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Known journalist reported completely incorrect “facts” on the oil field Kirkuk
In Rapport [a Swedish TV news program] on Wednesday 1 November Stefan Åsberg visited the Kirkuk oil field in Iraq. In recent times the field has been controlled by Kurdish forces, but even more recently the Iraqi army retook control over the area. Kirkuk is a giant oil field that was discovered in 1927. It […]
Sand mining raises emotions
November 5, 2017
In our book “A world addicted to oil” [in Swedish] we discuss the fluid that is forced down a well when hydraulically breaking apart the rock around a well: Large volumes of water are required to frack a well. According to an article from the University of Texas at Austin, each well in Eagle Ford […]
Stefan Åsberg lämnade helt felaktiga fakta om oljefältet Kirkuk
November 1, 2017
I Rapport onsdagen den 1 november besöker Stefan Åsberg oljefältet Kirkuk i Irak. Fältet har den senaste tiden kontrollerats av Kurdiska styrkor, men nyligen tog Iraks arme kontroll över området. Kirkuk är ett gigantfält som hittades 1927. Man började producera olja 1934 och olika bolag har haft kontroll över produktionen. Iraks trupper blev 2014 skrämda […]
Sandbrytning rör upp känslor
November 1, 2017
I vår bok ”En värld drogad av olja” diskuterar vi den vätska som trycks ner i en brunn då man hydrauliskt spränger söner berget runt brunnen: Det går åt stora mängder med vatten för att fracka en brunn. Enligt en artikel från University of Texas at Austin förbrukar varje brunn som frackas i Eagle Ford […]
Aftonbladet’s headline writers would fashion a world war from a domestic dispute
November 1, 2017
(Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid daily newpaper) If one scrolled though Aftonbladet’s top page on Friday 27 October one would find the headline, “After ISIS – now the battle for oil begins”. The article promised TV + TEXT and it is Wolfgang Hansson who is the author. The title, “Risk for confrontation between Russia and […]
Peeking at Peak Oil
Aleklett's Energy Mix 
November 7, 2017
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