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

- China

- Iran's Production Cut

- Energy Briefs

Dark side of a boom town (Alberta tar sands)
The iconic and ironic rural electric co-op

Opposition takes on coal plants
Rise in heavy oil refining could boost demand for hydrogen

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)

A closer look at the National Petroleum Council (NPC) report: the case of the "missing" graph. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) been used in the United States for three decades. By its own admission, the NPC's previous estimates for EOR production didn't pan out. Are you willing to take the chance that the NPC is right this time?

Highlights from the just released GAO report on peak oil: "Uncertainty about future oil supply makes it important to develop a strategy for addressing a peak and decline in oil production."

Asphalt putting holes in repair budgets, Mass. towns say /
The new commuter belt - by air / Truckers feel the pinch / Tories regret privatizing UK rail service

British Petroleum's "Statistical Review of World Energy 2006" / ODAC comments on BP's Review / CNN special: fueling America /
Deep ocean energy resources - a critical analysis / Saudi Arabia tests potential for unlocking heavy-oil reserves / Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of "Big Coal"

Arianna Huffington: Who killed the electric car? / Costly tar hurts paving / Blowing in the wind (sail revival)