Just a quick reminder
First sentence of the abstract of an article by Gagnon, Hall, Brinker, 1999. Raises spectre of badly declining EROI.
Article added to ENERGY AND TRANSPORT PAGE.
Just a quick reminder … if your barrels require more and more energy to produce, you will need more and more barrels to maintain the same level of net energy.
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Saudi production down, rig count up
November 20, 2011, 15:55
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: depletion, OPEC, production, rig count, Saudi Arabia
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: depletion, OPEC, production, rig count, Saudi Arabia
That’s not an encouraging sign for the “all is well” team. We might expect some lag-time, however. Look at the graph. From 2005-7 the rig count shoots up as production falls. Then production shoots up while the rig count plateaus.
Graph from Stuart Staniford’s blog.
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