Don't Tread on Me

 First flown aboard a Colonial Troop ship on January 4th, 1776. This was the flag of the American Colonies at the time of the American Revolution against England. features a rattlesnake above the warning, "DON'T TREAD ON ME". The rattlesnake had become a traditional symbol of the American Colonies. The most obvious reason for this is that the rattlesnake was only found in the American Colonies (and in abundance, to the dismay of settlers) and nowhere else in the world. The origin of the slogan (Don't Tread On Me) pertains to the snake's deadly strike and the idea that it is best to leave them alone.

 

PYLE: Running on empty: The drilling ban one year later - Washington Times

PYLE: Running on empty: The drilling ban one year later - Washington Times: "PYLE: Running on empty: The drilling ban one year later
Obama still has his foot on the throat of domestic oil production"
DeFacto Ban!

Hurricane Forecast 2011

Here we go again, another season is here.

Cactus Drilling Rig Destroyed by Tornado

Cactus rig destroyed by tornado while drilling for XEC. Add tornados to the list of drilling dangers.

The six-block scar: Amazing satellite photos pinpoint devastation of Joplin, the town wiped off map by deadliest tornado in modern times | Mail Online

The six-block scar: Amazing satellite photos pinpoint devastation of Joplin, the town wiped off map by deadliest tornado in modern times Mail Online: "The six-block scar: Amazing satellite photos pinpoint devastation of Joplin, the town wiped off map by deadliest tornado in modern times"
Take a look at these images.

Alaska Umiat Field

Alaska oil field discovered in 1946, I believe there is more!

Piceance Basin Oil Shales

How does 400,000 barells oil per acre sound. Wow!

Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage

This is how they do it in Alberta and the future of North American oil reserves.

Ghawar Field Oil Discoveries

Structure map in 3-D on the Jurassic Arab D.  Locations and dates of oil discoveries in various areas of the field.

Future Map of Israel?

Is this the new map of Israel. There is still plenty of negotiating to be done. This map was part of the Oslo proposal whereby Israel would gradually withdraw from the Gaza strip and West Bank. Palestinians hoped it would result in their statehood. Terrorist attacks resulted in the breakdown of the process. Remember that Palestinian Arabs fought against the 1948 UN Resolution 181 which partitioned the territory into two states. The Arabs lost that war and the Palestinian state partition was taken over by Israel and Jordan.

Israel and Palestine 1967

This was the result of the 1967 war.

The 2011 Inaugural Ferrari Challenge at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma

Pajamas Media » The 2011 Inaugural Ferrari Challenge at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma: "The 2011 Inaugural Ferrari Challenge at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma
For Ferrari owners and fans, it just doesn't get any better than this."
Just for the photos.

Tupi Subsalt Field, Brazil

This is the subsalt field that put Brazil back in play. president Obama has indicated that the U.S. could become the biggest consumer if Brazilian oil.

Oil Industry Subsidies $21 Billion - Ethanol Subsidies $60 Billion - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Oil Industry Subsidies $21 Billion - Ethanol Subsidies $60 Billion - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine: "Oil Industry Subsidies $21 Billion - Ethanol Subsidies $60 Billion
Ronald Bailey May 16, 2011
Last week, Congress hauled the chief executives from America's biggest oil companies into a committee hearing where they were hectored about the billions in tax breaks their industry receives to produce crude"
True, but it's tons  more fun to go after Exxon/Mobil, Shell, and Chevron/Texaco!

Return of The Tarantula - The Pueblo Chieftain: Life

Return of The Tarantula - The Pueblo Chieftain: Life: "Return of The Tarantula
Coming soon to a prairie near you"
For all you arachnid lovers out there.

Jay Field, Florida, Structure Top Smackover Formation

Jay Field Structure map, however most geologists believe that stratigraphic elements play a more important role in causing a trap. Jay is one of the largest onshore fields in the U.S.

Historical Rig Count

Take out the spike in 1982 and it looks like the high active rig count is in the 2500 to 3000 range. Of course we can drill much faster these days, but the horizontal  wells take longer to complete.

National Limerick Day

Today is national Limericks Day. Here's a taste:

There once was a girl from Natchez,
Whose clothing was always in patches,
When she was asked why,
She said with a sigh,
Cause when I itches, I scratches!

Author unknown

Lines 1,2 and 5 need to rhyme, as well as lines 3 and 4.

