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Russia (Rosneft) and the USA (ExxonMobil) strike oil in Arctic well
News is spreading around the world that Rosneft and ExxonMobil have been successful in their joint effort to find oil in the Kara Sea up in the Arctic. Personally, I am doubtful that we should produce this oil but now that the oil appears to exist there we must place it in our global energy […]
Aleklett’s Energy Mix, number of visitors
September 21, 2014
It is interesting for me to know how many people are visiting my blog. You the current reader are not alone! During the past year 3920 individuals have visited my blog nearly three times per month. The readers come from 139 different nations. The nation contributing most visits is Sweden (47,144) followed by the USA […]
Reduced oil revenues from oil in Scotland / Minskade oljeinkomster från olja i Skottland.
September 18, 2014
Today the Scots decide whether or not they will leave the UK to become an independent nation. A decisive factor is that they feel robbed of oil income. If one continues the border between Scotland and England straight out into the North Sea then about 90% of the UK’s discovered oil is in what would […]
Will Sweden get a new energy policy with its new government?
September 17, 2014
Sweden will now change its government and for Aleklett’s Energy Mix, with its focus on energy, the question is what change we can expect regarding Sweden’s energy policy. But first let’s look at the energy decisions that the outgoing government leaves us with. They have decided that Sweden’s 10 nuclear reactors will continue in use […]
Får Sverige en ny energipolitik med den nya regeringen?
September 16, 2014
(English in a new blog) Sverige byter nu regering och med energi som fokus för Aleklett’s Energy Mix blir frågan ”vilka förändring kan vi förvänta oss vad det gäller Sveriges energipolitik?” Men låt oss först titta på de energibeslut som den avgående alliansregeringen lämnar efter sig. Man har beslutat att Sveriges 10 kärnreaktorer skall vara […]
Rut och Rot är en klok miljösatsning – Vi måste ta vara på våra gemensamma humanresurser
September 13, 2014
(Only Swedish) Nu finns min debattartikel på nätet med rubriken “Rut och Rot är en klok miljösatsning”! I måndags skickade jag in denna debattartikel till Brännpunkt och senast igår sa Carina Stensson: “Jag försöker gärna få med din artikel idag eller senast imorgon på SvD.se”. Nu är klockan 14 och artikeln har ännu inte dykt […]
Globalt perspektiv saknas i den svenska valdebatten
September 13, 2014
(Not in English) Den svenska valdebatten saknar de viktigaste internationella frågorna för vår framtid. Man diskuterar visserligen krigen i Mellanöstern och Ukraina som medför att flyktingströmmen till Sverige ökar. Flyktingpolitik och försvarspolitik var de enda internationella frågorna som diskuterades. Användning av energi och energianvändningens betydelse för vår välfärd och vårt klimat saknas. I går morse […]
Water limitations for fracking
September 9, 2014
In the last two years fracking has changed the general attitude towards future production of gas and oil, but it is completely clear that the volumes that can be produced by fracking are lower than from conventional production. As an example one can mention that the Arabian Peninsula alone produces ten times more oil than […]
Should shale-gas or bio-gas be the future gas production in Europe?
September 8, 2014
I have now submitted my abstract for the European Energy Security Forum in Brussels on 26 September 2014. I will discuss investments in fracking and compare with investments in bio-gas. Should shale-gas or bio-gas be the future gas production in Europe? Kjell Aleklett, Professor in Global Energy Systems at Uppsala University in Sweden and President […]
European Energy Security Forum in Brussels
September 7, 2014
On 26 September 2014 the IBCentre (Innovative Business Centre) and Energy Watch Group will hold the European Energy Security Forum in Brussels. I am a member of the advisory board of the Forum and also speaker at the conference. The theme of the conference is “Accelerating renewable energy development for reduction of the energy dependence […]
Aging oil fields can turn the Arabian Peninsula into a powder keg
September 1, 2014
If one studies the world’s oil resources and oil production then the Arabian Peninsula is of central interest. The remaining monarchies of the region have established the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This was formed in 1981 as a response to the Iranian Revolution and Iraq’s attack on Iran. The GCC is comprised of Saudi Arabia, […]
Peeking at Peak Oil
Aleklett's Energy Mix 
September 28, 2014
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