Reports & Resources
Generating the Future: UK energy systems fit for 2050 - 2062KB
The Royal Academy of Engineering - March 2010
Opportunity cost of tar sands development: How to better spend $379 billion! - 563Kb
WWF-UK and The Co-operative - March 2010
World oil demand’s shift toward faster growing and less price-responsive products and regions - 373Kb
Joyce Dargay of University of Leeds and Dermot Gately of New York University - February 2010
Tipping Point: Near-Term Systemic Implications of a Peak in Global Oil Production - An Outline Review - 631Kb
Feasta & The Risk/Resilience Network - March 2010
Fueling North America’s Energy Future: The Unconventional Natural Gas Revolution and the Carbon Agenda
IHS CERA - March 2010
2010 Oil & Gas UK Activity Survey - 583Kb
Oil and Gas UK - February 2010
Oil Sketches - The Oil Crunch - 689Kb
Barclays Capital - February 2010
Medium-term crude oil outlook to 2015: a balancing act - 490Kb
Merril Lynch - February 2010
Meals per gallon - The impact of industrial biofuels on people and global hunger - 1023Kb
ActionAid - January 2010
Response by Chris Barton of DECC, at the launch of the Peak Oil report - (video, 4 mins)
From the release of the ITPOES report 'The Oil Crunch' - February 2010
The Oil Crunch - A wake-up call for the UK economy - 687Kb
The Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) - February 2010
Project Discovery - Options for delivering secure and sustainable energy supplies - 844Kb
Ofgem - February 2010
Engineering a low carbon built environment - The discipline of Building Engineering Physics- 1486Kb
Doug King, The Royal Academy of Engineering - January 2010
An Explanation of Oil Peaking - 2147Kb
R.W. Bentley, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, UK - December 2009
Searching for a Miracle - Net Energy Limits and the Fate of Industrial Society - 2613Kb
Post Carbon Institute, International Forum on Globalization - November 2009
The Future of Global Oil Suply: Understanding the Building Blocks - 256Kb
IHS/Cambridge Energy Research Associates - November 2009
The Peak of the Oil Age - The Uppsala World Energy Outlook - 833Kb
Kjell Aleklett, Mikael Höök, Kristofer Jakobsson, Michael Lardelli, Simon Snowden, Bengt Söderbergh, November 2009
World Energy Outlook 2008, Chapter 10 - Field-by-field analysis of oil production - 460Kb
Internation Energy Agency, November 2008
[Made available following release of the 2009 report]
World Energy Outlook 2009 - Executive Summary - (PDF 175Kb)
International Energy Agency 2009
Notes on the 2009 ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference - (PDF 416Kb)
Chris Nelder, October 2009
The Great Transition: a tale of how it turned out right - (PDF 1092Kb)
new economics foundation (nef), October 2009
Heads in the Sand: Governments Ignore the Oil Supply Crunch and Threaten the Climate - (PDF 8409Kb)
Global Witness, October 2009
Building a Positive Future for Bristol after Peak Oil - (PDF 5236Kb)
Bristol Green Capital Peak Oil Taskforce, for Bristol City Council and the Bristol Partnership, Oct 2009
Project Discovery - Energy Market Scenarios - (PDF 1737Kb)
OFGEM, October 2009
Meeting Carbon Budgets - The Need for a Step Change
Committee on Climate Change (UK), October 2009 - (PDF 5.3Mb)
Global Oil Depletion - An assessment of the evidence for a near-term peak in global oil production - (PDF 3856Kb)
UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), October 2009
The Peak Oil Market - (PDF 1279Kb)
Deutsche Bank, October 2009
Energy and Environmental Challenges in the New Global Economy (Speech) - (PDF 106Kb)
Andrew Sentance, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England, September 2009
Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - (PDF 3235Kb)
Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor Amartya Sen, Professor Jean-Paul Fitoussi, September 2009
Peak Oil Contigency Plan - (PDF 284Kb)
Maribyrnong City Council (Australia), September 2009
Open letter to the Queen
Multiple signatories including Phillip Blond, CEO, ResPublica; Geraint Talfan Davies, Chairman, Institute of Welsh Affairs; Professor Lord Anthony Giddens; Rob Hopkins, Founder of Transition Towns; Jeremy Leggett, Chair, Solar Century; Sir Jonathon Porritt OBE, August 2009
Tradable Energy Quotas (TEQs): A Policy Framework for Peak Oil and Climate - (PDF 589Kb)
All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil & Gas, & The Lean Economy Connection, August 2009
Energy Security - a national challenge in a changing world - (PDF 848Kb)
Malcolm Wicks MP, Special Representative of the Prime Minister, August 2009
Shifting Sands - (PDF 2.94Mb)
Greenpeace & Oil Change International, July 2009
Digest of UK energy statistics 2009 - (pdf 6.9Mb)
National Statisitcs - July 2009 (press release)
Lecture with Dr. Hermann Scheer on renewables and energy policy - (video, 1hr 26 mins)
