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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse

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To: see clearly now who wrote (11822)2/9/2011 12:23:41 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 24207
 
Phantom reserves. The higher your reserves, the more OPEC will let you pump under the quotas. Everybody did it. Reserves doubled overnight, without exploration. We knew that. Nothing new for peakers except the cables.

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Euan Mearns-- Middle East OPEC Reserves Revisited-- December 3, 2010

Euan explains why Middle East OPEC reserves are likely overstated, and shows this chart of likely reserves at the 2P (that is, expected) level:

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