Ron Patterson is a retired computer engineer. He worked in Saudi Arabia for five years, two years at the Ghazlan Power Plant near Ras Tanura and three years with Aramco in Ras Tanura and Safaniya. He worked a short time as a stockbroker and a commodities broker but found the business did not suit his talents and returned to the computer industry in 1987. He spent the last 17 years of his career at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. He retired in 2004.
Oil output (crude plus condensate or C+C) is likely to peak by 2020 (or may have peaked already in 2015 or 2016). Electric Vehicles (EVs)…
Jean Laherrere has posted the following charts and comments on Bakken and World oil reserves. EIA proved reserves on Bakken (ND + Montana) plus cumulative…
North Dakota just released their production numbers for the Bakken as well as for all North Dakota. (Click to enlarge)The numbers are shocking. The Bakken…
The EIA has just released its Short-Term Energy Outlook. Some of their projections should be taken with a grain of salt because they usually change…
The railroad commission of Texas released September output data a few weeks ago and Dean Fantazzini made an estimate of the “corrected” data for crude…
Bakken oil production was down 10,119 barrels per day in September and all North Dakota production was down 10,353 bpd in September. Bakken production continues…
My previous post on an energy transition promised to consider the level of climate change that might be associated with such an Energy Transition. Rather…
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has recently reported new data for oil and natural gas output through August 2016. Dean Fantazzini has kindly shared…
Rystad Energy has published an interesting article claiming that the U.S. has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia… if you include shale oil. A new…
(Click to enlarge) Dean has provided his monthly update for Texas Oil and Natural Gas. The most recent month’s estimate is often volatile and may…
North Dakota has just come out with their oil production numbers for July 2016. Bakken production was up by 3,046 barrels per day while all…
The new OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with crude only production numbers for August 2016. All charts are through August 2016. (Click to…
In this post, I will address 3 topics relating to the Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico – 1. Historical oil production2. One view of the…
The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) reported June crude plus condensate (C+C) output on August 12, 2016. North Dakota(ND) Bakken/Three Forks (BTF) output fell by…
The Bakken and North Dakota production data is out. (Click to enlarge)Bakken production was up 6,540 barrels per day while all North Dakota production was…
The new OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with crude only production numbers for June 2016. OPEC added Gabon to its member countries this…
I have considered an alternative way of estimating Texas oil (C+C) output using the Drilling info data provided in the EIA’s 914 monthly production reports.The…
Dean has shared his estimates for Texas Oil and Natural Gas output. Texas (TX) C+C output was revised lower by -10, -17, -22, -18, and…
The Bakken and North Dakota production data is out. Big surprise. The Bakken was down 69,420 barrels per day in April while all North Dakota…
The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out, showing OPEC crude only production numbers for May, 2016. I have compared these numbers with those…