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Peak Oil Review – July 30, 2012

“Oil prices fell 4 percent last Monday on bad EU economic news and then climbed slowly for the rest of the week largely on assurances from EU leaders that they will not let the Eurozone collapse. At week’s end NY oil was at $90.13 and London at $106.65, Bad news about the growth of the US’s GDP stimulated hopes that the Federal Reserve as well as the ECB will soon resort to quantitative easing again…”

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Peak Oil Review – July 23, 2012

“Prices rose steadily through Thursday last week as the threat to supplies from worsening Middle Eastern situations outweighed slackening demand from the weakening global economy. On Friday prices retreated a bit on profit-taking, after a $16 a barrel gain in the last five weeks, and a strengthening US dollar. London oil closed the week at $106.83 and NY at $91.83.”

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Peak Oil Review – July 16, 2012

“Brent crude traded in a narrow range for most of last week between $98 and $100 a barrel as the markets reacted to generally bad economic news from Europe, China, and the US. On Friday prices moved higher to close at $102.40 after the US announced tougher sanctions on companies that have been helping Iran circumvent the sanctions. New York crude followed a similar pattern about $15 lower than Brent…”

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Peak Oil Review – July 9, 2012

“After falling by some $30 a barrel since early May, oil prices rebounded in the last 10 days reaching a high of $88 in New York and $102 in London last week. As has been the case for many months now the interplay between fears of a slowing global economy and possible disruptions of Middle Eastern oil supplies has been the underlying impetus for price moves. Late last week economic concerns came to the fore as a weak US jobs report combined with a gloomy IMF projections of global economic growth to trump an elevated level of saber rattling in the Middle East…”

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Peak Oil Review – June 25, 2012

“Dear Peak Oil Review Readers:

As you know, the world runs on finite fossil fuels – but whatever fuels Tom Whipple seems to be infinite. Tom is the chief editor of ASPO-USA’s flagship publications, Peak Oil News and Peak Oil Review, both of which reach subscribers around the world. A task he has tirelessly taken on since 2006. Tom has risen early to work on these publications nearly every day – Peak Oil News on mornings from Monday through Saturdays and work preparing Peak Oil Review on Sundays before its release Monday morning. So it’s wonderful that we can report that Tom is finally taking a few very well-deserved weeks off…”

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Peak Oil Review – June 18, 2012

“London oil prices surged briefly to nearly $102 a barrel last Monday on news of the EU’s Spanish bank bailout. The markets quickly realized, however, that the bailout was only a harbinger of more bailouts to come, and oil prices quickly settled to the vicinity of $97 barrel where they remained for the rest of the week. NY oil followed a similar pattern, trading in the vicinity of $83 for most of the week…”

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Peak Oil Review – June 11, 2012

“Oil prices climbed a bit through Wednesday last week, fell on Thursday and closed largely unchanged for the week as various waves of optimism and pessimism swept over the trading community. This week, the optimism came on hopes that the EU would soon do something about the worsening situations in Spain and Greece and that the US Fed would unleash another round of quantitative easing. The drop on Thursday came after Fed Chairman Bernanke failed to announce or hint that any additional stimulus would come soon. Such stimulus usually lowers the value of the dollar thereby increasing the price of oil…”

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Webinar Series Off to Strong Start

ASPO-USA kicked off its new webinar series with two information-rich offerings in April, and more webinars on critical topics scheduled for May and June. More than 200 people participated “live” in the webinar series in its inaugural month, with many more ASPO-USA members viewing video recordings of the webinars at a later time. Early feedback suggests that both webinars thus far have been well-received

[For more details or to register for upcoming webinars, please visit the ASPO-USA Webinar Series webpage].

These webinars are already proving to be an effective way to harness the knowledge and experience of ASPO-USA’s vast network of experts. They are intended to complement other ASPO-USA information and education resources, such as our annual conference. The relative ease and convenience with which these webinars can be organized, however, provides a good opportunity to address specific issues and questions with detail and depth. A typical 90-minute session allows for extended discussion among presenters and participants.

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