IEA: Zonder Irakese aardolie enorm probleem
28 juni 2007. Bijdrage geleverd door Rembrandt Koppelaar.
In een gisteren verschreven interview in Le Monde maakt Fatih Birol, de hoofdeconoom van het Internationaal Energie Agentschap, een enorme knieval richting de whistleblowers van de Peakoil beweging. Voor het eerst sinds zijn aantreden vertelt de meest conservatieve stem van het IEA dat er een enorm probleem ophanden is. Een directe vertaling van citaten uit Le Monde:
“If Iraqi production does not rise exponentially by 2015, we have a very big problem, even if Saudi Arabia fulfills all its promises. The numbers are very simple, there’s no need to be an expert … Within 5 to 10 years, non-OPEC production will reach a peak and begin to decline, as reserves run out. There are new proofs of that fact every day. At the same we’ll see the peak of China’s economic growth. The two events will coincide: the explosion of Chinese growth, and the fall in non-OPEC oil production. Will the oil world manage to face that twin shock is an open question… Unfortunately, there’s a lot of talk, but very little action. I really hope that consuming nations will understand the gravity of the situation and put in place radical and extremely tough policies to curb oil demand growth… I understand the Saudi government claims 230 billion barrels of reserves, and I have no official reason not to believe these numbers. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia – as well as other producing countries and oil companies – should be more transparent in their numbers. Oil is a crucial good for all of us and we have the right to know how much oil, as per international standards, is left.”
Op de website van Reuters is een soortgelijke waarschuwing te lezen uit de mond van Fatih Birol: “I don’t think oil prices will go down significantly. If there is any change in prices in the coming years it will be in the direction of an increase.”
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