Comments on: 150+ Million Gallons of Oil Equivalent Found Near LA

By: Global Patriot

Global Patriot — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:11:42 +0000

While it’s a positive sign that there are still untapped reserves within the United States, such discoveries are few and far between, as the country has been mapped and explored for centuries and the truly big finds are being depleted.

By: MD

MD — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:38:54 +0000

Hmmm, in sunny California eh… so do they plan on using solar energy to produce steam? They could tap the oil and power steam turbines with solar made steam…

By: David - green thoughts

David - green thoughts — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:09:48 +0000

It is a modest discovery. More important, the longer we drag on the process of seeking more fossil fuel and using more fossil fuel, the more the earth will heat up. In the end, when the fossil fuel runs out, we will be caught in a hot, low-available-energy, dilemma.

Forethought may be called for.

By: bombula

bombula — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:24:24 +0000

“Subsurface oil there is too thick to work with easily, so it is injected with steam which heats the oil making it more viscous and easier to pump up to the surface.”

LESS viscous, not more.