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BBC Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman Is time running out for the oil industry? Many energy experts are warning that we are fast approaching "peak oil" - the moment when the maximum rate of global extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. And, while there are as yet untapped reserves, they are often in inaccessible areas, and the Deep Water Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has raised questions about whether mining them is worth the risk and the expense. Jeremy Leggett, author of Half Gone, said in the Financial Times today that we are facing an oil crunch in the same way that we had a credit crunch. He will be joining us on the programme tonight, along with the CEO of an oil company. BBC Daily E-mail Other e-mail newsletters Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman Is time running out for the oil industry? Many energy experts are warning that we are fast approaching "peak oil" - the moment when the maximum rate of global extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. And, while there are as yet untapped reserves, they are often in inaccessible areas, and the Deep Water Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has raised questions about whether mining them is worth the risk and the expense. Jeremy Leggett, author of Half Gone, said in the Financial Times today that we are facing an oil crunch in the same way that we had a credit crunch. He will be joining us on the programme tonight, along with the CEO of an oil company.
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	Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman Is time running out for the oil industry? Many energy experts are warning that we are fast approaching "peak oil" - the moment when the maximum rate of global extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. And, while there are as yet untapped reserves, they are often in inaccessible areas, and the Deep Water Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has raised questions about whether mining them is worth the risk and the expense. Jeremy Leggett, author of Half Gone, said in the Financial Times today that we are facing an oil crunch in the same way that we had a credit crunch. He will be joining us on the programme tonight, along with the CEO of an oil company.