All Daniel Yergin Quotes
- An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning… Abandoning
- The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian Gulf suppliers, of… Arabia
- Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil. Characterize
- In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to shareholders as well… Authorities
- So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology. Affair
- People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it… Always Underestimate
- The North Sea was supposed to run out in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s. And now production is still on-line. Line
- The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources. Been
- The world has produced about 1 trillion barrels of oil since the start of the industry in the nineteenth century. Currently, it is thought that… Accessible
- In the mid-1980s, operating problems took [nuclear] plants off-line so often that, on an annual basis, they operated at only about 55 percent of their… Annual
- According to one study by the United States Geological survey, 86 percent of oil reserves in the United States are the result not of what… According
- We experienced similiar fears in the 1880s, at the end of World War I and II. And we ran out in the 1970s. End
- A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety. Anxiety
- We are living in a new age of energy supply anxiety. Age
- This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico,… Aggravation
- But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And… Acknowledge
- But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companies' agenda. We see a substantial build-up of… Access
- But the key thing is that Iraq, while it's got very large oil reserves, has marginalized itself as an oil exporter and these days its… Arabia
- Clearly, the Chinese need the resources, but I don't think they want to clash with the industrial world which happens to be the market for… Chinese
- Even Silicon Valley investors have put well over a $1 billion in new energy technologies. Billion