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[lizbud]

According to Exxon, there is a technology something like ground sonar which will allow noninvasive determination of whether there is oil or gas under a piece of land.

And Exxon has no reason to lie to the public do they? Sounds like
pie in the sky to me. Are there any working models of this new process?

Just wondering.

[Catty1]

blue, I absolutely see your point.

Salazar said he was allowing the lease of 39 other parcels auctioned off in December that were not challenged in the lawsuit.

Some parcels are going ahead. What I am talking about is balance - not throwing the baby out with the proverbial bathwater. This was rushed through last-minute - and I am all for a second look to make sure that whatever land is irreversibly damaged is not really wanted.

Yes, jobs - but the natural land, too. "Bread and Roses" as the old song went.

[blue]

And Exxon has no reason to lie to the public do they? Sounds like
pie in the sky to me. Are there any working models of this new process?

Just wondering.

Its actually called seismic imaging, and its not anything new.

Exxon Corp. shot the first 3D seismic survey in its Friendswood field near Houston in 1967. Within five years, Chevron, Texaco, Mobil, Phillips, Amoco, and Unocal were all involved in projects aimed at evaluating 3D seismic imaging.

Source, and a good read on the tech.

Kaleidoscope enables Repsol to locate oil reserves buried some 30,000 feet (10,000 feet of water and then 20,000 more feet of seabed) below the Gulf of Mexico's surface, for example.

Source.

ETA: rather then add another post.

This was rushed through last-minute - and I am all for a second look to make sure that whatever land is irreversibly damaged is not really wanted.

Yes, jobs - but the natural land, too. "Bread and Roses" as the old song went.

Irreversible damage is very limited these days, nobody drills better, cleaner, and with less impact then drill companies in the USA.

[Puckstop31]

Its actually called seismic imaging, and its not anything new.



Source, and a good read on the tech.

Yes, that is really cool technology. We have a client who uses it a lot. They do "resistivity" tests to look for gas deposits in NW Pennsylvania and other places. I have seen what the output looks like and it IS really, really cool stuff.

They talked about how this technology lets them plan SIDEWAYS drilling. That is, they penetrate at a "friendly" site, go down a thousand feet then go sideways as necessary to get to the deposit. Way cool stuff. Now, if only people would understand this and how little it impacts the area being drilled.... We could drill ANWAR and everybody would be happy... (Pipe Dream?)

[lizbud]

Yes, that is really cool technology. We have a client who uses it a lot. They do "resistivity" tests to look for gas deposits in NW Pennsylvania and other places. I have seen what the output looks like and it IS really, really cool stuff.

They talked about how this technology lets them plan SIDEWAYS drilling. That is, they penetrate at a "friendly" site, go down a thousand feet then go sideways as necessary to get to the deposit. Way cool stuff. Now, if only people would understand this and how little it impacts the area being drilled.... We could drill ANWAR and everybody would be happy... (Pipe Dream?)

A PR article from The Oil & Gas Journal huh? Hmmmm

Here's a much better way to power the future.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6823005&page=1

[blue]

A PR article from The Oil & Gas Journal huh? Hmmmm

Here's a much better way to power the future.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6823005&page=1

Wind farms arent going to heat my house, fill my Jeeps gas tank, or get the things I need to buy to market effectively anytime soon.

Oil and gassification are needed for the transfer from fossile fuels to renewable energy.

Along with wind farms we need to start growwing commercial hemp in the USA.

[Puckstop31]

A PR article from The Oil & Gas Journal huh? Hmmmm

Here's a much better way to power the future.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6823005&page=1

And to line GE's pockets.... GE, BTW had spent, by far, the most money lobbying Congress. I wonder how much of this pork laden "stimulus" bill is earmarked for wind farms? Which, of course, won't be in Senator Kennedy's backyard.... OR amount to a hill of beans worth of energy...

[Grace]

Which, of course, won't be in Senator Kennedy's backyard.......

Maybe not, but very close. And definitely in Patrick's.

http://www.projo.com/news/content/WI...7.40daef3.html