Peak Oil Passnotes: We Were on the Money
(Resource Investor: Fri, 01 Dec) If you have been following this column you will be 'quids in' as they say in the U.K. Just do not expect oil to hit $78 again this year.

Blowing The Whistle On Big Oil
(Free Internet Press: Sun, 03 Dec) During a 22-year career, Bobby L. Maxwell routinely won accolades and awards as one of the Interior Department's best auditors in the nation's oil patch, snaring promotions that eventually had him supervising a staff of 120 people. He and his team scrutinized the books of major oil producers that collectively pumped billions of dollars worth of oil and gas every year from land and coastal waters

Rising oil, weak dollar push markets higher
(Gulf Times: Sun, 03 Dec) LONDON: Most global commodity markets advanced this week, in line with oil price gains, reaping the benefits of a weak US currency which makes dollar-denominated products cheaper for foreign buyers.

Oil reaches two-month peak after Opec curbs
(Gulf Daily News: Fri, 01 Dec) LONDON: World oil prices rose to their highest levels for more than two months yesterday, following falls to US energy stocks and evidence that Opec has executed a promised cut in output, analysts said.