Originally Posted by EdM
Originally Posted by stxhunter
most people have no idea what it takes to get that oil out of the ground.


Yep. There are the simple methods (hence risk) in Texas and the more complex such as this in Kazakhstan, my last oil extraction project sixty miles offshore in the Caspian Sea. Night and day do not remotely describe it. It is a world market, something too many folks do not grasp.

The "drilling rig".

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The living quarters.

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The wildlife. grin

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Kashagan?

Can't believe it's taken so long for that project to production. I was involved with the Parker Rig when they were drilling the first hole, 15 years ago. But considering what a cluster that was, I'm not surprised at the delays, and the cluster was on the part of the expats not the Kazakhs.

So is the field as nasty as predicted with high H2S, CO2 and pressures?