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Inside this issue

• Emissions from air, land and sea travel are set to more than double by 2050 unless something is done to stop them

• The global economy is likely to be dependent on the oil price for many years to come - -

Content

Wind of change in corridors of power

Cutting emissions while meeting rising demand is going to be a tough challenge, writes Ed Crooks

Iraq: Baghdad starts to rebuild its oil industry

Renewed confidence in global demand is having a beneficial effect, writes Carola Hoyos

Venezuela: Help needed to make Orinoco flow

Benedict Mander explains the changing attitude in Caracas

Australia: Competition for infrastructure resources

Peter Smith looks at the prospects for the array of new natural gas projects

Transport fuel: Problems with the alternatives

Ed Crooks looks at the potential for new technologies

Oil sands: Dirty fuel needs more than a bucket and spade

Bernard Simon on the objections to Canada’s reserves

United States: Dash for gas is a fast way to cut carbon emissions

Sheila McNulty explains why it is now regarded as a viable alternative

Guest column: Advantages of frugal fuel

Saving energy is the most readily available and rapid way to reduce greenhouse gases, writes Andrew Warren

Oil crunch: Crisis or a rosy future?

Carola Hoyos asks whether the industry is set for a squeeze or a boom

Guest column: Prosperity of the world hinges on oil

With structural demand for petroleum now so inelastic, demand for oil has become the most significant influence on the health of the global economy, writes Michael Rothman

Libya leans towards resource nationalism

North Sea in decline but plenty still to extract

Guest column: What price, carbon?

Copenhagen still very much a work in progress

US unlikely to sign a treaty at Copenhagen

EU plans lead the pack on emissions cuts

Coal still fires China in spite of efforts on emissions

Oil producing nations take a different view on carbon taxes