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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '
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BTW, the Elm Coulee field is not the biggest area of the Bakken anymore (hasn't been for a while),

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'O')h yeah, and one more thing: If you're spending your time googleing stuff about the Bakken to respond to my comments, don't bother. I know basically anything and everything about the Bakken that you could find on the internet. If you want to know anything about the Bakken, save yourself some googleing time and just ask me instead.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bencole', 'N')ot if you put it in the context that the USA's total production has fallen from a peak of 10.2 million bpd, the north slope field falling 1.5 million bpd between 1998-2008, or that exports from the cantarell field fell 600 000 bpd between 2007-2008, etc.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bencole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '
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BTW, the Elm Coulee field is not the biggest area of the Bakken anymore (hasn't been for a while),

[copious.abundance]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bencole', 'W')ell, modesty is a virtue you know. I'm pretty sure there is plenty you still don't know about the Bakken, and it's always best to cross check and never rely on a single information source. Unless of course you are privy to knowledge outside the public domain, are you an industry insider?

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '
')Production from the Bakken is still in its infancy, and that is even moreso the case of those other shales I mentioned. You can't call something a failure when it's barely had a chance to prove itself.

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '
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And Ghawar in the context of world oil demand is similarly insignificant. Ghawar produces a piddling 5 million bpd while world demand is about 85 million bpd. A piddling 7%.

[Plantagenet]

Since you are so delighted by the 1.53 trillion barrels of oil in Colorado, perhaps you will equally pleased to learn that there are hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of gold in ocean sediments, and almost unlimited amounts of uranium in the world's granite mountains, and unbelievable amounts of iron at the earth's core.

Huge huge amounts.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bencole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '
')Production from the Bakken is still in its infancy, and that is even moreso the case of those other shales I mentioned. You can't call something a failure when it's barely had a chance to prove itself.

[copious.abundance]

^
Why am I wrong? Your quotes confirmed exactly what I just said. The stuff from the Green River Shale is kerogen.

[rangerone314]

Has anyone ever come up with a mathematical relationship that involves: demand, EROEI and the price of oil?

[rangerone314]

The atmosphere of Uranus is 3.4% methane... so maybe we could use that for energy... only have to build a 3 billion km long pipeline.

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '
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The Bakken is not "oil shale," it is regular oil (as opposed to kerogen) from a shale formation. There is a big difference between the two, and the fact that you treated both as the same tells me you really have no idea what you're talking about.


The stuff from the Bakken is not kerogen, and my statement about the half-million bpd referred only to the kerogen from the Green River Shale. The Bakken and similar oil-from-shale plays are an entirely different animal. Please do not lump them together any longer. Thank you.

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'H')as anyone ever come up with a mathematical relationship that involves: demand, EROEI and the price of oil?

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'I') agree there is a lot of misinformed hype surrounding the numbers on the Green River shale. But that number does make a nice, eye-catching thread title. At any rate, let's say that, in 10 years, they can manage to coax out a half-million bpd from the Green River shale. A half-million bpd addition to US production would be a really, really nice addition. A million would be even better. This would not "solve" the US's energy imports problem, but it would alleviate it noticeably.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bencole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'T')he Bakken is not "oil shale," it is regular oil (as opposed to kerogen) from a shale formation. There is a big difference between the two, and the fact that you treated both as the same tells me you really have no idea what you're talking about.

The stuff from the Bakken is not kerogen, and my statement about the half-million bpd referred only to the kerogen from the Green River Shale. The Bakken and similar oil-from-shale plays are an entirely different animal. Please do not lump them together any longer. Thank you.