According to Chris Skrebowski, editor of Petroleum Review, a monthly magazine published by the Energy Institute in London, conventional oil reserves are now declining about 4-6% a year worldwide. He says 18 large oil-producing countries, including Britain, and 32 smaller ones, have declining production; and he expects Denmark, Malaysia, Brunei, China, Mexico and India all to reach their peak in the next few years.
“We should be worried. Time is short and we are not even at the point where we admit we have a problem,” Skrebowski says. “Governments are always excessively optimistic. The problem is that the peak, which I think is 2008, is tomorrow in planning terms.”
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