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the myth of "saudi america"

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A hard-hitting article from Slate.
According to the statistics presented by J. David Hughes at the AGU session, we are now drilling 25,000 wells per year just to bring production back to the levels of the year 2000, when we were drilling only 5,000 wells per year.
More here.
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emordnilap wrote:A hard-hitting article from Slate.
According to the statistics presented by J. David Hughes at the AGU session, we are now drilling 25,000 wells per year just to bring production back to the levels of the year 2000, when we were drilling only 5,000 wells per year.
More here.
Pretty hard hitting. For geologists maybe. A typical Bakken decline from nearly 6000 wells? What a maroon.
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Halfbreed wrote:What a maroon.
Purple prose indeed.
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Nothing to see here, mauve along please...
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Tee hee.

You had to plum the depths for that one, RC.
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emordnilap wrote:Tee hee.

You had to plum the depths for that one, RC.
A bit pusillanimous to criticise on an internet forum.
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featherstick wrote:
emordnilap wrote:Tee hee.

You had to plum the depths for that one, RC.
A bit pusillanimous to criticise on an internet forum.
Aargh.

If only I could have seen into the fuschia.
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emordnilap wrote:
featherstick wrote:
emordnilap wrote:Tee hee.

You had to plum the depths for that one, RC.
A bit pusillanimous to criticise on an internet forum.
Aargh.

If only I could have seen into the fuschia.
That's quite a violet reaction.
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featherstick wrote:
emordnilap wrote:
featherstick wrote: A bit pusillanimous to criticise on an internet forum.
Aargh.

If only I could have seen into the fuschia.
That's quite a violet reaction.
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Good to see him linking to the David Strahan article exposing the oh so basic mathematical misunderstanding which underpins the Maugueri piece. It's shocking that it was allowed to be published and amusing that Monbiot based his recantation of peak oil on such flawed analysis.
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Sorry, link to the Strahan piece:

http://www.davidstrahan.com/blog/?p=1570
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I think they will drill until there is nothing left to drill. :)
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Post by Ralph »

Ipetchy wrote:I think they will drill until there is nothing left to drill. :)
And then they will mine.
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