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| Oil Drilling Boom in North Dakota? |
| 2011-02-10 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #9 Dry hole here in Texas and it's about time. I hate dabbing the thing and my paper costs are going crazy! |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Ulolet8542 2011-02-10 23:55 |
| #8 It's worse than that.. I was trying to get a figure for 'net imports.' According to this, the US exported 2.3 million barrels A DAY of crude & refined petro products for the first 11 months of last year. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-10 20:20 |
| #7 The Doc works in Hyde Park. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-02-10 19:25 |
| #6 It's worse than that AH9418. U.S. Crude Oil and Products Imports: 2005 - 13.714 Mbbl/day 2006 - 13.707 Mbbl/day 2007 - 13.468 Mbbl/day 2008 - 12.915 Mbbl/day 2009 - 11.691 Mbbl/day Funny how cratering the economy and pocketbooks decreases the demand for oil. http://www.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbblpd_a.htm |
| Posted by: George Thetch6690 2011-02-10 19:24 |
| #5 Doctor Steve: you do know that "watermelon" in this instance (used by AC) refers to "green on the outside, red on the inside", i.e.: Ecofascists/Commies, and not a racial thing? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-02-10 19:19 |
| #4 My current copy of Trains magazine had an article on this topic I was hoping to post, but the most recent on the website is this. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-02-10 19:03 |
| #3 Net oil imports to the USA run 10,000,000 barrels / day. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-10 13:46 |
| #2 So how long will it take the Watermelon administration to shut this down? |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-02-10 13:28 |
| #1 No question mark needed. The number of wells drilled is about double what it was three years ago and production (now over 300k barrels/day) is about triple what it was then. New wells need to be drilled frequently since production from a given well decreases sharply after a year or so. Lots of detail available from the State Dept of Mineral Resources. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-02-10 13:07 |