MIT Clean Tech/GABA - July 2009
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan: National Strategy for Climate & Energy - (pdf 4.4Mb)
Department for Energy & Climate Change - 15 July 2009
The UK Renewable Energy Strategy - (pdf 3.96Mb)
Department for Energy & Climate Change - July 2009
UK offshore oil and gas - (pdf 2928Kb)
House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee - 29 June 2009
Towards a low carbon future - (pdf 395Kb)
The Royal Society - 28 June 2009
Statistical Review of World Energy 2009 - (pdf 5304Kb)
BP - 10 June 2009
The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Global Energy Investment - (pdf 424Kb)
International Energy Agency background paper for the G8 Minister's meeting - 24-25 May 2009
Making the transition to a secure and low-carbon energy system: synthesis report - (pdf 9.13Mb)
The UK Energy Research Centre - April 2009
Causes and Consequences of the Oil Shock of 2007-08 - 638Kb
James D. Hamilton, Department of Economics, UC San Diego - March 2009
Vision 2050 - A report for Cheshire West and Chester Authority - (pdf 653Kb)
Chester Climate Change and Sustainability Ginger Group- March 2009
Averting the next energy crisis: The demand challenge - (pdf 2.12Mb)
McKinsey Global Institute- March 2009
The increasing divergence of WTI pricing from world markets - (pdf 365Kb)
Platts - March 2009
Our electricity transmission network: A vision for 2020 - (pdf 5.2Mb)
Electricity Networks Strategy Group - March 2009
Shai Agassi's bold plan for electric cars - (video)
TED Talks, Ideas worth spreading, February 2009
Heat & energy saving strategy - (pdf 2753Kb)
Department of Energy and Climate Change - February, 2009
Has non-OPEC oil production peaked?- (pdf 803Kb)
Merrill Lynch - February, 2009
Food futures - rethinking food strategy - (pdf 904Kb)
Chatham House - February, 2009
Saving Carbon, Improving Health: NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy for England - (pdf 2528Kb)
NHS Sustainable Development Unit - January, 2009
The potential for Renewable Gas in the UK - (pdf 965Kb)
The National Grid - January, 2009
Volatile times - transport, climate change and the price of oil - (pdf 1338Kb)
The LGA - December, 2008
The Impact of Peak Oil on South Australia - (pdf 1.36Mg)
The Parliament of South Australia - November 25, 2008
Global Trends 2025, A World - (pdf 8.12Mg)
US National Intelligence Council - November, 2008
Executive Summary, IEA World Energy Outlook - (pdf 176Kb)
Internation Energy Agency - November 12, 2008
The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK’s energy future - (pdf 961Kb)
UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security (ITPOES) - 29 October 2008
The potential of biogas in an European perspective - (pdf) 1138Kb
Bernt Svensén for Globe Europe - 22 October 2008
Towards Oil Resilience Community Information Paper - (pdf 1169Kb)
Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government - September 2008
Connecting the future: the UK's renewable energy strategy - (pdf 1057Kb)
Dr Bridget Woodman of the University of Exeter, for Greenpeace - September 2008
Plugged In - The End of the Oil Age - (pdf 1951Kb)
Gary Kendall, WWF - 2008
Green Street Interim Report - (pdf 246Kb)
Matthew Lockwood, Climate Change Team, Institute for Public Policy Research - July 2008
Peak Oil - (pdf 549Kb)
Member's Research Service report, National Assembly for Wales - July 2008
Implications of ‘‘peak oil’’ for atmospheric CO2 and climate - (pdf 464Kb)
Pushker A. Kharecha and James E. Hansen, NASA - August 2008
Preparing for Peak Oil: Local Authorities and the Energy Crisis - (pdf 2647Kb)
The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre & Post Carbon Institute - August 2008
The Coming Oil Supply Crunch - (pdf 631Kb)
Paul Stevens, Chatham House - August 2008
Interim Report on Crude Oil - (pdf 3469Kb)
Interagency Task Force on Commodity Markets, chaired by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission - July 2008
Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States - (pdf 746 Kb)
John V. Mitchell and Paul Stevens, Chatham House - July 2008
A Green New Deal: Joined-up policies to solve the triple crunch of the credit crisis, climate change and high oil prices - (pdf 2,279 Kb)
Green New Deal Group, published by new economics foundation (nef) - July 2008
The Impact of Peak Oil on International Development - (pdf 457 Kb)
House of Commons All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil (APPGOPO) & Renewable Energy • Shelter • Environment Training (reset) - June 2008
A note on rising food prices - (pdf 665 Kb)
Donald Mitchell, World Bank, April 2008 draft report on Biofuels published by The Guardian in July 2008
How Much? The Cost of Alleviating Fuel Poverty - (pdf 308 Kb)
