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International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol speaks on July 12, 2017 at the IEA- OPEC dialogue session during the 22nd World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images A new report from the IEA describes how higher decline rates for unconventional oil means that the amount of oil production that needs to be replaced annually has grown from 3.9 mb/d per year in 2010 to 5.5 mb/d per year now. As long-time director Fatih Birol said, “The situation means that the industry has to run much faster just to stand still.” Oil and gas groups spend $500bn a year ‘to stand still’ as fields decline, says IEA Does this presage a new price spike or even a global peak in oil production? Not necessarily. Many in the industry are hailing this as a reversal from the IEA’s earlier position that, in its NetZeroEmissions 2050 (NZE2050) scenario, no new fossil fuel mine and field developments were needed. (Investment in existing fields and deposits were still necessary, the IEA said, something many overlooked.) But it’s not clear this is any more than an acknowledgement of the difference between real-world trends and the aspirational NZE2050 scenario. Still, this new study has set off alarm bells for some and especially peak oil advocates who are treating it a sign of an impending peak in production. Peak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New Generation – resilience More cautious investment analysts see it as heralding a new spike in oil prices. Shrinking surplus capacity in OPEC+ and lower investment in non-OPEC production implies a tighter market in the medium-term, all else being equal (which it never is). But there are three aspects of…

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