January 2011
69 posts
RT @politico 10 to watch: Senators on energy policy http://politi.co/dMOjsb #rsrh G_d help us!
Jan 1st
December 2010
110 posts
Kiwi Largo #fruitymoves
Dec 31st
Rig owner refuses to honor subpoenas (and rightly so). #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/k23r
Dec 30th
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Rig owner refuses to honor subpoenas (and rightly... →
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has subpoenaed rig owner Transocean for records and witnesses to the Deepwater Horizon spill. Transocean has declined to coorperate and disputes the Board’s claim of jurisdiction. I’ve never dealt with the Chemical Safety Board as a regulatory body. This was not a refinery explosion, it was a crude oil blowout in a drilling well, and the USCG and BOEMRE...
Dec 30th
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Six Myths About Oil #rsrh →
Clipped from www.foxnews.comThe 6 Myths About OilMyth #1: America’s reliance on oil is an “addiction”—an irrational, self-destructive habit.Myth #2: There are “green” technologies that are just as good, or better, than oil. Myth #3: Because oil is finite, it will inevitably run out.Myth #4: Because oil is mostly in other countries, they can cut us off at will and create an economic...
Dec 30th
“Bunker Joe” Biden #PoliticianCrisisNickNames
Dec 30th
10 to watch: GOP freshmen on energy http://bit.ly/gScoVF
Dec 30th
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EPA's Rush to Fracking Judgment #rsrh →
Clipped from blog.energytomorrow.org Don’t Rush to Judgment on Fracking By Jane Van Ryan | Wednesday 29 December 2010 According to an article in the San Angelo Standard-Times, the EPA recently issued an emergency order that “tried, convicted and sentenced” a...
Dec 29th
BP may make it after all; ultimate spill cost >$40 B. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/jze2
Dec 29th
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BP may make it after all; ultimate spill cost >$40... →
Clipped from www.theadvertiser.comBP’s spill costs look manageable 8 months laterNEW YORK (AP) — As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No more.Cleanup, government fines, lawsuits, legal fees and damage claims will likely exceed the $40 billion that BP has publicly estimated, according to an Associated Press...
Dec 29th
Small producer waits on deepwater permits 70+ days; standby cost $330K per day. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/jurl
Dec 29th
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Small producer waits on deepwater permits 70+... →
But at least the rig crew is getting awfully good at solitaire.
Dec 28th
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NYT on the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
When it comes to straight news reporting on the oil and gas industry, nobody outshines the New York Times. The featured front page story in the Sunday Times (12/26) was a deep investigative piece on the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Reporters David Barstow, David Rohde and Stephanie Saul interviewed 21 survivors and pieced together the nine harrowing minutes between the mud flow at the surface of...
Dec 27th
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Gasoline marketer sees a chance of $150 oil by... →
This is not your daddy’s Gulf Oil. This a high volume marketer to gasoline stations and convenience stores. Unlike producers, high oil prices hurt his business
Dec 27th
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S. Baldwin v K. Costner lawsuit over oil... →
It’s not as though hydrocyclones are new separation technology for oil & water. The price Stephen Baldwin got for his shares is still probably represents $1 million per gallon of oil recovered. BP could not have expected Costner’s separators to work. $52 million represents the price to get him to shut up and to get the media off their back.
Dec 24th
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Oil futures above $90, highest since '08, as... →
In other, completely unrelated news, GoM oil production is down by 355,000 barrels per day in the last six months.
Dec 23rd
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Gulf of Mexico Rigs Lost, Jobs Lost
Rig Maintenance Supervisor Bill Masters of Trout, LA lost his job with Seahawk, a shallow water rig contractor, last June 23. After 38 years on the rigs, Masters hoped to go back to work fairly quickly; that’s the way it had always happened before. But not this time. Seahawk has laid off 300 workers. Only three of 20 rigs in its fleet are currently working. (One of them is expected to be...
Dec 22nd
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#rsrh Ahnold makes a pitch for Energy Czar, mit de... →
Clipped from thehayride.comGet Ready To Absolutely Despise Arnold SchwarzeneggerFor the last two years, we’ve been subjected to the vagaries of Obama’s climate/energy czar Carol Browner, whose well-documented put-up of a job-murdering and counterproductive offshore drilling moratorium this year has crushed Louisiana’s economy and led to a precipitous decline in domestic oil production.The word is...
Dec 22nd
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Another victory for the Turducken Safety Admin.... →
Clipped from www.theadvertiser.comSuspect package holds up airportAs airport security becomes more of a concern during the holiday travel season, travelers will be seeing delays of all sorts. But an hour-long delay for Lafayette Regional Airport users Tuesday morning was of a nature most fowl.The airport was briefly shut down as authorities investigated a suspicious package that turned out to...
Dec 22nd
Qaddafi #rejectedreindeernames
Dec 22nd
You’re peeing down my leg & telling me it’s Global Warming. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/j03y
Dec 21st
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You're peeing down my leg & telling me it's Global... →
This article actually does attribute Britain’s record snowfalls to “Climate Change”.
Dec 21st
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BP spill update: Of 17,000 USCG samples, few show... →
Clipped from www.washingtonpost.comCoast Guard: Little seafloor oil from Gulf spill NEW ORLEANS — Federal scientists said Friday extensive sampling of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor found oil in quantities too small to collect and in concentrations below harmful levels, except in the area surrounding the BP well. The Coast Guard’s report contrasts independent scientists who say oil from...
