Davy Jones & Cantarell Field, Mexico

Davy Jones Prospect

RIGZONE - Shell Shares Safe Shale Principles

RIGZONE - Shell Shares Safe Shale Principles: "Shell Shares Safe Shale Principles"

The New York Times’ natural gas fiasco « Hot Air

The New York Times’ natural gas fiasco « Hot Air: "The New York Times’ natural gas fiasco
Share118 posted at 6:42 pm on June 28, 2011 by Tina Korbe
printer-friendly Talk about hot air. The Gray Lady blew a spectacular bit of smoke with a recent article that suggested shale natural gas production is a shaky investment at best and, at worst, a Ponzi scheme of sorts, destined to devastate those who buy the “lie” that shale plays will not only produce high profits for companies, but will also provide affordable energy for the country".
Read to the bottom, the fact that the U.S. Oil & gas Companies have established a clean abundant economic resource puts the green jobs movement out of business!

Texas Geothermal Areas

Ingenious 'Flat Earth' Theory Revealed In Old Map | LiveScience

"In 1893, Orlando Ferguson, a real estate developer based in South Dakota, drew a map of the Earth that combined biblical and scientific knowledge in a unique way. The map accompanied a 92-page lecture that Ferguson — referring to himself as a 'professor' — delivered in town after town, traveling far and wide to share his theory of geography, highlighted by his belief that the Earth was flat.
Ferguson's map represents the Earth as a giant, rectangular slab with a dimpled upper surface. Don Homuth of Salem, Ore., just donated one of two intact copies of the map to the Library of Congress.

Oil Price and S & P 500 Chart

Oil sinks after IEA moves to release reserves Futures Movers - MarketWatch

Oil sinks after IEA moves to release reserves Futures Movers - MarketWatch: "Oil sinks after IEA moves to release reserves
IEA will release 60 million barrels to offset disrupted Libyan supplies"

Eagle Ford Shale Cross-Section

Lower eagle Ford Isopach Map

Women more attracted to men in expensive cars?

Women more attracted to men in expensive cars - Telegraph: "Women more attracted to men in expensive cars
Men who drive expensive cars really are more attractive to women, according to a study by university researchers."
Really!

U.K. Peak Oil: Forties Field

Atlantic Rift

Plate tectonics redux. Exploration geology in it's most simple form!

Eastern Mediterranean Offshore Activity

Impact Fee Proposed on Natural Gas Wells

RIGZONE - Impact Fee Proposed on Natural Gas Wells: "Impact Fee Proposed on Natural Gas Wells"
The wat things work in Washington?????????

Niobrara Production

Silo Field, Wyoming

RIGZONE - Musings: Frac Attack: Burning Water And Earthquakes

RIGZONE - Musings: Frac Attack: Burning Water And Earthquakes: "Musings: Frac Attack: Burning Water And Earthquakes"
We must do a better job at oil industry PR!
Oh BTW, is it frac, fracing, fracking. I always annotate my cross-sections with something like: frac'd w/ 2000# 20/40 sd, yadda yadda, yadda.

A satirical view from the McGill Brothers Lease: $3000 Finder Fee

A satirical view from the McGill Brothers Lease: $3000 Finder Fee: "$3000 Finder Fee"

Keathley Canyon, ExxonMobil Discovery

"We estimate a recoverable resource of more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent combined in our Keathley Canyon blocks," said Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. "This is one of the largest discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico in the last decade. More than 85 percent of the resource is oil with additional upside potential."

Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology

How to Tell Male, Female Dinosaurs Apart

How to Tell Male, Female Dinosaurs Apart : Discovery News: "How to Tell Male, Female Dinosaurs Apart
Since dinosaurs aren't around to politely correct us, this new method of identifying dino gender is the next best thing."
Now you know!

Tongue of the Ocean Bahamas

» US Imports of Natural Gas Drop Sharply | ShaleBlog.com

» US Imports of Natural Gas Drop Sharply ShaleBlog.com: "US Imports of Natural Gas Drop Sharply"

Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin: "AboutContactArchivesRSSColumnsPhotos Michelle Malkin Lead StoryD-Day: 67th anniversary

By Michelle Malkin • June 6, 2011 09:20 AM
Never forget.
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded — but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler. — US Army.mil"

Oil Gas Price Ratio

Annual Crude Oil Inventories

US crude oil inventories are the highest since the week of May 8, 2009, when the price of a barrel was $58.63.

Gas Basins World Map

Shale Gas World Map

The U.S has it's share of unconventional resources.

