The situation in Iraq remains complex and fluid. Whilst media focus has shifted to Israel and Gaza, violence has continued in Continue reading →
Open up a in-flight magazine in the US and you could be forgiven for thinking the world has been saved by Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/the-oil-end-game/
Production from Unconventional US oilfields such as the Bakken continues to increase (http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=13811#) with the Bakken shale soon to join Continue reading �...
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/does-greater-bakken-production-mean-more-rail-risk/
It’s pretty hard to follow what is going on in Syria, and to a large extent the world’s media has Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/more-on-syrian-oil-the-war/
Is this the end of Peak Oil? Well, maybe not. Nature doesn’t know that “The Oil Drum” is shutting down, Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/the-end-of-the-oil-drum/
The production and transport of oil from unconventional oilfields continues to transform the North American market. This weekend, sadly, we Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/the-lac-magentic-rail-disaster/
The power of Bayesian thinking & big numbers. So, you’re an exploration manager at an oil company. You have identified Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/have-you-found-an-oilfield/
The Bazhenov. A while ago Forbes ran an article on Unconventional Oilfields, asking where the next Bakken is. The Bakken Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/whats-bigger-than-the-bakken/
How high can daily Bakken oil production go? Or, how many wells can be drilled? John Kemp from Reuters has Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/bakken-production-to-top-1-million-barrels-per-day/
Just a few months ago, in October 2012, USA Today ran an article predicting that the US would overtake Saudi Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/us-oil-supply-is-greater-than-saudi-arabias/
If it’s all about Unconventionals today, what’s tomorrow’s story? So the fracking revolution is here. This relatively new technology has Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/tomorrows-fuel/
Given the constant flow of news from Syria regarding the civil war, and today’s assertion that the regime has used Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/syrian-oil-and-what-caused-the-war/
Here’s a great source of energy data: The Shift Project. The Shift Project looks at the relationship between economic growth Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/the-shift-project/
This is probably the last post on oilfield decline rates for a while. Or at least until some additional meaningful Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/the-decline-of-giants/
At 9.30 p.m. on the 10th April 2013 the northeast wall of the open-cast Bingham Canyon copper mine, the largest Continue reading →
https://grandemotte.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/landslide-at-bingham-canyon-copper-mine/