Posts Tagged ‘ drilling ’

Prepare for the Rebound in Drilling

Aug 3rd, 2009 | By Byron King | Category: Energy, Featured
Do you remember this time last year? As spring turned to summer, energy prices were moving upward. By mid-July 2008, oil prices peaked at $147 per barrel. But as with Gen. Pickett and his famous charge at Gettysburg, that lofty level of $147 was the high-water mark for oil prices. By ...read more

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Black Gold of the North Sea

Jun 15th, 2009 | By Byron King | Category: Featured, Oil
"It's only gas," said the geologists. And wow, were they ever frustrated… The year was 1959. The geologists were in the Netherlands, near a small town named Groningen, at the southern edge of the North Sea. They worked for Shell and Esso (now Exxon Mobil) and were drilling a well. Instead ...read more

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Brazil Forward Looking on Oil Production

May 20th, 2009 | By Byron King | Category: Featured, Oil
I was in Houston this month, attending the Offshore Technology Conference. I have to confess that I’m humbled. Really, for as much as I think I know about the energy biz after a mere 30-plus years… a walk (a LONG walk, to be sure) around the packed floor of the ...read more

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