Not necessarily. Maybe thinking is the opposite of talking for you, but I frequently find that I get my best ideas bouncing them off of one or two other competent people, discussing the benefits and hazards of a few different approaches.
Now, once I have decided on the best idea, yes, leave me alone to write it up, but taking 10 minutes to make sure what I'm writing is the best approach is a far more efficient method in my book than saving those 10 minutes and writing up a worse plan.
Or, you know, have an emergency fund?
I didn't realize there was no middle ground between independently wealthy and paycheck-to-paycheck. I wonder which one that makes me? I could probably go 5 or 6 years before I was unable to pay my bills, but I expect to live for another 60 years.
Yup, in many areas we do reuse our own wastewater. There are limits to it due to chemical compatibility with the waste already in the water and the salinity, but my Big Oil company uses a majority recycled water in about half our North America fields, and has evaluated it in all of them.
It is more effective in that it is the only way economically possible at any reasonable multiple of current gas prices. With pure water, you would pressure out your pumps long before you could fracture the formation. The friction pressure in the pipe would be 10x what it is with the chemicals. Even without the pressure you have to overcome at the bottom of the hole, I want you to imagine pumping 60 bpm (2520 gal/min) through a 3 mile long 4" ID pipe.
No, Pennsylvania is not the only place, but it is by far one of the shallowest and most naturally fractured/faulted. One would expect groundwater contamination to be more likely there than in any other area I know of.
Agreed. Oil and gas loves the military. In addition to the similarities you've mentioned, throw in experience making command decisions at 2am after being woken up from a dead sleep and understanding what it means to work safely in an environment where carelessness could get you or, worse, somebody else killed.
You do realize that people made road trips and had entertainment well before smart phones, tablets or even the Internet was invented, right?
You really will survive without it. Believe it or not, there was a time when there was no Internet at all! Yet, Human beings still made road trips, and raised their children without killing them. Even were capable of educating themselves.
I'm really not sure how the tablet your kid is staring at while you were focused on driving helped. You were focused on driving right? Or are you telling us that you are exactly the problem that needs correcting?
Amazingly enough, they allow women to drive, too, these days. Did it really never occur to you that maybe he was working while his wife drove, and the only other option was not to take the vacation at all? That's the only way I can read the GP.
Umm.... no? Good cementing practices will seal off the freshwater aquifers. In some plays this is more difficult than in others, but it's nonsense to say that it can't be done right, only that many states are trying to regulate the wrong things to ensure that it is.
I would have called it "forcing users" myself. As soon as you logged in, the screen came up and said your password was expired and to please set a new one.
How is combusting methane better than combusting other hydrocarbons?
Apparently not what the gp meant, but combusting methane (CH4) is, in fact, better than ethane (C2H6), which is better than propane (C3H8), etc. As the chain gets longer, the ratio of C/H gets higher, resulting in more CO2 being released for the same amount of energy produced.
This. My point was not that it burns some amazingly large amount of fuel. My point was that it's not negligible, and it's stupid to say that it releases no fuel.
Hydraulic fracturing does not release CO2, burning fuels does.
OK, I work in the industry. I am pro-hydraulic fracturing. But, how exactly do you think hydraulic fracturing works? It's a very energy-intensive process. On a fairly low end frac in a gas shale, you're trying to force 2500 gpm down a 2 mile long 4.5" ID pipe against 8000 psi of pressure. You burn a lot of diesel doing that. A ballpark number for a well in my field (which is much more difficult - higher rate, longer pipe, smaller ID, and higher pressure) is 80 kgal of diesel. Luckily, it only happens once for most wells, so if you average it out over the 20 year life of the well it's not bad, but it's actually all happening in about a week.
Don't ruin a good comment with glaringly obvious incorrect facts.
For the record, back when I took it, my TaeKwonDo instructor made it very clear that it was going to be worth very little in a real fight. I'd almost argue it has a negative effect, because you condition yourself to aim for the most ineffective spots.
The Jujitsu (weeping style and Brazilian style) he taught us when he got bored might be a little more helpful, but was still conditioned at getting yourself free long enough to run.
We used to be limited to 100 MB until this summer. It never bothered me if I was in the office, but if I went on vacation for a week, I had to clean out inbox/sentbox down to 0 before I left because I was liable to get 75 MB or more worth of email while I was gone.
And the fact that breathing H2S can kill you? I did point out that it's not only bad for the casing. The stuff has an OEL of 20 ppm. It starts getting deadly well before reaching 1%.
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Not necessarily. Maybe thinking is the opposite of talking for you, but I frequently find that I get my best ideas bouncing them off of one or two other competent people, discussing the benefits and hazards of a few different approaches.
Now, once I have decided on the best idea, yes, leave me alone to write it up, but taking 10 minutes to make sure what I'm writing is the best approach is a far more efficient method in my book than saving those 10 minutes and writing up a worse plan.
