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Matthew Simmons, who shook the energy industry by arguing the world was rapidly approaching peak oil production capacity, died Aug. 8 at his home in North Haven, ME, according to the Ocean Energy Institute, a research group he founded. He was 67. A former adviser to President George W. Bush, Simmons had a heart attack while in a hot tub, local media reported, citing a report by the Knox County Sheriff's Office. Reuters News Service reported. In his 2005 book "Twilight in the Desert," Simmons argued Saudi Arabia's oil reserves were nearing the highest levels of production they were capable of achieving, after which point the world's yearly oil supply would begin to decline.