P6. Pick points

Some half-a-dozen stories or so worth following:

The Russia:Ukraine standoff continues to get worse as chances for agreement fade.

Meanwhile China’s biggest oil field (20% of their production) is getting older, Daqing’s oil production drops 3.5%

The Business Monitor International (BMI) is looking into the future and assessing future US demand.

Plans for more US natural gas move forward as Interior approves Montana’s CBM wells

Meanwhile the search for effective alternate fuel supplies continues as airlines test fuel from jatropha

And geothermal resources become available in Utah.

Finally just when you thought you were having enough problems with the current weather, here is the first Hurricane forecast for 2009.

For a greater range of news check with either the Energy Bulletin or Drumbeat at the Oil Drum.