
Monday, February 06 | The Oil Drum
The current boom in drilling for ‘unconventional’ gas has helped raise US production to levels not seen since the early 1970′s. This has been an incredible boon to consumers and has kept spot prices contained below $5 per million BTU for the past year, recently dropping below $3/m.. .. read more..
Tech Talk - Oil and Natural Gas in Eastern Siberia
Sunday, February 05 | The Oil Drum
In the last post on Russian oil production, I discussed the amounts of oil produced from Western Siberia , the region with the highest current production, and in its prime, which contained the second largest producing oilfield in the world at Samotlor. Those fields are now in decline, and while mod.. .. read more..
The 2012 BP Energy Outlook 2030
Friday, February 03 | The Oil Drum
There are many unintended consequences as fuel supplies become more scarce, and expensive. (With a h/t to Rune Likvern), I see that those Greeks who are being starved of affordable fuel are starting to chop down trees for warmth and income. This sort of desperation has devastated the countryside al.. .. read more..
Basking in the Sun
Wednesday, February 01 | The Oil Drum
This is a guest post by Tom Murphy. Tom is an associate professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. This post originally appeared on Tom\'s blog Do the Math . Who hasn’t enjoyed heat from the sun? Doing so represents a direct energetic transfer—via radiation—from the sun&#.. .. read more..
Five questions for Rebecca Mayes, composer of the music for ‘In Transition..
Wednesday, February 01 | Transition Culture
In the third of our series of short podcasts talking to the key creative people behind the making of ‘In Transition 2.0′ , I ask 5 quick questions of Rebecca Mayes , whose beautiful and entrancing music runs through the film. How did she get involved? What does she think of the film? .. .. read more..
Discovery of Social Media Information: Privacy, Authentication, and Practice Ti..
Tuesday, January 31 | A Theory of Power
Last week’s blog post briefly discussed the evolutionof FRCP 34 as it relates to the admissibility of electronic compilations ofdata for discovery purposes, and how social media, with its cache ofpotentially discoverable electronic information, has impacted the e-discoveryprocess. Generally s.. .. read more..
The Hydrogen Dream
Tuesday, January 31 | The Oil Drum
Last week I went to Longwy\'s university campus, the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (part of the University of Lorraine), for a conference on renewable energies and energy efficiency. It was an event integrated in an InterReg project for innovation, called Tigre , gathering institutions from .. .. read more..
Newt Gingrich, The Last Bolshevik
Tuesday, January 31 | Peak Energy
Guy Rundle’s last missive from the campaign trail looks at Newt Gingrich’s intellectual roots (not a phrase you would associate with any other Republican candidate save Ron Paul, whose roots are wildly different), echoing some of the content from Fred Turner’s book \" From Counterculture To Cybercult.. .. read more..
Five questions for Beccy Strong, who filmed much of ‘In Transition 2.0′
Tuesday, January 31 | Transition Culture
Two days to go until the previews of ‘ In Transition 2.0 ‘! In our second ‘In Transition 2.0′ podcast, I spoke to Beccy Strong (see right filming in Rwanda), who filmed most of the UK-based sequences in the film, and asked her 5 quick questions. You will also hear, intersp.. .. read more..
Discussing motivational insights for Transition with Stephen Rollnick and Chris ..
Monday, January 30 | Transition Culture
I was reminded by this recent piece by Dr Chris Johnstone over at ClimateCodeRed of the meeting that he and I held in June 2006 with Dr Stephen Rollnick. This was back when I was researching the Transition Handbook, and we met for a day to discuss how insights from the psychology of health behaviou.. .. read more..
Tech Talk - Oil Production from Western Siberia
Sunday, January 29 | The Oil Drum
Time marches on, and as I noted in an earlier post, the declining fortunes of the Romashkino and other oilfields in the Volga-Urals Basin led into the development of the fields of Western Siberia, where even some forty years after it was discovered, just over 60% of Russian crude is still being pro.. .. read more..
NASA finds 2011 9th warmest year on record
Sunday, January 29 | Peak Energy
Ian McPherson points to this recent video from NASA on global temperatures - NASA finds 2011 9th warmest year on record . The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. Nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record ha.. .. read more..
In the Developing World, Solar Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels
Sunday, January 29 | Peak Energy
Technology Review has an article about the developing world leap-frogging straight to solar power in the absence of reliable grids - In the Developing World, Solar Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels . The falling cost of LED lighting, batteries, and solar panels, together with innovative business plans, a.. .. read more..
Plans for sea energy device Searaser
Friday, January 27 | Peak Energy
The BBC has a report on a wave power design from Britain - Plans for sea energy device Searaser . A Devon inventor\'s electricity from seawater generator could be sited at 200 points around the UK coastline. Energy firm Ecotricity wants to develop a commercial Searaser for testing off Falmouth in Cor.. .. read more..
Five questions for Emma Goude, producer of ‘In Transition 2.0′
Friday, January 27 | Transition Culture
It\'s less than a week to go until ‘In Transition 2.0′ is previewed in each of the places whose stories appear in the film. For example, it will be previewed in a fire station in Moss Side in Manchester, a community centre in Lyttelton in New Zealand that was one of only a few buildings.. .. read more..
Your chance to be in a music video!
Thursday, January 26 | Transition Culture
This is your chance to be in the Transition music video! With the upcoming release of In Transition 2.0 we are releasing a song written by the composer for the film, Rebecca Mayes, complete with music video. Rebecca is an astonishingly talented musician, you can find out more at her website . Th.. .. read more..