THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PEAK OIL AND GAS

NEWSLETTER No. 81 – Sep 2007

Index of Country & Regional Assessments with Newsletter Reference (*revised)

Good progress continues to be made on organising the 6th International Conferences, which will be held in the city of Cork in Ireland on September 17th and 18th. Day One will address the issue of Peak Oil itself; and Day Two will cover the responses in political, economic and social terms.

ASPO-IRELAND is grateful for the commitment from the prestigious speakers who have agreed to participate, and for the generous local support and sponsorship.

The Post-Conference event in Killarney has also received much interest. It will give participants a chance to see something of the scenic beauties of the west of Ireland as well as to meet and converse in a relaxed and convivial lake-side atmosphere. Golf, fishing and other tourist attractions are available, but places are limited.

Details of both events are available on http://www.aspo-ireland.org/aspo6/ . Those planning to attend are urged to so advise at an early date, as to know the approximate numbers in advance would greatly facilitate the organisation.

ASPO-USA will hold its 2007 World Oil Conference on October 17-20, at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston, Texas. There will be an exciting roster of confirmed participants including legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, Houston Mayor Bill White (former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy), Bob Hirsch (co-author of the groundbreaking Hirsch-Bezdek Report to DOE), Peter Tertzakian (author of A Thousand Barrels a Second), Mathew Simmons, (author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock), Henry Groppe of Groppe, Long & Littell, Charles Maxwell of Weeden & Co., David Hughes of the Canadian Geological Survey, Chairman Elizabeth Ames Jones of the Texas Railroad Commission, Professor Peter Bishop of the University of Houston, and many others. Other high-profile speakers including former President, Bill Clinton, are being invited.

Honorary chairmen of the Conference are Houstonians Matt Simmons of Simmons & Company International

ASPO Week in Houston will consist of four days of energy discussion as well as field trips to a drilling site and to Refinery Row on the Houston Ship Channel, the heart of our nation's refining and petrochemical industries.

The Houston Conference agenda will feature technical sessions on Reserves and Production; Substitute Fuels; Peak Oil & Climate Change; Peak Oil Reports from the GAO, National Petroleum Council, and AAPG; a Natural Gas/LNG Update; a Net Energy Update; Mitigation Scenarios; Smart Policy Initiatives (local, state & national); and Smart Money & Investment in the Age of Peak Oil.

Registration will open on or about June 1st. For more information on agenda details, speakers and activities as they become available, as well as a review of past Conferences, see www.aspousa.org.