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re: When does Drill Baby Drill really start?

Posted on 7/11/25 at 6:21 am to
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22745 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 6:21 am to
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When does Drill Baby Drill really start?

You'd have to ask those who work in the oil business if there is still a lot of drill baby drill acreage to drill? Look at a satellite photo of West Texas and West North Dakota. Those areas are pretty drilled baby drilled. New fields discovered on the north slope of Alaska or in the Gulf of America will take years to develop if they exist.
Posted by jbdawgs03
Athens
Member since Oct 2017
12578 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 6:26 am to
TDS brain rot
Posted by OMWsux
Member since Jan 2015
184 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 6:31 am to
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Look at a satellite photo of West Texas and West North Dakota. Those areas are pretty drilled baby drilled. New fields discovered on the north slope of Alaska or in the Gulf of America will take years to develop if they exist.


This. It is uncomfortable realization that most, if not all, of U.S. unconventional basins are quickly running out of economic acreage inventory.

Oil and gas prices will need to increase to justify drilling marginal wells.

Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13571 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 6:59 am to
Keystone XL was never finished.
Posted by lsuguy84
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2009
26388 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 7:01 am to
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Superintendent

Name checks out
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27608 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 7:01 am to
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Why has the Keystone pipeline not gone back online?


Keystone Pipeline has been operating.

Maybe you’re thinking of Keystone XL? That project is dead. TC Energy said screw it after the Biden Administration fricked them over. Funny thing is…less politically charged pipelines have taken its place. So honestly not a big need for that one project anymore.

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Oil prices are still too high, according to the article the rig counts are almost 50 less rigs than this time last year.


If oil prices are “still too high”, you’d see operators adding rigs instead of dropping them. Hopefully the shale industry is finally smart enough to not drill themselves into bankruptcy again.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27608 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 7:01 am to
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Why would an oil company want to drill Wells when prices are low? They will drill just enough Wells to keep production steady. Until prices stay in the 70 to 75 range they will not add rigs.


Bingo.
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
21490 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 7:06 am to
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Shhhh... You're not supposed to notice that fuel prices are still high. Just take it and shut up, just like an entire blackmail underage sex operation that didn't exist...

You're only supposed to talk about Jasmine Crockett and ICE raids



Posted by roll to victory
Hoover, AL
Member since Aug 2018
1581 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:18 am to
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And the Keystone pipeline has been in continuous operation for more than a decade.



False

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Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
16044 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:21 am to
Drill baby drill only makes sense with high oil prices

Oil prices are not high

Trump knew that. Some voters didn’t

IYKYK
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27608 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:23 am to
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False

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You asked about the Keystone Pipeline in your original post, not the Keystone XL project that you linked to.

TBoy was correct in his/her reply to you. The Keystone Pipeline has been in service for over ten years.

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The Keystone Pipeline is a North American petroleum-transport system designed to distribute bitumen (asphalt) and synthetic crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to various locations in Canada and the United States, where these preliminary petroleum products can then be processed into oil and gas for consumers. The pipeline is owned and operated by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada Corporation) of Calgary, Alberta, one of North America’s largest suppliers of natural gas. The first part of the system went into operation in 2010, connecting harvesting facilities in the Canadian city of Hardisty, Alberta, with pumping stations in Illinois and Nebraska.

In February 2011, TransCanada completed one of three planned expansions of the Keystone Pipeline. Known as the Cushing Extension, this expansion added pipeline to connect the pumping stations in Steele City, Nebraska, with a distribution and pumping center in Cushing, Oklahoma. Another expansion, known as the Gulf Coast Project, was completed nearly three years later, in January 2014, connecting the Cushing facilities with refineries in Nederland, Texas. By August 2016, construction had been completed on the Houston Lateral Project, a forty-eight-mile adjunct connecting the Cushing–Nederland pipeline to Houston refineries, and TransCanada Corporation was still hoping to add an additional expansion, the Keystone XL, which would connect Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City via a more direct route, thereby increasing the transport capacity between these major petroleum hubs. President Barack Obama had formally rejected the proposal for the Keystone XL pipeline extension in November 2015, citing that its construction would undercut US commitments to fighting climate change; the Donald Trump administration renewed interest in the proposal, and thus the debate, in 2017. Trump authorized a new permit for Keystone XL in March 2019, which was subsequently revoked by President Joe Biden in January 2021.


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Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27608 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:25 am to
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Trump knew that. Some voters didn’t


Politicians on both sides have learned there's a higher rate of success the more they placate to the ignorant masses, rather than actual informed voters.

It's way you hear less detailed policy talk during campaigns and much more "rah rah" fluff. And for politicians on the Right, the energy independence and drill baby drill stuff has paid dividends.
This post was edited on 7/11/25 at 8:26 am
Posted by Nephropidae
Brentwood
Member since Nov 2018
2737 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:32 am to
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Moreover, the quality of available wells is diminishing, making it increasingly impractical to pursue lower-cost oil extraction. Despite persistent claims about the abundance of oil in the U.S., the Permian Basin is no longer the golden opportunity it once was, signaling the waning of the onshore oil boom in the U.S. Consequently, the industry is poised to pivot back to offshore drilling, which entails greater risks and higher costs. The reality is that the future of U.S. oil production will require a recalibration towards more challenging and expensive projects.
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Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
6165 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:34 am to
The government does not drill oil, they remove regulations. Oil companies will decide how and when they drill, increase production etc.

You can't be this dumb.
Posted by SCwTiger
armpit of 'merica
Member since Aug 2014
6895 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:50 am to
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Trump knew that. Some voters didn’t


He knew what to say to the uninformed to get their support. Of course he's in favor of it, but also knows the economical drivers you all mention here.

Just a question for all you O&G guys: Does the Haynesville shale vein run down into central La? I have an uncle who's an independent driller around the Tullos area and is very versed in all O&G matters, and he told me that exploration would eventually come into the area. Thanks
Posted by TigerPlate
North Dallas
Member since Dec 2023
529 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:03 am to
I don't follow the price per barrel. I use the price per gallon to fill up my truck's voracious appetite for that stuff. $2.38 a gallon at Sam's Club. I did read that the price for the leases has been drastically reduced to encourage drilling. Need to build more refineries as well. There is a lot of untapped energy in Alaska if they just open it up to exploration. Drilling is so much sophisticated than in the old days and much cleaner.
Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
1927 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:18 am to
i couldn't finish your newsweek article due to the number pop up ads and i think it may have given my computer aids!
Posted by Thecoz
Member since Dec 2018
3872 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:21 am to
Link to a map

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Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
4930 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:30 am to
In the accounting field. Hearing a lot of the of the fossil fuel related clients that had been having cash flow issues are now paying a lot of past due bills to ramp up their activities again. Investor/lending cash started coming in after they finally saw what the BBB ended up looking like. Having so much of the clean energy subsidies gutted made things look a lot better for them. Takes a little while to get those projects moving though
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22745 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:38 am to
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this


Just go all in on nuclear now.
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