OGPSS - Venezuela after Hugo Chavez

With the death of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez the future production, and exports of Venezuelan crude are gaining a little new atten...

Waterjetting 6d - Plywood and Pork, and jet effectiveness

In the last two posts I have tried to show that there is a benefit to running an occasional calibration test on equipment, to ensure that it...

The Iditarod is running

For those who follow these things, this year's Iditarod race has started . Alaskan papers are best for following the race.

Transient publicity

James Stafford was kind enough to interview me for his site at Oilprice.com and the interview has been published at a number of other sites....

OGPSS - An update on Russian plans and the OPEC MOMR

The Arctic is a less forgiving place than many folk care to recognize. Shell have just moved back the date on which they plan to restart dr...

Waterjetting 6c - Cutting foam and testing with it.

Last week’s post discussed a simple test which helps to show not only how to compare the effect of different operating conditions (varying ...

OGPSS - Thoughts on the Precautionary Principle

As Michael Brander tells it, in his book on the Scottish Highland Regiments , the Scottish Highlands produced, between 1740 and 1815 men for...