Posted on 10/28/2010 7:43:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Energy Crisis is Over!
Not because of some humongous breakthrough in alternative energies but because of new ways to access two sources widely used today: oil and natural gas. The recent news story about China's national oil company, Cnooc, purchasing a stake in Chesapeake Energy's Texas shale oil and gas fields and agreeing to pony up most of the capital to develop them underscores what an amazing transformation is taking place in the U.S.' energy picture.
The word "revolution" is overused, but it's truly appropriate when applied to these technological breakthroughs: hydraulic fracturing--a.k.a. fracking--and horizontal drilling. With fracking, drillers inject water, sand and chemicals deep underground to crack gas-bearing rocks. The technology, which has been around for a long time, has advanced dramatically. Literally trillions of dollars' worth of shale oil and gas can now be economically extracted.
Horizontal drilling is another impressive breakthrough that allows us to get to oil and gas that was previously unattainable.
The implications are staggering. Within a decade the U.S. will be a major natural gas exporter. In those Texas Chesapeake fields alone production will reach the equivalent of 400,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil a day. Pennsylvania and upstate New York will also become major gas producers.
Oil production, too, in the U.S. will increase far beyond what experts thought possible a few short years ago.
China made that sweetheart deal with Chesapeake Energy precisely because it wants to learn more about these technologies so it can enormously increase its domestic oil and gas production.
Environmentalists worry that fracking might poison our water, even though the drilling takes place thousands of feet below the water table. Fortunately the technology is there to get at these reserves in an extremely safe way.
The Earth is awash in energy.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Frack Me!! LOL
Grrrr. Peak oil. Grrrr. Peak oil . . .
Thank God!
Now I can start using my old Terex Titan as my commuter vehicle again.
This energy and other domestic sources may be the only thing to save America from bankruptcy.
Is that one of them hybrids or electric cars?
No fracking way!!
We don’t need China but Chesapeake want$ them.
Bump
O’Bama is going to find himself between a rock and a hard place on this one. His Saudi masters and Mr. Soros won’t want him to allow such technology to be used because it is good for the Country. But the Chinese who own us will demand that they be allowed to suck out all the NG they can from TX for their domestic use. What a dilemma
For the record the envirowackos are already attacking fracking as a assault on the pristine environment of PN, NY, WV and other states with large NG deposits. Expect a bill in Congress soon to ban the practice everywhere, but in the Chesapeake fields of TX.
The problem with Chinese Oil and Gas is every time you fill up, an hour later you’re tank is empty again..............
That really makes me feel good. We’ve hammered all the formerly major American oil companies into the ground, so now we need to ask the Chinese to develop our oil and gas resources.
And, yes, by the way, all the American “big oil” companies are now midgets by comparison with these foreign companies. No more big oil. Aren’t our hippies happy? No, because they still dream of crushing what’s left of big oil. And every Dem politician still runs on that platform.
So, does that mean $1.00 a gallon gas is in the very near future? Not holding my breath for that.
As a owner of mineral rights and interests in natural gas wells all I can say is where is the money? i havent seen it in the last few years
It is a hybrid.
With its 15’ diameter tires it can crush electric cars AND buses.
bump.
It should be no surprise that the Chinese want to tap that knowledge and use it for themselves, and they have been cutting deals for exploitable resources around the world.
Those companies are still there, they just aren't here. They've moved to places where the climate to do business is actually friendly, They aren't likely to spend the kind of money to go after these shale resources because of the uncertainty being fostered by the Obamalamadingdong Administration. The drilling ban in the Gulf was the last straw for many.
Everybody be sure to wave bye-bye as the rigs pull out, heading for Brazil and the west coast of Africa......'cause they ain't coming back anytime soon.....
The anti-fossil fuel fanatics will not let any possible good news for the rest of us go unchallenged. Scare campaigns like anthropogenic global warming seem to work well for them, especially if they can get a few big-name "scientists" to sign on.
And who do you suppose will view this as an unhappy development? Hint: those who will oppose fracturing techniques because some of the injected fluid might percolate up to the surface/water table in an eon or ten.
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