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Ethanol in Brazil, Part 1
Brazil has 378 factories producing ethanol and 70% of production occurs in the province Sao Paulo. Three weeks ago I met the president of the “Brazil Sugar Industry Association” in Gothenburg and when he heard that I would be travelling to Brazil he invited me to the Association’s head office in Sao Paulo to discuss […]
An economist’s view on oil
June 16, 2008
On last Sunday’s P1-program ”Goodmorning world” (P1 is a publicly funded Swedish nationwide radio station) the economics journalist Olle Rosander and yours truly discussed the oil difficulties in the 1970s and 1980s compared with today. Olle Rosander considers that, ”nobody had any idea that this would happen now”. It is obvious that he has not […]
Summary of the 13th Asia Oil and Gas Conference
June 15, 2008
(English will come) Kom hem till Arlanda och Sverige torsdag morgon, studentuppvaktning i Jönköping på fredag och nu på lördag bar det iväg till Göteborg och Landvetter flygplats. Den långa resan till Sao Pauli ger mig möjlighet att summera besöket i Kuala Lumpur. Petronas, det statliga nationella oljebolaget, är mycket betydelsefullt för Malaysia. På onsdagen […]
Coke ratios
June 15, 2008
My trips to Malaysia and Brazil have given me two new Coke ratios Malaysia: (1 MYR = 1.87 SEK, $1 = 6.12 SEK) Coke: 4 MYR/l, 7.48 SEK/l, $1.22 per liter Gasoline: 2.70 MYR Coke ratio: 1.48 Brazil: (1 BRL = 3.98 SEK, $1 = 6.12 SEK) Coke: 600 ml for 2.50 BRL, 4.17 BRL/l, […]
Malaysia and Palm Oil
June 12, 2008
Palm oil is a raw material for biodiesel and with respect to ”well-to-wheel” efficiency (the total energy costs of powering a car) it is quite high. When the Swedish fuel company OK-Q8 tried to introduce the “environmental diesel” Eco 20 the environmental movement were fiercely opposed since Eco 20 contains palm oil from Malaysia. They […]
BP Boss Hayward Bets Price of a Barrel Over Peak Oil
June 10, 2008
I was just about to write on my blog about the bet on Peak Oil with BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward when I found out that Bloomberg News already had spread it around the world: BP chief bets ‘peak oil’ backer output will keep rising Bloomberg News BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward is […]
Asia Oil & Gas Conference – day 2
June 9, 2008
The 13th Asia Oil and Gas Conference was opened by Tan Sri Dato Sri Mohd Hassan, the head of the Malaysian oil company Petronas. He noted that the conference had assembled 1300 delegates from 45 nations which was a record number. Hi listed the most important global future issues as food, fuel, economics and geopolitics. […]
Question: Running on water?
June 8, 2008
Question: There is quite a lot of talk about successful alternatives to fossil energy types. H Ho gas is mentioned in this news story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9iWaCMbw60). Micro-organisms that can produce fossil fuels are also mentioned here and there. What do you think of these? Is it humbug or are there future solutions hidden in these? Answer: […]
Asia Oil & Gas Conference – day 1
June 8, 2008
The dramatic increase in the oil price in Malaysia is naturally the main focus for discussion. In the New Sunday Times we can read that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi has said that, “The people should get accurate information on the global fuel price phenomena so that they can understand what the country is […]
Energy and Newspapers
June 7, 2008
The trip from Uppsala to the hotel in Kuala Lumpur took 19 hours and the reception I received when I arrived was fantastic. It is noticeable that one has left the academic world and arrived in the world of oil! During a trip like this I try to collect as many international newspapers as possible. […]
Oil in Malaysia
June 7, 2008
Malaysia produced 747,000 barrels of oil per day in 2006 and, as a comparison we can state that oil production in Norway is four times larger. Up until 1995 production was on the increase but since then one can say that it has been on a plateau for 12 years at 761,000 barrels per day. […]
Asia Oil & Gas Conference 2008
June 6, 2008
The high price of oil is causing ever greater problems for the aviation industry. The fact that fuel costs make up 30-40% of total costs in the industry means that the high price of aviation fuel is making it unprofitable. Right now there is an aircraft waiting at Arlanda (Stockholm’s international airport) that, later today, […]
Peeking at Peak Oil
Aleklett's Energy Mix 
June 17, 2008
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