Mission Statement

To raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of oil and gas depletion and to investigate its impact on the economy & society

• To evaluate the world’s endowment of conventional and unconventional energy in general

• To determine the probable date and impact of the peak and decline of the world’s production of oil and gas

• To pursue the release of reliable and transparent data on the world’s oil and gas reserves/production rates in order to provide a firm basis for policy-making

• To raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of oil and gas depletion and its consequences

• To urge governments to adopt strategies to mitigate the effects of oil and gas depletion with new policies aimed to cut waste, improve energy efficiency, and bring in alternative energies

• To promote the adoption of an Oil Depletion Protocol, whereby imports are cut to match supply

• To warn of the consequences of delay

• To continue to maintain and analyze world wide conventional and non-conventional oil resources to define peak oil level and timing

• To educate economists, industries, businesses and local/state/regional/national governments in making decisions regarding mitigation of peak oil effects on country economies and societies, specifically Ireland  

• To support economists, industries and local/state/regional/national governments in making decisions regarding mitigation of peak oil effects on country economies and societies, specifically Ireland

• To provide the ASPO mandate and frame work for both technical and non-technical activities of ASPO affiliates in other countries