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	<description>Oil and Gas Exploration, Wildcatting, Drilling, Development and Operations</description>
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		<title>FRACING IS CAUSING EARTHQUAKES?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, to quote an entertainer we all know, I’m going to respond to this with half my brain tied behind my back. Environmental groups with radical agendas have claimed that fracing in Ohio is causing earthquakes. I wonder what they base this revelation on. Whatever it is, it is enough to get the attention of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRACING AND RESIDENTIAL SANITATION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First let’s clear up the minor points that make it clear the environmental groups and media lack any reasonable understanding of the hydro fracturing procedure. These two groups spell the procedure “Fracking”. The term “Fracing” is short for Hydro fracturing. There is no “K” in this industry term spelled “Fracing”. Also the environmental and media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWO QUESTIONS DEFINE HOW FAR WE HAVE DRIFTED FROM WHAT MADE US GREAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prudhoe Bay oil field was discovered March 12th, 1968.  The field is the largest in North America, and covers 213, 543 acres.  Greater Prudhoe Bay field originally held 25 billion barrels of oil and 26 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. An 800 mile heated pipeline had to be built across arctic tundra to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ENERGY CONTINGENCY POLICY</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent event s in Egypt demonstrate the speed with which revolution can transform governments once seen to hold absolute power.   Yet to be revealed is how fast revolution can spread throughout a diverse and troubled region, and what form of government will ultimately rule the most strategic nations in the world.  Perhaps democratic governments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil</title>
		<link>http://blackstar231.com/blog/?p=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peak Oil refers to the time when world oil production starts an irreversible decline. Many say that time has already passed, while others say it is in our near future. I want to examine Peak Oil from a different perspective. Most of the available opinions are based on reserve and production data collected from highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INVESTING IN THE GREATEST GAME ON EARTH</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being the most capital intensive enterprise on the planet, the oil and gas business is perpetually searching for more capital. Even the major oil companies seek joint venture partners, and oil and gas investors to spread the risk of exploration over multiple oil and gas projects. Medium to large independent oil and gas companies raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Petroleum Demand</title>
		<link>http://blackstar231.com/blog/?p=33</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Total U.S. demand for petroleum liquids rounds to 21 million barrels per day. Our domestic production rounds to 6 million barrels per day, so we import about 70% of our oil. About 60% of our total demand is used to make motor fuels for transportation needs. If every internal combustion engine in the U.S. ran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Tax Changes Bad For Everyone Except Foreign Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROPOSED CHANGES AFFECTING OIL AND GAS INVESTORS BAD FOR CONSUMERS In an effort to raise tax revenue, the Obama administration is searching every source of commerce and consumption activity. The &#8220;No New Taxes on people making less than $250K&#8221; went by the wayside with the large new tax on tobacco products. This establishes the criteria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Price Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An important part of the equation is absent from the discussion of where oil prices are heading. This missing component is the decline in the now aging super giant oil fields of the world. These fields account for a significant part of world supply. This story actually begins in 1986 when the price of oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Blacky&#8217;s Blog</title>
		<link>http://blackstar231.com/blog/?p=4</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Blacky&#8217;s Blog, where you will find pithy commentary and earthy insight into the oil patch and the people who populate it and the wells that are drilled in it and the oil that comes from those wells. It&#8217;s an exciting world in the oil patch, all the more so because of  its characters, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REALITY TELEVISION</title>
		<link>http://blackstar231.com/blog/?p=51</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blacky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last couple of seasons, a reality show that purports to represent the behavior of rig floor personnel has gained an audience. I have been asked if this show accurately portrays life on the drill floor. Well here is what I have to say about that. Drilling for oil and gas is one of the [...]]]></description>
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