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Lessons from the Shtokman deal

September 3rd, 2007 by Pierre Noël, University of Cambridge

On July 13, Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled gas company, and Total, the French oil and gas major, announced they had signed an agreement to co-operate in developing the Shtokman gas field in the Russian waters of the Barents sea. Continue reading »

Taking Charge of Oil Policy [Carbonomics, Ch. 2]

December 30th, 2006 by Steven Stoft, Berkeley

OPEC’s recent “energy policy” is a lot like a Kyoto policy focused on oil, but with a startling difference.
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Peak-Oil Economics Unscrambled [Carbonomics, Ch. 3]

December 29th, 2006 by Steven Stoft, Berkeley

History shows that the world economy did not collapse when oil supply peaked sharply in 1979, so where have the peak-oil geologists gone wrong in their thinking?

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OPEC’s Greatest Fear [Carbonomics, Ch. 13]

December 20th, 2006 by Steven Stoft, Berkeley

If you want to know what strategy would work against OPEC, listen to OPEC.
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