ASPO (Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas) has released the Dec 2005 edition of its newsletter. The projected peak oil date remains at 2010, and the first news item is about the Ford VP's peak oil statement. In the country assessment section, Syria is re-visited. The recent big news in the peak oil community, on the peaking of Kuwait's Burgan oilfield, the world's second largest, is also mentioned.