About ASPO

A brief background

Colin J. Campbell:: "It was in Germany that ASPO had its origin. On December 7th in the year 2000, I was privileged to give a talk on oil depletion at the ancient university of Clausthal in the Harz Mountains. The idea of forming an institution, or network of scientists concerned about the subject, developed. Next day, I took the idea to Professor Wellmer, the head of the BGR in Hannover, who gave it his support. The Norwegians were the next to join, followed by the Swedes. Today, ASPO is represented in almost all European countries.

The next step forward came when Professor Aleklett organised the first International Workshop on Oil Depletion in Uppsala in May of 2002, to be followed by workshops in Paris and Berlin.

Organization

ASPO is an informal network working with a very small budget, yet its voice is being heard, thanks in part to the Uppsala website. Perhaps its informal structure is its strength. It means that it can tell the truth freed of all the political, legalistic and commercial constraints that most organisations face. By all means, the subject of depletion is a sensitive one, being perhaps the most important single issue facing the modern world".

International board

President: Kjell Aleklett Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Honorary Chairman: Colin J. Campbell, Dr, Cork, Ireland
Secretary: Mikael Höök, PhD student, Uppsala University, Sweden
Member: Ugo Bardi, professor, University of Firenze, Italy
Member: Richard O’Rourke, ASPO-6, Ireland
Member: Pedro Prieto, ASPO-7, Spain
Member: Feng Lianyong, professor, University of Petroleum, Beijing, China
Member: Simon Ratcliffe, South Africa
Member: Richard Lawrence, USA
Member: Bruce Robinson, Australia

ASPO is a network of scientists, affiliated with institutions and universities, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world's production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints.

Mission

ASPO's mission is to:

Define and evaluate the world's endowment of oil and gas;
Model depletion, taking due account of demand, economics, technology and politics;
Raise awareness of the serious consequences for Mankind.

ASPO President

Kjell Aleklett, ASPO President

About

Professor in Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Global Energy Systems Group (former Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group) at Uppsala University.

Contact

E-mail: Kjell.Aleklett@fysast.uu.se
Blogg in Swedish: Aleklett's energimix
Phone: +46-(0)18-471 58 25
Cellular: +46-(0)704-25 06 04
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Fax: +46-(0)18-471 35 13

Curriculum Vitae

Kjell Aleklett is Professor of Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden, and leader of Global Energy Systems research and the Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and worked as a post-doctoral staff scientist, 1977-85, at the Natural Science Laboratory at Studsvik, Sweden. In 1986 he was appointed as associated professor at Uppsala University and later as full professor. In 1978-79 and again in 1983, he was invited to work with Nobel Prize winner Glenn T. Seaborg, Lawrence Berkley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. His interest in the global energy situation started in 1995 and has since then grown dramatically. He organized the First International Workshop on Oil Depletion in May 2002 at Uppsala University. Since 2003 he is precedent for ASPO, the Association for the Study of Peak Oil&Gas, www.peakoil.net. In 2005 he was asked to give a testimony on peak oil before for the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality and in 2007, http://www.cleanpeace.org/images/Aleklett.pdf, asked by OECD to write a report about: PEAK-OIL AND THE EVOLVING STRATEGIES OF OIL IMPORTING AND EXPORTING COUNTRIES: FACING THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT AN IMPORT DECLINE FOR THE OECD COUNTRIES.
http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/DiscussionPapers/DiscussionPaper17.pdf

Publications

Resource physics

A crash programme scenario for the Canadian oil sands industry, Energy Policy, 35 (3), p.1931-1947, Mar 2007
The Peak and Decline of World Oil and Gas Production, Minerals and Energy, Volume 18, Number 1, 2003 , pp. 5-20(16)

Nuclear physics

Coming soon...

Dr Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell has over 40 years of experience in the oil industry. He earned a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Oxford in 1957, and has worked as a petroleum geologist in the field, as a manager, and as a consultant.
He has been employed by Oxford University, Texaco, British Petroleum, Amoco, Shenandoah Oil, Norsk Hydro, and Fina, and has worked with the Bulgarian and Swedish governments. His writing credits include two books and more than 150 papers.

Colin: "Understanding depletion is simple. Think of an Irish pub. The glass starts full and ends empty. There are only so many more drinks to closing time. It’s the same with oil. We have to find the bar before we can drink what’s in it.

Questions answered

On December 18, 2002, Global Public Media visited Colin Campbell in Ballydehob, Irland. The following questions was answered by Dr. Cambell (click to listen):