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THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PEAK OIL THE OIL DEPLETION ANALYSIS CENTRE ASPO-ODAC NEWSLETTER No 14 – FEBRUARY 2002 To ASPO Members in Austria Denmark Germany Ireland Norway Portugal Sweden United Kingdom To ODAC Trustees and Advisors ASPO is a network of European institutions and universities with an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of world oil production, due to resource constraints. ODAC is a charitable organisation in London that is dedicated to researching the subject and raising awareness of the serious consequences. ODAC Contact: Dr. R.W. Bentley, Co-ordinator, Oil Depletion Analysis Centre, 305 Great Portland Street, Suite 12, London W1W 5DA, UK. +44 207 436 6544 e-mail : odac@ ASPO Workshop in Uppsala, May 22-25th Professor Aleklett reports that he has successfully secured enough sponsorship to be able to confirm that the Workshop will take place. A good programme of speakers is being arranged with growing interest by both the media and the Swedish government itself. Details can be seen on the home page : www.isv.uu.se/iwood2002 The ASPO members will have a chance to meet, with time being set aside on the last day for them to formally discuss how they would like the association to progress. ASPO Presentation and Database A Power-Point presentation on oil depletion, together with an update of the database and depletion model, has been distributed to members. Once any necessarily corrections and revisions have been adopted, this could become a useful statement of the ASPO position. The 64 producing countries have been divided into groups as follows. It is proposed that each member should take on responsibility for analysing its group of countries. In particular, it is proposed the Foreign Service departments of member countries be contacted and asked to secure the relevant information. Co-operative oil companies may also be approached to furnish details. The basic required information is simple and often in the