{"id":243661,"date":"2010-01-28T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/saudi-oil-giant-comes-out-swinging-it-davos-we-dont-believe-in-peak-oil-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-28T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:54:00","slug":"saudi-oil-ceo-comes-out-swinging-in-davos-we-dont-believe-in-peak-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/243661","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Oil CEO Comes Out Swinging In Davos: &#8216;We Don&#8217;t Believe In Peak Oil&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b61ad560000000000ef049d\/ap-saudi-oil-ceo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AP Saudi Oil CEO\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Khalid al Falih, head of Saudi oil giant Aramco, had some fighting words for attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/business\/2010\/0128\/davos.html\">RTE Business reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Al Falih took a jab at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-is-peak-oil-2009-12\">Peak Oil<\/a> (by saying he doesn&#8217;t believe in it), then stated that talk of the world weaning itself off fossil fuels does not inspire confidence to keep investing in oil production.<\/p>\n<p>Makes sense to us.<\/p>\n<p>Al Falih&#8217;s counterparts disputed the idea that peak oil is a sham, however.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The problem of peak oil remains,&#8221; said Thierry Desmarest, chairman of the French giant Total.<\/p>\n<p>Desmarest added that global oil production could peak <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/every-business-must-have-a-plan-for-peak-oil-2010-1\">in as little as ten years<\/a>, and that the thinks it will be very difficult to increase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/where-the-us-gets-its-oil-2010-1\">worldwide production<\/a> above 95 million barrels a day, which is 10% more than the current level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/saudi-oil-giant-comes-out-swinging-it-davos-we-dont-believe-in-peak-oil-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-is-peak-oil-2009-12\">What Is Peak Oil?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/every-business-must-have-a-plan-for-peak-oil-2010-1\">Peak Oil: The Mother Of All Risk-Management Disaster Scenarios<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/where-the-us-gets-its-oil-2010-1\">Reminder: Here&#8217;s Where The US Gets Its Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5Frntt58sH6xqfH9ZBMRmPbP6nY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5Frntt58sH6xqfH9ZBMRmPbP6nY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5Frntt58sH6xqfH9ZBMRmPbP6nY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5Frntt58sH6xqfH9ZBMRmPbP6nY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=4MM1SE0oJwY:xUuMpwpr__c:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/4MM1SE0oJwY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khalid al Falih, head of Saudi oil giant Aramco, had some fighting words for attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, RTE Business reports. 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