House Passes Bill Speeding Up Oil and Gas Exploration - NYTimes.com

House Passes Bill Speeding Up Oil and Gas Exploration - NYTimes.com: "WASHINGTON — Maneuvering on oil drilling, gas prices and industry profits intensified on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. House Republicans pushed through a bill to accelerate offshore oil and gas exploration as Democrats vowed action on measures to rescind billions of dollars in tax breaks for major oil and gas companies"
How far do you think this will go?

Monterey Shale Play... working?

The Monterey shale is in play. Venoco and OXY have a 3-D seismic shoot planned. There is an abundance of well data for the Monterey, so the next step is tying the producing reservoir data to seismic. If plays follows a similar learning curve, expect longer horizontal laterals and more frac stimulation stages.  This will ultimately extend the play from a combination trap to a pure unconventional shale play.

Kodiak: Bakken Drill and Completion

Longer laterals and more frac stages are better. Whiting Petroleum would like to increase their frac stages from 26 to 30.

Bakken Cross-Section: Elm Coulee to Parshall

Section illustrates the variation in Bakken deposition in different parts of the Williston basin, Montana and North Dakota.

War Dog - An FP Photo Essay By Rebecca Frankel | Foreign Policy

War Dog - An FP Photo Essay By Rebecca Frankel Foreign Policy: "War Dog
There's a reason they brought one to get Osama bin Laden."
Great photos of mans best friend in action. Enjoy!

San Juan Basin Gas Field

Production statistics for the San Juan Basin, one of the longest lived gas plays onshore U.S.

The Joy of Researching the Health Benefits of Sex - WSJ.com

The Joy of Researching the Health Benefits of Sex - WSJ.com: "The Joy of Researching the Health Benefits of Sex"
Just in case you haven't figured it out.......from the Wall Street Journal!

LNG Worldwide

I love the Japan Crude Cocktail... a mixture of sushi and sake!

Kirkuk Oil Field, Iraq

Kirkuk: Anatomy of an Iraqi Oil Field in Kurdistan (From GeoExpro)

The Kirkuk oil field is a 100-km long and 12-km wide anticline consisting of three domes and two saddles. It is located in the Zagros Simply Folded Zone (this term does not exclude thrusting, salt diapirs, or strike slip faults). The 1927 discovery (Baba Gurgur # 1) was located on the Baba Dome and produced from the Oligocene "Main limestone." Later drilling discovered two deeper payzones in the Cretaceous. The Paleogene shallow-marine carbonates represent a major change from the Cretaceous deep-sea (flysch) sediments of the Tethys Ocean to the purely continental sediments of the Neogene Fars Group. Majid and Veizer (AAPG Bulletin, July 1986) have described the sedimentology of the Paleogene carbonate payzones in the Kirkuk field. These rocks were deposited in near-shore (mudstone, wackstone, packstone and grainstone), fore-slope (packstone and grainstone) and basinal (mudstone and wackstone) environments. Porosity is both primary (inter-granular and inter-skeletal) and secondary (tectonic fractures and chemical dissolution). Porosity varies 4-36% and permeability ranges 50-1000 millidarcy.

The 140-feet oil gusher above the derrick of Baba Gurgur No. 1 well. On 14 October 1927 the Kirkuk oil field was discovered in Iraq. Photo: APOC

Oil Company “Subsidies” Clarified « Hot Air

Oil Company “Subsidies” Clarified « Hot Air: "Oil Company “Subsidies” Clarified"
Let's see, can you say...... expensing of geologic and geophysical expenses!!!!! 
How about intangible drilling costs..no f*$#k way.
Yeah right.

Alaska Oil Production Chart

Alaska Oil April Output Declines in North Slope Field Fall-Off - Bloomberg

Alaska Oil April Output Declines in North Slope Field Fall-Off - Bloomberg: "Alaska Oil April Output Declines in North Slope Field Fall-Off"
Continued production decline in one of the most important resource areas in the United States.

The real heroes, the Navy SEALs, play in the sandbox

Osama Bin Laden is dead: The real heroes, the Navy SEALs, play in the sandbox: "Osama Bin Laden is dead: The real heroes, the Navy SEALs, play in the sandbox
Michael Daly"
Just another day in the life of a hero.

Crude Oil Stocks

Crude oil stocks predicted to trend down from here........maybe or maybe not. Continued success in the Bakken or Miss Lime, or deepwater may change the future forecast.

Offshore Angola

Does this look familiar?

Marcellus Hotspots