Wikileaks: Saudi Arabia Running Out of Oil

More great news from the wonderful world of Wikileaks: Saudi Arabia is running out of oil! According to a former top Saudi oil executive, as recorded in State Department cables between 2007 and 2009, “Peak Oil” — the pinch point at which global petroleum production reaches its maximum capacity — is a very real problem that we’re rapidly approaching.

This December 2007 cable contrasted the bleak outlook of Sadad al-Husseini, a former head of exploration at the Saudis’ oil monopoly Aramco, with the official Aramco projections:
"In a presentation, Abdallah al-Saif, current Aramco senior vice-president for exploration, reported that Aramco has 716bn barrels of total reserves, of which 51% are recoverable, and that in 20 years Aramco will have 900bn barrels of reserves.
“Al-Husseini disagrees with this analysis, believing Aramco’s reserves are overstated by as much as 300bn barrels. In his view once 50% of original proven reserves has been reached…a steady output in decline will ensue and no amount of effort will be able to stop it. He believes that what will result is a plateau in total output that will last approximately 15 years followed by decreasing output.”
The U.S. consul added in its cable: “While al-Husseini fundamentally contradicts the Aramco company line, he is no doomsday theorist. His pedigree, experience and outlook demand that his predictions be thoughtfully considered.”
Or we can spend more time arguing about whether the development of alternative energy is an evil scam concocted by Al Gore, which would be much easier.
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Get ready for $5 a gallon gas… which is still going to be cheaper than the rest of the world.

And this seems fitting

http://shift518.com/showthread.php?t=22680

guess it’s time to start brewing my own biodiesel, before this shit gets outta control

im buying a bike , screw this car shit.

E85 win.

isnt our gas only cheaper than the rest of the world based on how it’s taxed? all things considered it’s still on par around the globe, no?

but brazil has a ton of oil they just need money for the equipment to get it out of the ocean.

Just heard about this yesterday:
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2011-02-10-Shale%20Oil/id-110d21c4766d4107b1c1a14ff7d553e7

Sweeeet

Too bad some state like the Dakotas don’t have a fairly large amount of oil…oh wait:

http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news2.13s.html
http://geology.com/usgs/bakken-formation-oil.shtml

If it was cheap or easily gotten we would be there by now.

And either way with 1 billion chienese establishing themselves into the middle class and buying cars for the first time all the oil reserves wont last long.

Oh well. I expect $10 a gallon + gas within the lifetime.

read the articles again since it has nothing to do with being expensive or difficult, this technique was first used in 2007, gotta start somewhere

I wouldnt believe anything coming from somebody wearing a towel on their head.

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/237136/237136,1238750606,1/stock-photo-beautiful-woman-with-head-wrapped-in-towel-meditating-27980942.jpg

It’s wikileaks PJB

Why would they have fake information when it’s never supposed to be seen by the public eye :facepalm

please please please tell me you don’t believe this. cheap and easily gotten has nothing to do with why or why not oil is drilled for.

You mean oil companies dont obey basic economic principles?

canada is our biggest importer of oil.

oil companies have no control over whether they can drill or not in a certain area. especially when it comes to the united states.

time to invest in electric power producing companies and electric car manufacturers and their component producers?

fuck that pussy hippie shit.

Just drill everywhere theres oil in this country regardless of it pisses off tree huggers, bears or butterflies.

:facepalm