Geisinger Health Systems: What Are The Gas Drilling Health Facts? PITTSBURGH -- Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't.
Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate. "Our concern is getting reliable data so we know what to do for our patients," said David Carey, director of Geisinger's Weis Center for Research in Danville, Pa. Geisinger serves many patients who live in areas that have seen a recent boom in Marcellus Shale gas drilling.
Deep-water drilling remains a risky business. Two years after the blowout of the BP oil well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States is largely failing to act on the lessons learned from that experience to ensure that deep-water drilling and production is safe and environmentally compatible.
In particular, the US Congress has not enacted any legislation to improve safety and protect the environment. No Peak Oil. The End of Cheap Oil, by Colin J. Campbell, Jean Laherrere. Thomas Homer-Dixon. The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, And the Renewal of Civilization - Thomas F. Homer-Dixon. Michael Klare. PAWSS Professor Michael Klare, Five College professor of peace and world security studies, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), holds a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Union Institute.
He has written widely on U.S. military policy, international peace and security affairs, the global arms trade, and global resource politics. Blood And Oil: The Dangers And Consequences of America's Growing Dependency ... - Michael T. Klare. Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012. Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy - Michael T. Klare. Energy Bulletin. IEA acknowledges peak oil. If you go to the executive summary of the 2009 International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook, and search for "peak oil", your browser will come up empty.
The whole subject was so beneath the dignity of a serious energy agency that they didn't even bother mentioning it. However, yesterday, the 2010 IEA World Energy Outlook became available. And if you repeat the exercise in that executive summary, you will come upon a section titled: Will peak oil be a guest or the spectre at the feast? Followed by an explicit discussion of the whole question. However, all is not lost: in their projections natural gas liquids and unconventional oil production (tar sands, coal-to-liquids, etc) will cause the total liquid production to continue to gradually increase out to 2035. However, as last year, but with much more emphasis this year, they note that slow growth in total supply, combined with rapid growth in developing countries, means that developed countries will be using less oil in future: Discussions about Energy and Our Future.
Jeff Rubin. The End of Growth - Jeff Rubin. Why Your World Is about to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of ... - Jeff Rubin. R. Hirsch PEAKING OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION: IMPACTS, MITIGATION, & RISK MANAGEMENT.
Reserves of oil and gaz. Les réserves de pétrole. Le pétrole est le premier contributeur de nos besoins énergétiques.
C'est une source d'énergie non renouvelable, dont le stock diminue au fur et à mesure que nous le consommons. Or, nous en avons encore besoin car les énergies alternatives ne sont pas prêtes pour le remplacer massivement. Alors la fin du pétrole, c'est pour quand ? Entretien avec Roland Vially, géologue à IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN). Où en est-on des réserves de pétrole ? R. Mais la date du peak oil n'est pas figée car le chiffre des réserves prouvées évolue.
Y a-t-il des incertitudes sur les chiffres de réserves ? R. >> La notion de réserves Peut-on faire de nouvelles découvertes ? R. Et les pétroles non conventionnels ? R. Faut-il se préparer au déclin du pétrole ? R. Le saviez-vous ? Oil around the World. Norway Looks North for Oil and Gas Oil and Politics in Iraq Squabbles over the South China Sea Putting India on the World’s Petroleum Map Oil Rushes Back to Libya Norway’s economy depends on the sea.
Many tons of cod, herring, mackerel and other fish hauled in from Norwegian waters land on dinner plates around the world each year, making Norway the world’s second-largest fish exporter. Fifty years ago, no one would have predicted that another offshore resource — hydrocarbons — would one day supersede fish as Norway’s most valuable asset. Shell CEO Presents Two Scenarios For the Future of Energy. The chief executive of Shell has posted this article on Shell's new energy scenarios.
I was made aware of it by The Oil Drum, who first posted it at and I thought it was worth repeating for your comments. The South China Sea Oil Card. Over the weekend, the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) quietly announced that nine new blocks in the South China Sea were now open to foreign oil companies for exploration and development.
This move reflects one of the starkest efforts by China to assert its maritime rights in these disputed waters – and constitutes a direct challenge to Vietnam’s own claims. Unlike the blocks that CNOOC offered in 2010 and 2011, the new ones are located entirely within disputed waters in the South China Sea. As this map shows, the new blocks lie off Vietnam’s central coast and comprise of more than 160,000 square kilometers. The western edge of some blocks appear to be less than 80 nautical miles from Vietnam’s coast, well within that country’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
Peaked Oil.