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Newsletter for April 2009
01 Apr 2009
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Newsletter for March 2009
01 Mar 2009
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Correction
01 Jan 2009
Professor Aleklett has pointed out that Natural Gas Liquids have a lower calorific content than Crude Oil. The graph and table on Page 1 have accordingly been adjusted to rep
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Another Confession
01 Jan 2009
Item 1103 of the last Newsletter mentioned the real meaning of major oil company advertisements, referring to BP’s statement that its initials stand for Beyond Petroleum. She
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Oil & Gas Journal Reserve Reports
01 Jan 2009
The Oil & Gas Journal has maintained a database of oil and gas production and reserves by country for more than 50 years, and is widely regarded as an authoritative source of i
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IEA Half-Truths
01 Jan 2009
The International Energy Agency, which was established by the OECD to monitor energy supply and demand, has now issued the annual update of its World Energy Outlook. It has not yet
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Iran Revisited
01 Jan 2009
Last month, we risked trying to evaluate Iraq’s production profile, despite the many uncertainties, and this month might as well go for broke with a look at its neighbour, Ir
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The Role of OPEC
01 Jan 2009
With oil prices still languishing, if that is the word, below $50 a barrel, OPEC has decided to cut production as from January 1st by 2.2 Mb/d to support price, and is evidently re
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Discovery Trend
01 Jan 2009
Even the flattest of flat-earth economist would surely agree that oil has to be found before it can be produced. Since past discovery defines future production, determining the tre
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Crossing the Summit
01 Jan 2009
The traveller, crossing a mountain range, climbs through the gentle foothills before reaching the craggy heights, which may be obscured in clouds, and then commences his desc
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Oil Storage
01 Jan 2009
In normal conditions, oil companies maintain storage in so-called tank farms, adjoining their refineries and terminals, simply to balance the fluctuations of crude supply and the s
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Newsletter for January 2009
01 Jan 2009
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