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2019-02-14 Economy

Report: Texas crude oil production breaks 1970s record

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-14 12:37|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 You have to wonder why we don't blockade the mighty Straits of Hormuz.

Posted by Matt 2019-02-14 12:56|| 2019-02-14 12:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I think there are a couple of pipelines in the ... pipeline ... sorry that should further increase the output.

Posted by Bobby 2019-02-14 15:33|| 2019-02-14 15:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a perfect time to walk away from fossil fuels. /sarc

Posted by Airandee 2019-02-14 17:44|| 2019-02-14 17:44|| Front Page Top

#4 US petroleum resurgence to global prominence is transient. Each big advance (offshore, deep water, fracking) starts here, gets fully developed, and moves elsewhere. Right now we are king of fracking, but in a few years it will be Russia or China or KSA etc. As long as it's somewhere the global economy will tick along (more or less): the sh*t will only really hit the fan when we run out of advances and places to use them. It will happen, though we may still have another cycle or two, by which time we had better have come up with serious alternative energy sources.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-02-14 18:10|| 2019-02-14 18:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Ref #4: Welcome to the oil patch.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-14 18:31|| 2019-02-14 18:31|| Front Page Top

#6 We have serious alternative energy sources - nuclear. However, the Luddites would we rather freeze and starve. BTW, that big thermonuclear generator in the sky has been going for a long time, and is responsible for skin cancer (thus not the 'safe' alternative the usual suspects claim it is).

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-02-14 18:56|| 2019-02-14 18:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, Besoeker, I just retired after 36 years in the oil patch.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-02-14 19:51|| 2019-02-14 19:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Happy retirement, Glen

Posted by Frank G 2019-02-14 20:00|| 2019-02-14 20:00|| Front Page Top

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