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In May, 2008, respected political analyst George Friedman compiled the case against Mexico suggesting it could become a failed state. On January 16, 2009 a Wall Street Journal story speculated the same thing and reported that the Pentagon has concluded that America’s two greatest threats are that either Pakistan with nuclear weapons or Mexico with [...]

The Bright Side of the G.M. Disaster

submitted by oiltrades 589 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

Cars are the challenge de jour on several obvious levels. 1. There’s no currently discernable path to profitability for G.M. and Chrysler and thus no exit strategy for the bailout funds they need. So G.M. and Chrysler are like suicide terrorists wandering around the business community threatening to blow up both themselves and everyone else [...]

Saudis Talking and Pumping Down the Price of Oil

submitted by oiltrades 682 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

A report published in the Emirates Business 24/7 posted below detailing Saudi plans for increasing oil production looks very much like it came directly from the Saudi Aramco PR department. Each of the four fields discussed in the report has been extensively analyzed in prior posts. What is interesting is partly that this one report [...]

Swedish Researchers Predict Peak Oil

submitted by oiltrades 682 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

The highly respected researchers at Sweden’s Uppsala University who study the decline rates of global oil reservoirs believe Peak Oil will occur in 2010. They are taken seriously by the Chinese, who are now considering their prediction in regard to Chinese refinery investments which could be obviated if insufficient supplies of crude are available in [...]

Nigeria: Peace with MEND?

submitted by oiltrades 682 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

According to this report, the leadership of MEND is sufficiently satisfied with a new government program to improve life in the Delta Region that MEND will cease its military operations against oil production. But according to this other report dated three days after the first one, MEND is totally at war with the government and [...]

Oil Price: A Small Boat on the Sea

submitted by oiltrades 586 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

The price of oil has been brought low by the collapsing global economy as we all know. What next? To see how far the economy may have to fall (and thus how long we can expect the oil price to be under pressure from reduced demand), let’s look at the bursting bubbles that are causing [...]

Battery Wars

submitted by oiltrades 534 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

A horse race is in progress that will determine the next generation automotive power plant. In order to break our oil addiction cars must transition to electric power, which means the power plant must be either all electric or plug-in hybrid electric. Either one requires a battery with vastly better cost/benefit ratios than is currently [...]

Deflation Can?t Happen?

submitted by oiltrades 427 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

In response to my recent post suggesting that the forces of deflation are fighting those of inflation (mostly weak housing, growing unemployment, and compulsory reductions in state and local budgets vs. the easy Fed and large federal deficit spending), one reader chastised me for even considering the possibility of deflation. He and many other commentators [...]

Oil Prices Search For a Bottom

submitted by oiltrades 648 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

A front page New York Times report today posted below suggests that minimum oil price thresholds are within view of the current $70+ WTI price. It said in part, “The drop in prices has already created problems for oil producers. Iran and Venezuela both need oil prices at $95 a barrel to balance their national [...]

Peak Oil 2014

submitted by oiltrades 630 days ago (via energyinvestmentstrategies.com)

The following article published in The Guardian and based on the work of Chris Skrebowski (Peak Oil Consulting) - indicates a crunch in oil supply vs. demand coming in 2012. It seems clear that the assumption of demand growing at 1.6% per year is now invalidated by the current global recession. Moreover, supply growth in [...]