by rockdoc123 » Sun 17 Jul 2016, 21:43:37
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') dare any of you cornucopian clowns to identify a single new tight oil or bitumen formation in the USA that has been discovered in the last few years that has any significance.
as pointed out all of the shale reservoirs were known to have some amount of reserves in them. The Permian has become a very big deal as of late with a number of layers of shale or unconventional (i.e. silty) reservoirs.
Not sure why you would even comment on something that you clearly haven't a clue about.
The resource estimate is a reasonable one and whether it will turn into reserves or not is all about costs, price, timing etc. There are many moving parts. That does not say the resource is not there which is all the "total joke" report you refer to is saying. That has been part of the discussion which clearly you don't have the background to understand.
Perhaps you can regal us all with your massive experience in calculating reserves and resources and your apparently incredible understanding of the various shale basins or continuous resources that are present. Apparently you are the expert who can dismiss analyses done by those who have access to a lot of data and do this for a living. We are all waiting with baited breath.
And this has nothing whatsoever to do with "cornucopians" but rather to do with folks who aren't expecting the world to blow up tomorrow, let alone wanting it to as some at this site clearly do. The discussion revolves around data and interpretations with an idea to understanding what is really there. All of us realize it is a limited resource, the issue is understanding what the actual technical resource is and what out of that is recoverable.