Or, you know, have an emergency fund? I didn't realize there was no middle ground between independently wealthy and paycheck-to-paycheck. I wonder which one that makes me? I could probably go 5 or 6 years before I was unable to pay my bills, but I expect to live for another 60 years.
It was not about spilling coffee while driving. The car was in park.
It depends on your definition of early. I find that the roads are quite nice heading to work at 6am.
Yup, in many areas we do reuse our own wastewater. There are limits to it due to chemical compatibility with the waste already in the water and the salinity, but my Big Oil company uses a majority recycled water in about half our North America fields, and has evaluated it in all of them.
It is more effective in that it is the only way economically possible at any reasonable multiple of current gas prices. With pure water, you would pressure out your pumps long before you could fracture the formation. The friction pressure in the pipe would be 10x what it is with the chemicals. Even without the pressure you have to overcome at the bottom of the hole, I want you to imagine pumping 60 bpm (2520 gal/min) through a 3 mile long 4" ID pipe.
No, Pennsylvania is not the only place, but it is by far one of the shallowest and most naturally fractured/faulted. One would expect groundwater contamination to be more likely there than in any other area I know of.
If your internet + cell phone bill is higher than 2% of your AGI, you've got a problem.
Agreed. Oil and gas loves the military. In addition to the similarities you've mentioned, throw in experience making command decisions at 2am after being woken up from a dead sleep and understanding what it means to work safely in an environment where carelessness could get you or, worse, somebody else killed.
You do realize that people made road trips and had entertainment well before smart phones, tablets or even the Internet was invented, right?
You really will survive without it. Believe it or not, there was a time when there was no Internet at all! Yet, Human beings still made road trips, and raised their children without killing them. Even were capable of educating themselves.
I'm really not sure how the tablet your kid is staring at while you were focused on driving helped. You were focused on driving right? Or are you telling us that you are exactly the problem that needs correcting?
Amazingly enough, they allow women to drive, too, these days. Did it really never occur to you that maybe he was working while his wife drove, and the only other option was not to take the vacation at all? That's the only way I can read the GP.
Hence the comment about states needing to regulate the proper things.
Umm.... no? Good cementing practices will seal off the freshwater aquifers. In some plays this is more difficult than in others, but it's nonsense to say that it can't be done right, only that many states are trying to regulate the wrong things to ensure that it is.
Indeed. I fully approve. I just wanted to make it clear that they didn't just send an email that asked nicely.
I would have called it "forcing users" myself. As soon as you logged in, the screen came up and said your password was expired and to please set a new one.
How is combusting methane better than combusting other hydrocarbons?
Apparently not what the gp meant, but combusting methane (CH4) is, in fact, better than ethane (C2H6), which is better than propane (C3H8), etc. As the chain gets longer, the ratio of C/H gets higher, resulting in more CO2 being released for the same amount of energy produced.
"Releases no CO2" or "burns no fuel", not "releases no fuel." Releasing no fuel is a fairly low bar that should be attainable on every frac.
This. My point was not that it burns some amazingly large amount of fuel. My point was that it's not negligible, and it's stupid to say that it releases no fuel.
Hydraulic fracturing does not release CO2, burning fuels does.
OK, I work in the industry. I am pro-hydraulic fracturing. But, how exactly do you think hydraulic fracturing works? It's a very energy-intensive process. On a fairly low end frac in a gas shale, you're trying to force 2500 gpm down a 2 mile long 4.5" ID pipe against 8000 psi of pressure. You burn a lot of diesel doing that. A ballpark number for a well in my field (which is much more difficult - higher rate, longer pipe, smaller ID, and higher pressure) is 80 kgal of diesel. Luckily, it only happens once for most wells, so if you average it out over the 20 year life of the well it's not bad, but it's actually all happening in about a week.
Don't ruin a good comment with glaringly obvious incorrect facts.
For the record, back when I took it, my TaeKwonDo instructor made it very clear that it was going to be worth very little in a real fight. I'd almost argue it has a negative effect, because you condition yourself to aim for the most ineffective spots. The Jujitsu (weeping style and Brazilian style) he taught us when he got bored might be a little more helpful, but was still conditioned at getting yourself free long enough to run.
We used to be limited to 100 MB until this summer. It never bothered me if I was in the office, but if I went on vacation for a week, I had to clean out inbox/sentbox down to 0 before I left because I was liable to get 75 MB or more worth of email while I was gone.
I thought most policies cover suicides if the policy has been in place for several years beforehand anyway.
I have to think that given that budget, what he means is this is what we have left over for tech upgrades. At least I hope that's what he means.
Incidentally, there's also a considerable difference between 220 km and 220 kph.
I haven't coded since college, but I'm guessing that PLM is the "program logic manuals" referred to in the previous sentence.
And the fact that breathing H2S can kill you? I did point out that it's not only bad for the casing. The stuff has an OEL of 20 ppm. It starts getting deadly well before reaching 1%.