[Armageddon]

from a worldwide perspective ? if we are at 84 mbpd now, what are we going to be at by years end ? does winter lower demand because driving is less, but then again, what factor does heating add into the equasion ?

[fossil_fuel]

i can't give you a good answer, but i did hear a financialsense blurb about how demand is high in summer (gasoline/driving season) and winter (heating oil) and less in spring and fall. However, I wouldn't expect oil price to fall much this fall because of predicted record numbers of hurricanes.

[Armageddon]

i just listened to mathew simmons on the financial news show with jim paplaka ( spelling ) and he says we may be 3-5 mbpd short this fall or winter. that would be catestrophic imo.

[kelee877]

makes me begin to wonder how many people will be going back to a wood stove

[gnm]

I can't "go back" to a wood stove.... thats all I have......


-G

[deconstructionist]

it differs from year-to-year, depending on the weather i guess... it seems that the mid-winter months are highest, with December most often being the highest of the high. makes sense--it's cold and there's less sunlight in the more populous northern hemisphere.

excel spreadsheet with global demand figures month by month, region by region, since 2001.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/ipsr/t17.xls

TONS of info here:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.html

[kelee877]

wow reading this makes me begin to wonder why I moved the froozen thundra..maybe I should have bought a wood stove instead of a smaller car...