ISIS, Iraq, & Oil

The situation in Iraq remains complex and fluid. Whilst media focus has shifted to Israel and Gaza, violence has continued in Continue reading →

The Oil End Game?

Open up a in-flight magazine in the US  and you could be forgiven for thinking the world has been saved by Continue reading →

Does More Bakken Oil Mean More Rail Risk?

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 →

More on Syrian Oil & the War

It’s pretty hard to follow what is going on in Syria, and to a large extent the world’s media has Continue reading →

The End of the Oil Drum

Is this the end of Peak Oil? Well, maybe not. Nature doesn’t know that “The Oil Drum” is shutting down, Continue reading →

The Lac-Megantic Rail Disaster

The production and transport of oil from unconventional oilfields continues to transform the North American market. This weekend, sadly, we Continue reading →

Have you found an Oilfield?

The power of Bayesian thinking & big numbers. So, you’re an exploration manager at an oil company. You have identified Continue reading →

What’s Bigger than the Bakken?

The Bazhenov. A while ago Forbes ran an article on Unconventional Oilfields, asking where the next Bakken is. The Bakken Continue reading →

Bakken to Top 1 Million Barrels per day?

How high can daily Bakken oil production go? Or, how many wells can be drilled? John Kemp from Reuters has Continue reading →

US oil supply is greater than Saudi Arabia’s.

Just a few months ago, in October 2012, USA Today ran an article predicting that the US would overtake Saudi Continue reading →

The Fuel of Tomorrow

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 →

Syrian Oil, and… what caused the war?

Given the constant flow of news from Syria regarding the civil war, and today’s assertion that the regime has used Continue reading →

The Shift Project

Here’s a great source of energy data: The Shift Project. The Shift Project looks at the relationship between economic growth Continue reading →

The Decline of Giants

This is probably the last post on oilfield decline rates for a while. Or at least until some additional meaningful Continue reading →

Landslide at Bingham Canyon Copper Mine

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 →

When was the Origin of Life?

MIT’s technology review has a though provoking snippet on the origin of life. Alexei Sharov & Richard Gordon have published Continue reading →

Unconventional becomes… plain old regular…

Wood Mackenzie have an interesting set of slides out from their recent Insight series (subscription required). WoodMac’s analysis indicates that Continue reading →

The Growth of British Transport: 1720 – 1850

For most of human history people did not travel. You were born where you were born and you went where Continue reading →

Future Decline Rates – Why They Matter…

Oilfield decline rates matter. Every oilfield has a life cycle. An oilfield is born with its discovery, grows to adulthood Continue reading →

Oil, Base Rates, Food, and the Arab Spring…

Over the last couple of years the world’s media has been dominated by the Arab Spring. First Tunisia, then Libya, Continue reading →