OGPSS - California oil and Hubbert Linearization

Last week, when I was writing about the heavy oil fields of California I used a plot from Jean Laherrère to illustrate the potential ultim...

The gas shale e-mails and the NYT stories about them

I doubt that this will ever reach the levels of public interest that has led earlier exposures of information to acquire a “gate” appendage,...

A Panel on Peak Coal and Natural Gas Viability

For the second week running I am participating in a panel for the Focus group tomorrow. The title is The Viability of Coal and Natural Gas ...

Florida combined temperatures

There are 22 USHCN stations in Florida, Apalachicola to Titusville, and 5 GISS stations on the list . These latter are in Miami , West Pa...

The IEA release of 60 million barrels of oil from reserves

On Monday, as I mentioned earlier , Gail Tverberg, James Hamilton and I did a podcast for Focus Group on the topic: The Real Causes and Micr...

More on a potential Katla eruption

The sequence of earthquakes around the Myrdalsjokull glacier, under which sits the Katla volcano, is, at present relatively slow, so that on...

OGPSS - The heavier oils of California's Kern Valley

The Kern River field was first found by a wood cutter and his son, after being asked to drill a well on the Means property, who began dig...

A Panel on Gas Prices and their Effect

I have been invited to join the discussion at the Focus Group tomorrow on the subject: The Real Causes and Microeconomic Effects of High Gas...

Alabama combined temperatures

There are fifteen USHCN stations in Alabama that start at Brewton and end at Valley Head. It has two GISS stations on the list , and they ...

Iceland volcanoes might be back soon and strong

Well I am not sure that this is yet that dramatic, but it is beginning to look as though it might be, and so it is worth putting up a shot f...

Will Renewable Energy Rescue Us All - BP and the IPCC reviews

The people of the world are going to continue to use energy. The fundamental question that this future reality poses relates to the sources...

OGPSS - The Oil that lies Offshore California

Last week I covered some of the early history of the development of the oil industry in California , and briefly mentioned the difficulties ...