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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> By present methods it takes nearly as much energy to extract gasoline from 
> oil shale and oil sand as you get in the final product.  You are only burning up 
> vast amounts of energy to change forms of energy.

True, hence the need for better, more efficient, technology.

> >
> As to new discoveries, you probably heard of the Jack 2 tauted recently in 
> the Gulf. 

This is what I referred to when I talked about ultra deep wells.

 Large oil wells are called Kings, smaller ones are Queens, and still
> smaller ones are Jacks. 

I did not know that...cool.  Thanks.


 Jack 1 was almost dry.  Jack two might,  (that's
> MIGHT) yield as much as 15 billion barrels of oil ( or as little as 300 million).  
> How much oil is that?  The world uses 82 million barrels of oil a day ... 
> even IF that well could be successfully pumped, and IF it yielded the very 
> maximum estimate, and IF you could get it from the deep well site to on shore 
> pipelines ... all those if's  ..... that well couldn't supply the world oil but for 
> six months.

Hmmm.  The assessments I have read have touted the supply at Jack 2 much 
higher than what you obviously have read.

Bev
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