Broken Links and Stale Thoughts

Old entries from my weblog on geophysics and the energy industry.
2009.11: Hot in the Arctic.

2009.10: ConocoPhillips gets smaller.

2009.09: A good year for new discoveries.

2009.08: Occidental California.

2009.07: Mixed signals.

2009.06: Cost of doing business.

2009.05: Migration improves subsalt imaging.

2009.04: Sort of beats low expectations.

2009.03: Penny Pennzoil.

2009.02: Rough year ahead.

2009.01: Oil prices plunge.

2008.12: Hitting the pause button.

2008.11: Like a hamster trapped on a wheel.

2008.10: Raising the caution flag.

2008.09: Ike.

2008.08: The Gang of 10.

2008.07: Oil markets stay tight.

2008.06: The politics of oil.

2008.05: Future supply worry.

2008.04: Supply jitters.

2008.03: Mismanagement of the U.S. economy.

2008.02: Growing pains.

2008.01: Stealth giants.

2007.12: Tired of seismic testing.

2007.11: Wavefield and TGS.

2007.10: Growth slows.

2007.09: Is that a cation or an anion?

2007.08: A slow August.

2007.07: $70 oil might stick.

2007.06: Huge demand for seismic vessels.

2007.05: Profits rise.

2007.04: Seismic firms see business skyrocket.

2007.03: Inducing earthquakes with super seismic.

2007.02: A new tax on energy.

2007.01: Capping and trading carbon emissions.

2006.12: Democrats plan inquiries.

2006.11: Evergreen pieces.

2006.10: Potential concerns.

2006.09: CGG-Veritas.

2006.08: It's only just begun.

2006.07: A fish video.

2006.06: Anadarko's double deal.

2006.05: Inconvenient truths.

2006.04: Oil outrage.

2006.03: Lost language drains billions.

2006.02: Cutting foreign dependence.

2006.01: Finding the Moho with high explosives.

2005.12: A sexy geophysicist.

2005.11: Ocean noise.

2005.10: Love of the oil industry.

2005.09: Hurricanes in the Gulf.

2005.08: Hurricane Katrina hits.

2005.07: Thunder Horse is tipsy.

2005.06: Unocal's suitors.

2005.05: Keiiti Aki is dead.

2005.04: A distorted wavefront.

2005.03: Napoleon Dynamite, jug hustler.

2005.02: More on MEMS.

2005.01: Pity the poor Maurice Ewing.

2004.12: Yukos auction.

2004.11: Deviled Tasmanian whales.

2004.10: Ivan's impact.

2004.09: Hurricane Ivan.

2004.08: Trolling for oil.

2004.07: No new boom?

2004.06: Reserves growing at healthy pace.

2004.05: I/O to buy GX.

2004.04: Too much money chasing too few prospects.

2004.03: Oil prices push past $38 a barrel.

2004.02: High hopes for deep well fall short.

2004.01: Overbooked reserves.

2003.12: No catalyst for sustainable improvement.

2003.11: Imaging deep gas.

2003.10: Whales get decompression sickness?

2003.09: Deep shelf gas hot.

2003.08: Vast drilling depths.

2003.07: Warren Buffett to the rescue!

2003.06: He doesn't like panhandling, doesn't like bottle picking.

2003.05: More news from the war on whales.

2003.04: Stranded whales die in Florida.

2003.03: Chicken Little Logic.

2003.02: Oil prices go up, oil companies go down.

2003.01: Computing power standing by.

2002.12: Generating quality prospects.

2002.11: Trans-Alaska pipeline withstands earthquake.

2002.10: Beyond petroleum?

2002.09: Shooting sperm whales.

2002.08: Deep and risky.

2002.07: Board withdraws support.

2002.06: The Seitel soap opera.

2002.05: Lena the seismic babe.

2002.04: Geotrace/Ensign.

2002.03: Thinking about John Ewing.

2002.02: Vector supercomputing is dead.

2002.01: Earnings and budgets.

2001.12: More volatility.

2001.11: ConocoPhillipsPGSVeritasDGC.

2001.10: Geco Sapphire sinks.

2001.09: Getting back to normal.

2001.09: Chevron To cut workforce.

2001.08: Mitchell Energy buyout.

2001.08: Next generation seismic modeling.

2001.07: Another analyst cuts forecasts.

2001.06: Focused global warming research.

2001.05: The energy plan.

2001.04: Greenhouse gases and know-nothing Greens.

2001.03: Anisotropy and C-wave reflections.

2001.02: Stone Age technologies.

2001.01: Good times in the oilfield.

2000.12: The emerging technology revolution.

2000.11: Insatiable appetite for petroleum.

2000.10: John Castagna and ChevronTexaco.

2000.09: Strategic Petroleum Reserve flip-flop.

2000.09: Imaging-SEG Project meeting.

2000.08: God bless the seismic contractors.

2000.07: Not-so-deep thoughts.

2000.06: Gasoline prices.

2000.04: Arthur Weglein.

2000.03: Multicomponent acquisition.


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