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re: New leak volume report
Posted on 5/13/10 at 8:50 pm to notiger1997
Posted on 5/13/10 at 8:50 pm to notiger1997
i don't believe NPR is making anything up; however, i heard the report this evening as well. it sounded to me like they had an academic view the tape and make an estimate -- so what exactly was this expert's qualifications? what school does he teach at? what department does he teach in? no specifics were offered.
this event involves a subject that i know a great deal about, and i have found most of the media reporting simplistic and slanted against the industry in general. not explicity by misstating facts, but more often by trying to relay a complex concept in simplistic terms, and phrased in such a way as to say "well, can you believe this stupidity! how can we allow such a thing?"
all i'm trying to say is that while most of the world thinks the oilfield is "just a bunch of idiots poking a hole in the ground and praying for goo" (mr. burns quote), this is actually an unbelievably complex operation and there's almost nothing simple about it. to paint it as such is a disservice to both the industry and the general public.
this event involves a subject that i know a great deal about, and i have found most of the media reporting simplistic and slanted against the industry in general. not explicity by misstating facts, but more often by trying to relay a complex concept in simplistic terms, and phrased in such a way as to say "well, can you believe this stupidity! how can we allow such a thing?"
all i'm trying to say is that while most of the world thinks the oilfield is "just a bunch of idiots poking a hole in the ground and praying for goo" (mr. burns quote), this is actually an unbelievably complex operation and there's almost nothing simple about it. to paint it as such is a disservice to both the industry and the general public.
Posted on 5/13/10 at 9:05 pm to oilfieldtiger
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so what exactly was this expert's qualifications? what school does he teach at? what department does he teach in? no specifics were offered.
"The analysis was conducted by Steve Wereley, an associate professor at Purdue University, using a technique called particle image velocimetry. Harris tells Michele Norris that the method is accurate to a degree of plus or minus 20 percent. That means the flow could range between 56,000 barrels a day and 84,000 barrels a day.
Another analysis by Eugene Chiang, a professor of astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley, calculated the rate of flow to be between 20,000 barrels a day and 100,000 barrels a day."
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