tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post6760057818320647606..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: New York state shale gas: Not so muchKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-52496418888531289282014-05-03T13:10:47.509-04:002014-05-03T13:10:47.509-04:00Mexico is one of the 10 largest oil producers in t...Mexico is one of the 10 largest oil producers in the world, the third-largest in the Americas after the United States and Canada, and an important partner in the U.S. energy trade. However, Mexico's oil production has steadily decreased since 2005 as a result of natural production declines from Cantarell and other large offshore fields. <a href="http://www.ndubestexplorer.com/2014/04/mexico-is-among-largest-sources-of-us.html" rel="nofollow">Readmore</a>Michealhttp://www.ndubestexplorer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-455963901729780582014-04-29T10:47:15.418-04:002014-04-29T10:47:15.418-04:00The potential for shale gas in Europe is unclear a...The potential for shale gas in Europe is unclear at best. Of course, in some places, most notably France, hydraulic fracturing has been banned. In Poland, which at first appeared to have substantial quantities of shale gas, major oil companies who did test drilling have pulled out believing commercial quantities will not be large enough to warrant major investments.<br /><br />Governments in conjunction with drillers will certainly attempt to find viable pockets of shale gas and almost certainly they will find some. But, the idea that the quality of such deposits worldwide is uniform has now been abandoned. With the demise of the so-called "manufacturing model"--meaning any well sunk anywhere in any shale deposit will yield commercial quantities of oil and/or gas--we most now await more extensive drilling to determine where the sweet spots are.<br /><br />I suspect that the quantities of shale gas produced in Europe will never be as large as they have been in the United States for reasons of government regulations on drilling--usually much stricter than in the United States--and poorer quality deposits.Kurt Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-40957278400316603462014-04-29T03:21:48.508-04:002014-04-29T03:21:48.508-04:00BTW what do you think about the european shale gas...BTW what do you think about the european shale gas potential? <br />I saw lot of articles discussing shale gas (under europe) as an alternative to russian gas without really touching the economics aspects of actually obtaining them (shale gas).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-9693328162010514202014-04-27T14:36:07.024-04:002014-04-27T14:36:07.024-04:00Some months ago I listened to an 'expert' ...Some months ago I listened to an 'expert' from Toronto speak on CBC Radio about these fantastic natural gas finds in NYS. His pitch appeared to be that America would have gas for as you say, many years into the future. And that Natural Gas prices would be rock bottom in north America for years to come.<br />Thank you for an excellent article.cannuck21https://www.blogger.com/profile/14303392073940820106noreply@blogger.com