Prices & supplies - Apr 28
by Staff
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Ultra-low-sulfur diesel powers most U.S. trucks and diesel- burning cars. To make the fuel, refiners are buying more-costly low-sulfur oils such as the West Texas Intermediate crude traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, said Verleger, president of PKVerleger LLC, in an interview.
Tapping what may be the biggest oil finds in the Western Hemisphere in three decades will require equipment that can withstand 18,000 pounds per square inch of pressure, enough to crush a pickup truck, pipes that can carry oil at temperatures above 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 Celsius) and drill bits that can penetrate layers of salt more than one mile thick. It mentions an estimate of 33 billion barrels of oil, but does not mention whether this refers to "ultimately recoverable reserves" or just the total of oil down there. No mention of EROI to produce this stuff from 6 miles down. And 33 billion barrels is only about 2% of the estimated total of producible oil remaining on the planet. |
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