Just like Tron said, nothing really out of place, you hear from the oil exects then the tree huggin environmental people saying that the minning is ruining the landscape.
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Was curious to see if they talked about the shales in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
When they shut the project down my Dad was working on they had decided it could be profitable when oil reached $55/bbl. Will be interesting to see if any of the companies involved will go back to shale processing, although only one was actually successful in producing a significant amount of oil. They've since sold all their holdings.
Was curious to see if they talked about the shales in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
When they shut the project down my Dad was working on they had decided it could be profitable when oil reached $55/bbl. Will be interesting to see if any of the companies involved will go back to shale processing, although only one was actually successful in producing a significant amount of oil. They've since sold all their holdings.
GAs in shale is still pretty non-commercial I think. If they could figure out that then energy crisis is over.
That's kind of vague fotze, not really sure what you're saying.
I think they cannot make it economic. i.e. costs more to extract then they would get. There are HUGE reserves though in gas in shale. Gas hydrates is another unconventional source.
Yeah, that's what I was saying. Back in the day, they shut the project down (one particular player anyway) with the notion that it would be profitable @ $55/bbl. We're significantly past that mark now, hence my post.
Be interested to see if the story causes any reverberations (ie they interviewed a 22 year old who proclaimed he's going to make 120K$ this year working up there) as far as whats going on up there.
Of course, the Sierra Club goes on scolding the oil comapnies and the levels of governements of Canada for processing the oils sands...that we're feeding the US dependancy of oil with the Oil Sands when we should be "the friend that tells them to stop".
either that or he's relaying a story to a mass audience that we are more familiar with
I know what you are saying, but I always find that reporters (even ones I really like) all of a sudden look much simpler when talking about stories I understand well
anyways pretty much the generic story one might expect....theres lots of oil in those sands...interview old guy getting rich off it...mention china...interview tree hugger...random shot of cheezy fort mac country bar...interview kid making 125 k....random shot of Ralph Klein in New York...interview another old guy getting rich...mention Canada/US trade angle
you could pretty much write the 12 minute story in advance
Be interested to see if the story causes any reverberations (ie they interviewed a 22 year old who proclaimed he's going to make 120K$ this year working up there) as far as whats going on up there.
Wha? Wha? I'm 22 and I don't make anything near that.... I gotta find out what this kid does in the oilsands - surely he's not just a rig monkey, is he?
Of course, the Sierra Club goes on scolding the oil comapnies and the levels of governements of Canada for processing the oils sands...that we're feeding the US dependancy of oil with the Oil Sands when we should be "the friend that tells them to stop".
I generally side with the green types but that was pretty silly statement from a Canadian. We suck it down even faster than the Yanks.
It reminded me of when my old partner Ron would tell me to stop snorting so much coke but then I'd look over and he was snorting more than me!
Wha? Wha? I'm 22 and I don't make anything near that.... I gotta find out what this kid does in the oilsands - surely he's not just a rig monkey, is he?
That's depressing (for me) if true....
He was wearing a hard hat and blue jumpsuit... it is a possibility
Alberta Oil on 60 Minutes tonight
Hey, those are some good cheese fires.
