[elroy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'k')now one knows for sure what is going on with production their?

[seahorse]

Someone asked what was the source for the 800,000 Saudi depletion figure used. If memory serves me correctly, I think this figure first appeared in an Oil and Gas Journal series on peak oil (2004), written in fact, by Naimi.

[PWALPOCO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')on't you mean 'Baghdad Bob'? The guy that kept lying about the positions of US forces? Chemical Ali was a different guy

[Bleep]

Google News now has a timeline mode. Click the links to search on the names of the most productive oil field, Ghawar and second most, Cantarell: Ghawar News Timeline and Cantarell News Timeline

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bleep', '[')url=http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=Ghawar&btnG=Search+Archives&scoring=t]Ghawar News Timeline[/url]

[shortonoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Saudis will pump 18.2 million barrels a day by 2030, up from 10.4 million in 2004, the IEA said.

[shakespear1]

GOOGLE is awesome I created a Web Album using MSN which took forever to up load anything and then redid everything using PICASA in minutes !!!! Now this time line feature !!!!

WOW, these guys are dynamite

[morph]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Saudis will pump 18.2 million barrels a day by 2030, up from 10.4 million in 2004, the IEA said.

[newhunter-gatherer]

[b]"One challenge for the Saudis in achieving this objective is that their existing fields sustain 5 percent-12 percent annual "decline rates,"

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/saudi.html



Yep, google are right on the money arent they

[Bleep]

Burgan field timeline
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ') THE PERSIAN GULF STRIKES IT RICH Mon 3 Mar 1952
SIX KINGDOMS OF OIL
The Persian Gulf Strikes it Rich ON a lonely stretch of sandy, salt-encrusted coastline ranging from Oman to Iran, in lands so parched that clear drinking water is a luxury, the greatest treasure hunt of modern times goes on. Bordering the Persian Gulf, sometimes thousands of feet below the surface, lies the greatest pool of oil in the world. So far, 50 billion barrels of oil reserves, worth at least $100 billion, have been found—and this is only the beginning

[M_B_S]

Cantarell oil field output to drop 14 percent a year




PEAK OIL


When Mexico have a problem so the US have too

[Newsseeker]

Another one from Stuart, this time on the question that everyone has.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')90% or so of 'Ain Dar/Shedgum's 2mbpd could water out over the course of a few years.
We are likely somewhere in the midst of that process.
That is likely the explanation for most of the Saudi production declines we have seen since June 2005 (including the failure of Haradh III and Qatif/Abu Safah to raise production)..

[SD_Scott]

I've visited that site every day since it first appeared. These recent discussions concerning Ghawar have been so impressive. That site is a real gem.

[JPL]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newsseeker', 'T')his is almost too technical for me but I still understood most of it. Hopefully a technogeek can summarize it for us.

[Newsseeker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'Y')es. The Oildrum is doing a magnificent job digging into this most important story. This is collaboration, journalism, and science at it best. Truth Porn can be as much fun as Doom Porn

[SD_Scott]

There's certainly a lot of intellectual self indulgence going on over there. Isn't that what killed jazz? Yes. But it never really died did it? Obviously ghawar is not the only drinkin hole in town, but it was big ole goodin, or a good ole biggin.

[Cobra_Strike]

TheOilDrum posts hurt my head at times, I will leave others to work through the nitty gritty...however I would like to know what they are talking about....other then a general idea.

Too many spaghetti graphs.

[savethehumans]

It ain't good news. THAT, I get! I just wish I could save their articles to disk--in printer-friendly format. Can't be done, though. Currently. (Hint, hint to any TOD honchos reading this.) Ghawar's peaked. World peak is upon us, or passed us. Happy spring, everyone!

[TheDude]

Matt Simmons praised the OD quite highly on Ask the Experts the other day.
savethehumans, Copy the text to a word processor like MS Word and then Paste Without Formatting, in MS you do that with Paste Special. It'll leave out all the pics and graphs. WordPad has a similiar feature, and of course there are lots of non Microsoft freeware programs out there.