A range of oil analysts are expecting global oil production to peak and then begin its decline within the next 10 years. 

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil seeks to discuss and investigate the debate regarding the date of global peak oil production, and also look at the range of impacts, mitigations and solutions.

On Tuesday 26th June 2007, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil (APPGOPO) held its inaugural Annual General Meeting.

All Party Parliamentary Groups are composed of politicians from all political parties and have members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords.  APPGOPO will enable interested MPs and Lords to discuss Peak Oil and all its surrounding issues.   The group currently consists of 25 MPs and 7 Peers.

The group wants to look at the technological and geological issues, the geopolitical issues, the government viewpoints and those of the industry, the impact of alternative fuels such as biofuels, how peak oil and climate change relate, and mitigation and solution options.  Although the group will not produce its own prediction for the date of Peak Oil, it will analyse the various predictions that exist.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas is the result of several months work of collaboration between PowerSwitch, The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC), and John Hemming MP.  Although it has no formal powers, and receives no funding, this group is a vital step in raising the necessary awareness of the issue, from which a rational response to the challenges can come.  Educating key decision makers and challenging established views on the issue is a task this group must, and can, achieve.