Monthly Archives: December 2010

Small producer waits on deepwater permits 70+ days; standby cost $330K per day. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/jurl

Link: Small producer waits on deepwater permits 70+ days; standby cost $330K per day. #rsrh But at least the rig crew is getting awfully good at solitaire.

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 … Continue reading →

Link: Gasoline marketer sees a chance of $150 oil by summer. #rsrh 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

Link: S. Baldwin v K. Costner lawsuit over oil centrifuge flim-flam. #rsrh 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 … Continue reading →

Link: Oil futures above $90, highest since ’08, as stockpiles fall. #rsrh In other, completely unrelated news, GoM oil production is down by 355,000 barrels per day in the last six months.

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 … Continue reading →

Link: #rsrh Ahnold makes a pitch for Energy Czar, mit de fracking and de drilling and what-have-you. Clipped from thehayride.com Get Ready To Absolutely Despise Arnold Schwarzenegger For the last two years, we’ve been subjected to the vagaries of Obama’s … Continue reading →

Link: Another victory for the Turducken Safety Admin. #rsrh Clipped from http://www.theadvertiser.com Suspect package holds up airport As airport security becomes more of a concern during the holiday travel season, travelers will be seeing delays of all sorts. But an … Continue reading →

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