I see no reason why Antartica shouldn't have as much oil as any other continent.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia might very well constitute 7/8th of the world's supply of fossil fuels, sooner or later the 1/8th remaining in Antartica will become valuable.
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Re: Antartic drilling?
by Rod_Cloutier » Fri 07 Aug 2009, 00:01:27
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Re: Antartic drilling?
by Tanada » Fri 07 Aug 2009, 07:23:05
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Repent', 'I') see no reason why Antartica shouldn't have as much oil as any other continent.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia might very well constitute 7/8th of the world's supply of fossil fuels, sooner or later the 1/8th remaining in Antartica will become valuable.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia might very well constitute 7/8th of the world's supply of fossil fuels, sooner or later the 1/8th remaining in Antartica will become valuable.
Valuable or not is not the issue, while a few seams of coal and a couple oil seeps have been found on exposed land most of the shallow seas around Antarctica and the land which has been periodically submerged, are under ice or varying thickness. You might drill in the region of seasonal sea ice, but drilling through 200 meters of floating ice shelf that moves slowly out to sea is a whole different situation, and drilling through glaciers and continental ice sheets is impractical at best.
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by Serial_Worrier » Sun 09 Aug 2009, 22:52:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AndyOil', 'E')ven if crews do find new oil places in Alaska, Antarctica or anywhere esle its basicaly pointless. The earth is only one planet and oil does not grow on trees. ALL Oil will run out one day. Find more if you want but that will run out too. We need to get our cocks out of oil and get our brains on new sources of energy.
Wrong. We need to stop focusing on energy sources and focus on getting back to subsistence farming AFTER the massive 6 billion dieoff.
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Re: Antarctic drilling?
by TheDude » Mon 10 Aug 2009, 21:34:28
Antarctica: Fact Sheet (EIA)
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he call for an environmental protocol to the Antarctic Treaty came after scientists discovered large deposits of natural resources such as coal, natural gas and offshore oil reserves in the early 1980s. Antarctica is considered to be part of the theoretical super-continent known as Gondwanaland, which separated near the end of the Paleozoic era and consisted of South America, Africa and Australia. And, because it once was completely covered in vegetation, many scientists believe it may hold one of the last supergiant oil fields yet to be discovered. The continental shelf of Antarctica is considered to hold the region's greatest potential for oil exploration projects, and although estimates vary as to the abundance of oil in Antarctica, the Weddell and Ross Sea areas alone are expected to possess 50 billion barrels of oil - an amount roughly equivalent to that of Alaska's estimated reserves. However, Antarctica's extreme conditions make oil field accessibility in many areas economically problematic.
Nevertheless, following the energy crisis of the 1970s, several oil companies looked to Antarctica as a possible solution to future world oil shortages by announcing plans to exploit the continent's resources. The necessary conditions for economically-sound oil production projects were beginning to ripen along with high oil prices and demand, and improved drilling technology. The prospect that Antarctica's fragile wildnerness could be tainted as a result of oil exploration and drilling activities resulted in the mobilization of several conservation groups who were intent on preserving the continent's status as the most pristine in the world.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he call for an environmental protocol to the Antarctic Treaty came after scientists discovered large deposits of natural resources such as coal, natural gas and offshore oil reserves in the early 1980s. Antarctica is considered to be part of the theoretical super-continent known as Gondwanaland, which separated near the end of the Paleozoic era and consisted of South America, Africa and Australia. And, because it once was completely covered in vegetation, many scientists believe it may hold one of the last supergiant oil fields yet to be discovered. The continental shelf of Antarctica is considered to hold the region's greatest potential for oil exploration projects, and although estimates vary as to the abundance of oil in Antarctica, the Weddell and Ross Sea areas alone are expected to possess 50 billion barrels of oil - an amount roughly equivalent to that of Alaska's estimated reserves. However, Antarctica's extreme conditions make oil field accessibility in many areas economically problematic.
Nevertheless, following the energy crisis of the 1970s, several oil companies looked to Antarctica as a possible solution to future world oil shortages by announcing plans to exploit the continent's resources. The necessary conditions for economically-sound oil production projects were beginning to ripen along with high oil prices and demand, and improved drilling technology. The prospect that Antarctica's fragile wildnerness could be tainted as a result of oil exploration and drilling activities resulted in the mobilization of several conservation groups who were intent on preserving the continent's status as the most pristine in the world.
I also came across this: Antarctic Oil?, page 1, on the AboveTopSecret Forums - which have a Peak Oil Discussion Forum which has been in business for at least 4 years - which was when the above thread was started. Huh - wonder what those conspiracy addled whack jobs know about peak oil...oh...wait a minute...
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