tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post840611734040832120..comments2023-11-02T06:36:05.561-07:00Comments on Ghawar Guzzler: The Oil Drum Shoots Blanks AgainBloggin' Brewskiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06117891792945288480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-17993755139769822562019-11-07T06:38:28.976-08:002019-11-07T06:38:28.976-08:00Completely awesome posting! Bunches of helpful dat...Completely awesome posting! Bunches of helpful data and motivation, both of which we all need!Relay welcome your work. <a href="https://www.simpletankservices.com" rel="nofollow">oil tank removal nj</a><br />markthomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191523150893675707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-2411910155026551352009-03-21T14:34:00.000-07:002009-03-21T14:34:00.000-07:00Andrew Ryan-That's interesting about the global fl...Andrew Ryan-That's interesting about the global flub. Hubbert's one good guess gets him a lot of cred...B ColeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-89498997916942513292009-03-21T13:30:00.000-07:002009-03-21T13:30:00.000-07:00AndrewRyan,A pig-headed obstinace to facts, and a ...AndrewRyan,<BR/><BR/>A pig-headed obstinace to facts, and a bear-hugging grip on zealous ideology is the name of the peakers' game. Peakers have a bad history of jumping the gun: they've blown every world peak call since the late 19th century. Some of the schizos. actually thought Saudi Arabia peaked in the early 1980s, when production took a nosedive after its breakout '81 "blowout (production declined because of market reasons)."<BR/><BR/>Here's something to consider: King Hubbert was a very smart man who served as a senior research geophysicist for the United States Geological Survey (after quitting Shell). Though his U.S. peak prediction deserves merit, he flubbed horribly on global peak (predicting 33 mbpd). Now, if a smart man like Hubbert, somebody who worked in the petroleum industry, has trouble nailing global peak, then how can we rely on a Drum stooge - an MBA who works as an investor, a man who sits on his ass and relies on Wikipedia - to accurately predict global peak?Bloggin' Brewskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117891792945288480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-26108823221009096642009-03-21T13:29:00.000-07:002009-03-21T13:29:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bloggin' Brewskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117891792945288480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-15403864260080690512009-03-21T13:08:00.000-07:002009-03-21T13:08:00.000-07:00B Cole,You're correct that interest in shale gas i...B Cole,<BR/><BR/>You're correct that interest in shale gas is spreading to other countries - <A HREF="http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/-?$part=binary-content&id=2022464&status=300&language=en" REL="nofollow">European countries</A> and <A HREF="http://www.cspg.org/conventions/abstracts/2008abstracts/073.pdf" REL="nofollow">Canada</A> have energetic interest in exploiting this abundant resource.<BR/><BR/>The major obstacle for nat. gas-PHEV's is space. CNG tanks take up much room on a car; the CNG tank on the Civic GX eats up so space, the trunk barely has room for anything else than a suitcase. Battery technology would need to improve by making batteries potent and smaller. Burning an abundance of natural gas to power PHEVs would be suitable until a renewable energy platform could take over. For now, a larger vehicle, like a bus, may be prove suitable.<BR/><BR/>Toyota is exploring CNG-hybrids. They have a <A HREF="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/10/camry-hy-cng.html" REL="nofollow">CNG hybrid concept car</A>...Bloggin' Brewskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117891792945288480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-3960362384327108842009-03-19T17:25:00.000-07:002009-03-19T17:25:00.000-07:00World oil production peaked in 2008 at 81.73 milli...<I>World oil production peaked in 2008 at 81.73 million barrels/day (mbd) shown in the chart below.</I><BR/><BR/>What a soothsayer Dr Wirth is, being able to call a peak in 2008 when we are only 3 months past it. How can he possibly have any clue that we will never produce more than 81.73 mpd ever again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522376676055666486.post-16779834315518385882009-03-19T14:17:00.000-07:002009-03-19T14:17:00.000-07:00Great post. The obsession with oil is weak in man...Great post. The obsession with oil is weak in many ways, including missing the obvious: Other liquid fuels production is rising nicely.<BR/>From 2004-2008, liquid fuel production rose from 82 mbd to 88 mbd, a near 7 percent rise, as seen in above chart. Meanwhile, demand is flatlining. <BR/>Combine this with your recent post on Haynesville-it seems we are entering the age of supergiant gas fields, now. My limited understanding is that this will spread to other continents too. Shale is not unique to North America.<BR/>I already see CNG vans and busses on the streets of L.A., and have for years and years. So this is a maturing technology already.<BR/>And PHEVs? What about a PHEV-natural gas vehicle? Kinda of a death knell for OPEC, no? <BR/>By what stretch of the imagination (I should say lack of imagination)would we not adopt PHEVs, or PHEV-NG vehicles, if ever liquid fuels should become very expensive? <BR/>B ColeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com