--- title: "3 Matthew Simmons Quotes - Famous Economist (Adventures Beyond Mudville)" description: "Matthew Roy Simmons was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent figure in the field of peak oil." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-simmons-65631.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Matthew Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-simmons-65631.jpg) # Matthew Simmons (1943–2010) Economist **3** quotes in **33** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Matthew Simmons was an economist, best known for *Adventures Beyond Mudville*. ## Quick Facts About Matthew Simmons Born April 7, 1943 Died August 8, 2010 Profession Economist Notable works Adventures Beyond Mudville ## About Matthew Simmons Matthew Roy Simmons was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent figure in the field of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. He served as an energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush and was a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. ## Quotes by Matthew Simmons > [Saudi Arabian oil production is at or very near its peak sustainable volume (if it did not, in fact peak almost 25…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simmons/saudi-arabian-oil-production-is-at-or-very-near-its-peak-sustainable/) [Matthew Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simmons/) [Arabia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arabia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/matthew-simmons-83098_arabia_saudi-arabian-oil-production-is-at-or-ve_343081.jpg) > [ We need to find three Saudi Arabias just to offset \[the\] decline. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simmons/we-need-to-find-three-saudi-arabias-just-to-offset-the-decline/) [Matthew Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simmons/) [Decline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/matthew-simmons-83098_decline_we-need-to-find-three-saudi-arabias-just_1387964.jpg) > [We've run out of good projects. This is not a money issue... If these oil companies had fantastic projects, they'd be out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simmons/we-ve-run-out-of-good-projects-this-is-not-a-money-issue-if-these-oil/) [Matthew Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simmons/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/matthew-simmons-83098_company_we-ve-run-out-of-good-projects-this-is-n_1770809.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simmons/#itemlist", "name": "Matthew Simmons Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Saudi Arabian oil production is at or very near its peak sustainable volume (if it did not, in fact peak almost 25 years ago), and is likely to go into decline in the very foreseeable future. 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