Witnesses say Gulf drilling ban was a harsh blow | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Witnesses say Gulf drilling ban was a harsh blow Business Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Witnesses say Gulf drilling ban was a harsh blow
Mississippi governor says process leaving 'a lasting impact'"

Middle East Oil Discoveries

1908 (May 26):

Masjid Sulaiman field (Masjid Sulaiman-1 well), southwest Zagros basin, Iran (Persia) by the Concessions Syndicate Ltd. (owned by Englishmen William Knox D’Arcy and Lord Stathcona, and the Scottish Burma Oil), forerunner of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later British Petroleum). Reservoir: Asmari limestone (Oligocene-Early Miocene), 354 m deep; oil 39.4° API gravity.

1927 (October 14):
Kirkuk field (Baba Gurgur No. 1 well), Kurdistan region, Iraq, by the Turkish (Iraqi) Petroleum Company (IPC, a consortium of the Anglo-Persian, Shell, Francaise des Petroles, American Near East Development Corporation, and Gulbenkian Foundation). Reservoir: “Main Limestone” or Kirkuk formation (Asmari equivalent) limestone (Oligocene), depth unknown; oil 36° API. Production began in 1934.

1932 (June 1):
Jabal Dukhan field (Jabal Dukhan-1 well), Bahrain, by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (a subsidiary of the Standard Oil of California); Reservoir: Waisa limestone (Cretaceous) at depths of 600-750 m; oil 38° API. Production began in 1934.

1938 (February 23):
Burgan field (Burgan-1 well), Kuwait, by the Kuwait Oil Company (owned by the Gulf Oil and the Anglo-Persian). Reservoir: Burgan sandstone (Middle Cretaceous), 1120 m deep; oil 32.5° API. Production began in 1946.

1938 (March 4):
Dammam field (Dammam-7 well), eastern Saudi Arabia, by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (a subsidiary of Standard Oil of California). Reservoir: Arab limestone (Upper Jurassic), 1441 m deep; oil 34-35° API. Production began in the same year.

1940 (January):
Dukhan field (Dukhan-1 well), Qatar, by the Petroleum Development of Qatar (a subsidiary of the Anglo-Persian/IPC). Reservoir: Zekrit (Arab) limestone (Upper Jurassic), 1733 m deep; oil 37° API (Limestone 3) and 42° API (Limestone 4). Production began in 1940 and export began in 1949.

1953:
Bab (or Murban) field (Murban-1 well), Abu Dhabi (later part of the United Arab Emirates), by Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company (formerly Oil Development of Trucial Coast, a subsidiary of IPC); Reservoir: Kharaib Formation (Lower Cretaceous limestone), 3,776 m deep; oil 40° API. Production began in 1963.

1956:
Marmul field (Marmul-1 well), Oman, by Petroleum Department of Oman (subsidiary of IPC). Reservoirs: Umm Er Radhuma (Paleocene) 576 m deep (18° API) and Biyadh sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) 854-976 m deep (20.8° API). The field was non-commercial. 1963-67: The first producing fields, Yibal (1963, depth 2275 m, 38° API), Natih (1963, depth 2202 m, 31° API) and Fahud (1964, depth 590 m, 33.6° API) (all Cretaceous limestone), in Oman were discovered by Shell and Partex (Gulbenkian Foundation). Production began in 1967.

1956 (October):
Karatchok field (Karatchok-1 well), northeastern Syria, by the American independent James W. Menhall Drilling Company. Reservoir: Massive Limestone Formation (Cretaceous), 3155 m deep; oil 19-21° API. Production began in 1969.

1984 (March 4):
Alif field (Alif-1 well), Ma’rib Jawf graben of the Sab’atayn basin, Yemen, by the American Yemen-Hunt Oil Company. Reservoir: Sab’atayn Formation (Upper Jurassic), 2400 deep; oil 43 API. Production began in 1987.
Article from GEO ExPro Magazine NO1 - 2010

Milky Way twin

Astronomers have released what they say is the best-yet picture of NGC 6744, a spiral galaxy described as a "sibling" of our own Milky Way.

The image was snapped by the European Southern Observatory's MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope in Chile.
The galaxy lies 30 million light-years away, in the constellation Pavo.
While it is almost twice as large as the Milky Way, it exhibits the same sharply-defined spiral arms and stretched central region.
There is even a small companion galaxy, visible at the lower right of the image, which is analogous to our own galactic neighbours the Magellanic Clouds.
Those arms host many star-forming regions; the glow coming from hydrogen gas in these active regions shows up as red in the image.