Ian Preston, CSE Richard Moore, Independent Consultant Pedro Guertler, ACE, June 2008
Electricity Prices in the United Kingdom - Fundamental Drivers and Probable Trends 2008-2020 (pdf 753 Kb)
Hugh Sharman, INCOTECO, John Constable, Renewable Energy Foundation, May 2008
The New Inflation (pdf 753 Kb)
Jeff Rubin - CIBC World Markets, May 27th 2008
Energy Watch - A lesson from long-dated oil: A steadily rising price forecast (pdf 267 Kb)
Goldman Sachs, May 17th 2008
$100 oil reality, part 2: Has the super-spike end game begun?, (pdf 186 Kb)
Goldman Sachs, May 5th 2008
How much higher will oil prices go?, (pdf, 201 Kb)
Jeff Rubin and Peter Buchanan, CIBC World Markets Inc, April 24, 2008
CNN & Shell sponsored advert on peak oil, (jpg, 321 Kb)
TIME magazine Europe edition, 31 March 2008
$100 oil reality, part 1: Super-spike phase 2 ushers in a period of chronically high and rising prices, (pdf, 362 Kb)
Goldman Sachs, March 6, 2008
Energy - Time to get short timespreads (pdf, 142Kb)
Goldman Sachs, March 11, 2008
Implications of “peak oil” for atmospheric CO2 and climate (pdf, 296 Kb)
Pushker A Kharecha and James E Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Earth Institute, New York, NY 10025, USA
2008 Issues & Outlook: Bull in a bear’s disguise (pdf, 448 Kb)
Goldman Sachs (2008)
The Pump....Decline and Fall? (pdf, 591 Kb)
Citbank (04th February, 2008)
UK Oil and Gas Index #928 (pdf, 118 Kb)
Royal Bank of Scotland (December 2007)
Corn for Ethanol: An Inflation Crop (pdf, 775 Kb)
CIBC World Markets (October 2007)
OPEC’s Growing Call on Itself (pdf, 533 Kb)
CIBC World Markets (September 2007)
Current Global Challenges and Alternative Futures for South Africa (pdf, 2.56 Mb)
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil South Africa (August 2007)
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2007
BP (12 June 2007)
Queensland's Vulnerability to Rising Oil Prices - Taskforce Report (McNamara Report)
5th April 2007
Giant Oil Fields - The Highway to Oil: Giant Oil Fields and their Importance for Future Oil Production (PhD)
Fredrik Robelius, Uppsala University (March 2007)
Re-Energising Australia [pdf, 1.15 Mb. Integrates oil depletion and climate change.]
Senator Christine Milne, Australian Green Party (March 2007)
Peaking of World Oil Production: Recent Forecasts (pdf, 494 Kb) Robert L. Hirsch, SAIC (February 2007)
Megaprojects - New capacity fails to boost 2006 production – delays or depletion? [pdf, 79 Kb]
Chris Skrebowski, Energy Institute (Feb 2007)
Uncertainty on data and forecasts [pdf, 3.7 Mb]
Jean Laherrere, ASPO France (July 2006)
When The Oil Runs Out: What Does This Mean For Scottish Tourism? [pdf, 2.13 Mb]
Dr. Ian Yeoman et al; VisitScotland Research (May 2006)
Megaprojects - Prices holding steady, despite massive planned capacity additions [pdf]
Chris Skrebowski, Energy Institute (April 2006)
Economic Impacts of Liquid Fuel Mitigation Options - Executive Summary [pdf, 231 Kb] Robert L. Hirsch et al, SAIC (February 2006)
World Oil Production & Peaking Outlook [pdf]
Rembrandt H.E.M. Koppelaar, Peak Oil Netherlands Foundation (November 2005)
Shaping the peak of world oil production
Robert L. Hirsch, SAIC (October 2005)
How Credible Are Proven Oil Reserves: The Case of Iran, Russia & Canada [pdf]
Dr Mamdouh G. Salameh, international oil economist (September 2005)
The End of Oil [pdf]
Bob Lloyd, University of Otago (July 2005)
Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation & Risk Management [pdf]
Robert L. Hirsch et al, SAIC (February 2005)
IEA Oil Projections Revisited [pdf]
Klaus Illum, ECO Consult (Revised January 2005)
The Countdown for the Peak of Oil Production Has Begun [pdf]
Werner Zittel & Jörg Schindler, L-B-Systemtechnik GmbH (October 2004)
The End of the Age of Oil
David Goodstein, California Institute of Technology (April 2004)
Oil-based Technology and Economy - Prospects for the Future [pdf]
The Danish Board of Technology & The Society of Danish Engineers (March 2004)
Middle East Oil — Reality and Illusion [pdf]
Colin J. Campbell (March 2004)
Forecasting the limits to the availability and diversity of global conventional oil supply [pdf]
John L. Hallock, et al. (published in Energy, 2004)
How and for how long it is possible to secure a sustainable growth of oil supply
Leif Magne Meling, Statoil ASA (December 2003)
Future world oil supply [pdf]
Werner Zittel & Jörg Schindler, L-B-Systemtechnik GmbH (January 2003)
Before The Wells Run Dry
The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (2002)
Forecasting Global Oil Supply 2000-2050 [pdf]
Colin J. Campbell (July 2002)
Peak Oil: an Outlook on Crude Oil Depletion
Colin J. Campbell (revised February 2002)
Re-energising Australia [pdf, 1.15 Mb]
Senator Christine Milne, Australian Green Party, (April 2007)
Uranium Resources and Nuclear Energy [pdf, 471 kb]
Energy Watch Group