Dec 20th
Weak Dem field for 2011 LA Governor’s race. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/iuaz
Dec 19th
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Weak Dem field for 2011 LA Governor's race. #rsrh →
Rather than run against Bobby Jindal, they’d be better off to dig a hole & bury $10 million.
Dec 19th
You believe in God? No (primordial) soup for you! #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/ispr
Dec 18th
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You believe in God? No (primordial) soup for you!... →
Clipped from www.nytimes.comAstronomer Sues University, Claiming Faith Cost Him a Job In 2007, C. Martin Gaskell, an astronomer at the University of Nebraska, was a leading candidate for a job running an observatory at the University of Kentucky. But then somebody did what one does nowadays: an Internet search. That search turned up evidence of Dr. Gaskell’s evangelical Christian...
Dec 18th
RT @ewerickson: Our long nat’l nightmare is at an end. After 63 years, no more Kennedys in Congress. | Free at last, free at last!
Dec 18th
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James Richardson on Eric Sheptock, Facebook's... →
Clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com Food or Facebook for America’s Homeless? Eric Sheptock is fast-becoming America’s next social justice celebrity. An unemployed, recovering crack cocaine addict with an aggressive social media presence, he is likely the only homeless man in America to receive email alerts on press mentions of his name, for which this will no doubt...
Dec 17th
The Path to Energy Independence?
Via correspondent Poe Leggette, the Western Energy Alliance’s analysis of Rocky Mountain oil and gas leasing under the last three administrations: Combine that with the fact that the March 2010 Lease Sale was the last one we’ll see in the Gulf of Mexico for the foreseeable future, and you get a feel for how hostile the Obama administration has become to domestic oil and gas...
Dec 17th
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What Goes Around Comes Around Dept. #rsrh →
Clipped from www.chron.comDrug used in Okla. execution could gain wider use MCALESTER, Okla. — Other states could follow Oklahoma’s lead in using a sedative commonly used to euthanize animals in its lethal injection formula because of a nationwide shortage of a key ingredient in the three-drug cocktail, death penalty experts say.John David Duty is believed to be the first person in...
Dec 17th
Polar bears: “We’re not dead yet.” #rsrh “We’re really feeling better…” http://amplify.com/u/ih20
Dec 17th
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Polar bears: "We're not dead yet." #rsrh "We're... →
“…a thin, icy refuge for the bears would still remain between Greenland and Canada.” Sounds like a good place to send Al Gore.
Dec 15th
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Wind Energy: China becomes dominant turbine maker... →
Wind = Energy Independence. What a joke.
Dec 15th
http://bit.ly/e2ewig The Hayride investigates LA Demo campaign funding cesspool. #rsrh
Dec 15th
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Moratorium Leads to Abrupt Production Declines
Offshore oil and gas wells typically are able to produce at high rates at the beginning of their lives. Reserves are not infinite, so that means a rapid natural rate of decline as reserves deplete. “Reserve replacement” is a big issue; we often say that every day that you don’t replace production in the oilfield means you’re just slowly going out of business. How do you...
Dec 15th
Aaaaaand … One more LA Dem joins Repub ranks. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/ic0k
Dec 14th
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Aaaaaand ... One more LA Dem joins Repub ranks.... →
State Rep. Fred Mills’ switch leaves the GOP one seat short of an outright majority in the House. (Four Independents caucus with the Rs.)
Dec 14th
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Climate Change is real - in PhotoShop reality. →
I had never before realized that the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio was threatened by sea level rise.
Dec 11th
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Aaaand ... 3 more LA Demos set to jump ship. ... →
That rumbling you hear is Huey Pierce Long turning over in his grave.
Dec 11th
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Empty Suit lauds empty chair at Nobel ceremony.... →
Me, me, me. But I digress. Bonus: another halo shot.
Dec 11th
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"Gore Effect": Cancun delegates greeted by record... →
Clipped from wattsupwiththat.com“Gore Effect” strikes again: new coldest ever December record low temperature in CancunGod indeed has a sense of humor. From Weather Underground:See more at wattsupwiththat.com 
Dec 11th
And the Alcee Hastings Gov’t Service Award goes to … Fed. Judge Thos. Porteous!!! http://amplify.com/u/hzdg
Dec 9th
And the Alcee Hastings Gov’t Service Award goes to … Fed. Judge Thos. Porteous!!! http://amplify.com/u/hzdg. #rsrh
Dec 9th
Cancun delegates fall for the old ‘dihydrogen monoxide’ gag. (video) #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/hzcg
Dec 9th
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And the Alcee Hastings Gov't Service Award goes to... →
In the Senate, by a unanimous vote…
Dec 9th
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Cancun delegates fall for the old 'dihydrogen... →
Oh, and are you willing to destabilize the U.S. Economy by 6%? Awesome! Where do I sign?
Dec 9th
WSJ article on Offshore Inspections misses mark; letter @TheHayride. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/hvf7
Dec 8th
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WSJ article on Offshore Inspections misses mark;... →
Clipped from thehayride.comWSJ Offshore Oil Inspections Piece Misses The Mark On Drilling RegulationEditor’s Note: Our buddy Steve Maley told us he got his heartrate up a little upon reading a piece in the Wall Street Journal last week on the challenges facing the federal government’s efforts to regulate offshore oil drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill. He asked us to publish his...
Dec 8th
RT @iowahawkblog: Gallup: Assange leads Obama 68%-26% in early poll of likely Dem primary voters
Dec 8th