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...

OGPSS - The potential for Saudi EOR

Without getting into the discussion of the other aspects of the site, it was interesting to read a post dealing with future oil production o...

OGPSS - conditions and treatments in North Ghawar

Recent OGPSS talks have focused on the increased use of novel technology in Saudi Arabia, as a means of recovering stranded oil, left during...

The OPEC view of world oil in May, 2012

It is interesting to read the viewpoint of OPEC each month , as it relates to global oil supply, and the numbers that they rely on to estima...

A short break

I will be traveling somewhat extensively over the next few days, and therefore crave your indulgence in that there will be no new posts unti...

OGPSS - a little more detail on hydraulic fracturing

There is a real, practical limit to the amount of oil that can be recovered from a reservoir. Depending on the availability and economic v...

Flaring and the Siberian temperature profiles

After I had drafted the following post I initially put it on the shelf, since the idea that the gas flares would have an impact over such a ...