A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the copper-producing north, killing at least two people, injuring more than 100, flattening houses, causing power outages and panic, and disrupting output at a number of mines.
Since most of these projects are already budgeted and in development, there is no geological reason why this wave of supply will not become available (though politics or civil strife can always disrupt output).Peak-oil advocates remain unconvinced.
The entire prison could go on lockdown, effectively halting production; or prison guards could suddenly swoop in and search an entire manufacturing facility, disrupting output.
Iraq was the only OPEC member to show a decline in output last month, as sabotage disrupted production, according to a Bloomberg survey of oil companies, producers and analysts.
So far the terrorists have not seriously disrupted the output of the world's biggest oil producer.
Britain has just shown how a two-day strike at a Scottish refinery affected deliveries to petrol stations and, more seriously, disrupted oil output.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) — Nigerian militants attacked oil facilities on Monday, killing a guard and forcing the evacuation of nearly 100 workers, in a third day of fighting with security forces that has disrupted oil output.
The strikes disrupted the output from the company, Kazmunaigaz, but did not spread to Western operations, like Chevron's Tengiz oil field, not far away in the same arid, flat expanse on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea that is the source of Kazakhstan's oil wealth.
NUJ members staged a 24-hour walkout in February that changed some schedules and disrupted news output including BBC Breakfast and the Today programme on Radio 4. The BBC said it was "extremely disappointed" the unions had gone ahead with the latest strike action and apologised in advance to audiences for any disruption to services.
Arguably, the recent surge in wheat prices (prompted by an Australian drought) is an early indicator of the potential for climate change to disrupt food output.
