Regarding the worker shortage, Helms explained that during the depth of the pandemic, when oil field activity slowed to a crawl in North Dakota, many workers were let go and left the state, most of them moving to Texas. "Texas had more rigs running, significantly higher activity than here,...
But at the end of the life of the oil field you have to find a new field, drill it, and then make a new pipeline. In the end the oil companies will be running as fast as they can just to keep up. Also when you burn oil for energy at least 50% is lost as waist heat. With...
westexas on July 22, 2008 - 11:17am Permalink | Parent | Comments top Ron, Just curious as to what you think the difference is between Mexico and Saudi Arabia, since both regions are highly dependent on one large field and since both countries are showing rising water cuts (or more ...
the decline rate is 7%/year, which would result in a 500 kb/d drop in US L48 OS C+C output in the next 12 months if the decline rate remains 7%/year and Dean’s estimate is correct for Texas.
texas tea 01/09/2018 at 6:27 pm “One of the best ways we strengthen communities is by providing high-paying careers. Average pay in the natural gas and oil industry is nearly $50,000 higher than the U.S. average salary. The energy industry offers life-changing careers that lead to...
And using an oil-powered aircraft, a single person can spray a large field with pesticide or herbicide in minutes. Even pesticides and herbicides, which increase crop yields, may be made from chemicals derived from oil. Wheat OIL ON THE MOVE To sustain our oil-reliant way of life, huge ...
This is analogous to saying that while individual oil wells (discrete sources of energy) in a given field will peak and decline, the overall oil field (the sum of the discrete sources of energy) will never peak and decline. During George Bush's eight years in office, the world--from fos...
What were the inputs that caused the Greenland ice field to melt and allow vegetative growth? Yes, it is a “red flag” but it would be more productive to stow the flag and have earnest and productive discussions on the reasons why there was no ice cap 1 million years ago. We ...
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i475/westexas/Slide2_zps55d9efa7.jpg Ron Patterson 09/23/2015 at 2:17 pm John, depletion and decline are two entirely different things. Every oil field in the world that is producing oil is also being depleted, every year, by the amount of oil...
But at the end of the life of the oil field you have to find a new field, drill it, and then make a new pipeline. In the end the oil companies will be running as fast as they can just to keep up. Also when you burn oil for energy at least 50% is lost as waist heat. With...