AREA |
LAST COUNT DATE |
COUNT |
CHANGE FROM PRIOR COUNT |
DATE OF PRIOR COUNT |
CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR |
DATE OF LAST YEARS COUNT |
UNITED STATES |
5/17/13 |
1769 |
+0 | 5/10/13 |
-217 |
5/18/12 |
CANADA |
5/17/13 |
118 | +5 |
5/10/13 |
0 |
5/18/12 |
USA OFFSHORE |
5/17/13 |
52 |
+2 | 5/10/13 |
+5 |
5/18/12 |
INTERNATIONAL |
04/2013 |
1301 |
+33 |
3/2013 |
+123 |
4/2012 |
World Oilfield Forum
Nov. 16th
Many of you might have noticed Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the news lately as investors have asked that Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon step down under allegations of corporate misconduct. It seems investors found improprieties with McClendon selling Chesapeake…
ContinueAdded by Drilling Ahead on November 16, 2012 at 6:00am — 36 Comments
It's early in the new year and already we are seeing a number of catastrophic drilling accidents which include blowouts and deaths.…
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Oil and Gas drilling has seen its ups and downs through the years. The phrase "Boom or Bust"must originate with the drilling industry, because things are either always balls to the wall going fast or so slow that workers are having to sell everything they have acquired just to survive.
Roughnecks have always been a resilient people willing to give a hard days work for a good days pay. Tough oilfield work has always attracted men from all walks of life. College educated professionals…
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What it's Like To Be Oilfield Trash
Everyday the headlines read something about the hardships hard-working American men are causing on cities and towns where drilling is occurring.
In Pennsylvania a Congressmen accuses oilfield workers of spreading sexually transmitted disease among his "womenfolks" as he calls them. The issue to him was never
"What were the womenfolks of his community doing dropping their panties for these oilfield workers" or "maybe it was…
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Several years ago we had a post topic
"Things You Won't Hear On A Drilling Rig"
I have re-posted a few of the answers here and hope you guys visiting will add a few of your own-Enjoy!
Things You Won't Hear On A Drilling Rig
"No Thanks, we're all on a…
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Has the advent of the internet advanced Americas collective intelligence or has the internet made us one of the most ignorant nations in the world? Never in our history has so much information been available to the fingertips of anyone with a keyboard and an internet connection, unfortunately much of this "information" is… Continue
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I have been reading through a presentation on a new fracing technique that uses LP gas instead of water. With the EPA trying to outlaw conventional frac techniques I could see where this new technology could really take off. here is a link to the…
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The Truth vs. Media Misconceptions
"Flow Estimates"
"BP and/or the government has lied to us since the start about the amount of oil entering the Gulf of Mexico."
This seems to be the most popular misconception out there. My understanding is in the beginning BP actually made…
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I have started this blog as a place for everyone to post any off topic stuff concerning the Deepwater Horizon spill and efforts to contain it.
Some think BP is doing a good job-others think they are not doing enough.
Some appreciate all the efforts with containment domes and the likes while others call them crazy worthless time-wasting ideas.
What do you think of…
ContinueAdded by Drilling Ahead on May 15, 2010 at 4:00pm — 68 Comments
August 19, 2009 Dear Mr. Hagen,Continue
Thank you for your email regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454). Please know I strongly oppose H.R. 2454, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your concern with me. As you know I am a strong supporter of…
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Some things in life just don’t make any sense. No matter how many times you toss them around in your head, examine them from different angles and try to find the logic, they just don’t pan out.
On a small-scale, a case in point would be my wife’s sense of time. In our bedroom she keeps the alarm clock set 20 minutes ahead of every clock in the house. Somehow, she says, it makes her feel like she is getting more sleep. Now I have objectively tossed this one…
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