Stories tagged with "geology"

Report from 33d Intl. Geology Congress in Norway (By Charlie Hall)

Posted by Nate Hagens on August 25, 2008 - 11:00am
Topic: Geology/Exploration
Tags: charles hall, colin campbell, geology, ipcc, jean laherrère, original, peak oil [list all tags]

Below is an email sent by Professor Charles Hall from SUNY-Syracuse detailing his recent trip to an international Geology conference in Norway. Though written for his friends and colleagues, I thought the details and insights he shared from his trip to Norway would be worth sharing with the TOD readership, particularly the comments on peak oil and climate change. Charlie also tells me he has a new paper published next week on EROI economics which I will format and post here.

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It's CERA Week -- Houston, we have a problem

Posted by Dave Cohen on February 16, 2007 - 1:15pm
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: above ground, cera, deepwater, geology, stochastic [list all tags]

It is CERA Week and, consequently, there is a steady stream of nonsense emanating from Houston. In this brief note, I will talk a bit more about what the concept Peak Oil is.

My remarks are in reaction to Running out of oil may not be the issue at all by Kristen Hays, reporting in the Houston Chronicle on February 14th on statements by John Watson, head of international exploration and production for Chevron, at the CERA conference.

All the talk of when the world will run out of oil could be rendered irrelevant because of geopolitical issues that block access to untapped reserves, the head of international exploration and production for Chevron Corp. said Wednesday.
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