Buying Turkmenistan's natural gas

Turkmenistan holds significantly large quantities of natural gas (they hold the world’s fourth largest reserves) and these have, over the y...

If we can't get oil from Mexico . . . .?

The news from Mexico just continues to get worse with bad news from all three of their biggest oil fields, even as our perennial cornucopian...

Natural Gas versus Coal - perhaps the UK experience revisited?

Back when North Sea oil and gas were discovered the British Coal Industry was a powerhouse in the land. Coal gas was used for domestic cook...

The Drilling Rig part of creating an oilwell

Well there are several ways to go after talking about the pressures that develop at the bottom of oilwells. But before going on to talk abo...

Puzzling Graphical Comparisons raise questions of veracity

“ Dire Predictions ” by Michael Mann and Lee Kump, sets out to provide an illustrated guide to the findings of the IPCC. It is a relatively...

More thoughts on manpower and the Mining Industry

Yesterday I wrote about Paul Lang’s talk about the problems that the Mining Industry were having with recruiting new engineers into the busi...

A neglected form of Administrative Insurance for the future

There is an almost rhetorical question that comes up repeatedly when one talks with those demanding strong action to reduce the possible out...