Katla draws a line

Just another interesting geometric pattern:   Figure 1 Earthquakes around Katla in the 24-hours to June 30, 2012 ( Icelandic Met Office )   ...

OGPSS - The Harvard Energy Report, another cough

The OGPSS posts of the last few months have been following a path of looking in a relatively realistic manner at crude oil production with e...

Katla in Iceland keeps on grumbling

It has been some while since I have posted on the happenings around the Katla volcano in Iceland. I still drop by the Icelandic Met Office ...

Native American features and history - an introduction

This post originated when I began to model Indians in Poser (a 3-D computer modeling program) for my own amusement and as a way of learning...

Rationalizing University courses U-Va and Mining

As the turmoil at the University of Virginia over the firing of their President continues, some of the underlying philosophical divides that...

OGPSS - Saudi Arabia - production from Safaniya

In recent posts I have been looking at the potential for the historically high producing Saudi oilfields at Abqaiq , Berri and Ghawar to i...

OGPSS - Current oil production and the future of Ghawar

(Updated intro)There is a growing impression being given in the discussion of oil and natural gas supplies, that the world is moving into a ...

OGPSS - Saudi Arabia and Natural Gas Liquids

Stuart Staniford has been watching the decline in oil prices. He has then commented that, given the Saudi need for income to hold off “Arab...

Rising Energy Prices and their impact

As the United States continues through the interminable process that will end with the national elections in November, the continued poor st...