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This graph shows that oil production has already peaked in non-OPEC, non-former Soviet Union countries.

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Originally from public domain document "Strategic Significance of America's Oil Shale Resource Volume I Assessment of Strategic Issues" at http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/npr/publications/npr_strategic_significancev1.pdf. (Updated version from same authors at http://www.odac-info.org/links/documents/LBST_Countdown_2004-10-12.pdf - see below. —AySz88 \^-^ 19:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC))

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~~The above document has now disappeared from the US Department of Energy website.~~ A copy of the report may be accessed here: http://www.evworld.com/library/Oil_Shale_Stategic_Significant.pdf

The graph was prepared by Werner Zittel and Jorg Schlinder who are not US Government employees. An updated version of the graph can be accessed in the definitive article "The Countdown for the Peak of Oil Production has Begun – but what are the Views of the Most Important International Energy Agencies" by Zittel and Schlinder: http://www.energybulletin.net/2544.html

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:52, 26 June 2006	853×590 (86 KB)	AySz88 (Talk \| contribs)	(Upload "updated version" mentioned in description, screenshotted from the PDF version)
	20:03, 7 December 2004	861×467 (214 KB)	The Anome (Talk \| contribs)	(Hubbert peak graph from public domain document http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/reserves/publications/Pubs-NPR/npr_strategic_significancev1.pdf)