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US rig count continues to tumble, falls 43 units to 1,267
From Oil&Gas Journal The US drilling rig count declined 43 units—down from losses of 48 last week and 98 the previous week—to settle at 1,267 rigs working during the week ended Feb. 27, according to data from Baker Hughes Inc. That total is the lowest since Jan. 15, 2010, and 502 fewer units compared with […]
How correct were Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère when they published “The End of Cheap Oil” in 1998?
February 26, 2015
Desmond Smith posted a comment after my previous blog: “The crash in the price of oil may change the oil market – a look at the IEA’s “Oil Medium-Term Market Report 2015” and it requires a lengthy response. Therefore, I am giving it in this separate blog. 17 years ago, in March 1998, Colin Campbell […]
Hur rätt hade Colin och Jean då de 1998 skrev ”The End Of Cheap Oil”?
February 22, 2015
How right was Colin and Jean when in 1998 they wrote “The End of Cheap Oil”? Desmond Smith has made a comment to my blog: ”The crash in the price of oil may change the oil market – a look at the IEA’s “Oil Medium-Term Market Report 2015”. A long answer is needed and I […]
Commons on commons to the blog ”The crash in the price of oil may change the oil market – …..”
February 20, 2015
Johnny has made a very good comment to my blog: ”The crash in the price of oil may change the oil market – a look at the IEA’s “Oil Medium-Term Market Report 2015”. A long answer is needed and I will give it in Swedish below and publish a translation as a separate blog in […]
Derailed oil train – Bakken crude in flame
February 17, 2015
(See on YouTube) (The text is from Oil&Gas Journal) A large-scale cleanup and investigation have launched following the Feb. 16 derailment of a CSX crude oil train near Mount Carbon, W.Va. The train consisted of two locomotives and 109 rail cars traveling from North Dakota to Yorktown, Va. CSX confirmed with OGJ on Feb. 17 […]
What are natural gas liquids and how are they used?
February 17, 2015
When the International Energy Agency, IEA, presents its future scenarios, Natural Gas Liquids, NGL, are present as an important component. The IEA’s most recent graph describing its New Policies Scenario was presented in its World Energy Outlook 2012 (WEO 2012) report. In that graph we can see that the production component volume that is currently […]
Development plan for Johan Sverdrup
February 15, 2015
Partners Statoil ASA, Lundin Petroleum AB, Petoro, Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA, and Maersk Oil have submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for Phase 1 of Johan Sverdrup field to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The oil field will be developed in several phases. Phase 1 consists of four bridge-linked platforms and […]
The crash in the price of oil may change the oil market – a look at the IEA’s “Oil Medium-Term Market Report 2015”
February 15, 2015
On Tuesday 10 February at 13:00 GMT the IEA released its “Oil Medium-Term Market Report 2015”. The day before the release I was contacted by Jens Ergon at Sveriges Television (“Sweden’s Television, SVT) who wanted to get my opinion on the report. I had a number of hours to read through the 140 pages of […]
Blir sommaren oljepris 70 dollar per fat?
February 13, 2015
Den senaste veckan har oljepriset placerat sig över 55 dollar per fat och just nu verkar det som om det kraftiga prisraset nådde sin botten i januari med priser under 50 dollar per fat. Frågan är hur lång tid det kommer att ta innan priset på nytt har nått 80 dollar per fat. Om vi […]
Prisras på olja kan förändra oljemarknaden – en titt på IEA:s ”Oil Medium-Term Market Report”.
February 12, 2015
(English text in separate blog) Tisdagen den 10de februari klockan 13:00 GMT släppte IEA sin rapport ”Oil Medium-Term Market Report”. Redan på måndag blev jag kontaktad av Jens Ergon på Sveriges Television (SVT) som ville ha mina synpunkter på rapporten. Jag fick några timmar på mig att läsa igenom 140 sidor och samtidigt som rapporten […]
Rea på olja – vad beror det på och hur påverkar det klimatomställningen
February 11, 2015
(Just in Swedish) Måndagen den 9 februari ordnade den gröna och liberala tankesmedja Fores – forum för reformer och entreprenörskap – ett seminarium med rubriken ”Rea på olja – vad beror det på och hur påverkar det klimatomställningen”. Motiveringen till seminariet beskriver man på följande sätt: ”När oljepriset störtdök till 50 dollar per fat trodde […]
How much oil is produced? / Hur mycket olja produceras?
February 5, 2015
The International Energy Agency (IEA) very often reports available volumes of liquid fuels. The logic behind this is that it is liquid fuels that our society uses. Very often journalists and others mistakenly describe the total volume of liquid fuels as oil although the former includes biofuels. This means that biofuel becomes redefined as oil. […]
Peeking at Peak Oil
Aleklett's Energy Mix 
February 28, 2015
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