Liquid natural gas

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An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
- Production and Prices

- Electricity Supplies in Asia

- Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)

- Briefs

Russian behavior is driven to a large extent by the personal strategies and interests of a few individuals at the very top. There is no overarching geopolitical plan, but a lot of political infighting and short term asset-grabbing strategies. That may be even more worrying in itself than purposeful strategies to use the "energy weapon", but the motivations are different. It is true however that the global energy situation allows Russia to be a lot more assertive, or even brutal, on the international stage, and there's little that can be done about that ... [There is something that] Europe can actually do: it controls its own demand, and should focus its efforts on that.

Russia shuts out West's supermajors
Russia and Iran: crisis of the west, rise of the rest
Kazakhstan considers to divert oil export route from BTC to Russia
Russia values oil more than war
Gazprom falls as analysts `shocked' by spending plan

A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.

US natural gas production has been flat for a number of years. We keep hearing that US production is expected to begin declining sometime in the next few years, but it doesn't seem to happen. While it is not obvious from most published data, the reason production remains level is because unconventional gas production has been rising.

How to get a pipeline built (tutorial)
Running out of roughnecks
Big Oil sees Gulf of Mexico as pricey but accessible

Carnegie Mellon researchers question investing in LNG
New method of extracting heavy oil: Toe to heel air injection (THAI)

All societies on earth face a Catch 22. We need to use fossil fuels to extract and manufacture resources to allow a transition to a liquefied natural gas infrastructure. Then our societies will have to use the remaining natural gas reserves to exploit even more minerals and commodities to transition to electric infrastructure.

Former UK Times Editor: Are these the last days of the Oil Age?

China booms- we pay the price

Kenneth S. Deffeyes: Sunset

Australian senator: Blood for oil

If you're in a hole, merge. But is it too late for BP and Shell?

Chris Skrewbowski on the dramatic shortage of new LNG mega projects

Canada flexes muscles in scramble for Arctic
Canada's oil boom has legs, IEA says
Energy news round-up
U.S. looks to Canada for more oil
LNG pipeline approved for Quebec