Where’s Ellis Wyatt?.......................
Haven’t heard those idiots over at the DUmp talking about ‘peak oil’ lately, I wonder why?
“The Marcellus Formation (also classified as the Marcellus Subgroup of the Hamilton Group, Marcellus Member of the Romney Formation, or simply the Marcellus Shale) is a Middle Devonian age unit of marine sedimentary rock found in eastern North America.
Named for a distinctive outcrop near the village of Marcellus, New York, in the United States,[3] it extends throughout much of the Appalachian Basin.[4]
The shale contains largely untapped natural gas reserves, and its proximity to the high-demand markets along the East Coast of the United States makes it an attractive target for energy development and export.[5]
Stratigraphically, the Marcellus is the lowest unit of the Devonian age Hamilton Group, and is divided into several sub-units.
Although black shale is the dominant lithology, it also contains lighter shales and interbedded limestone layers due to sea level variation during its deposition almost 400 million years ago.[6]
The black shale was deposited in relatively deep water devoid of oxygen, and is only sparsely fossiliferous. Most fossils are contained in the limestone members, and the fossil record in these layers provides important paleontological insights on faunal turnovers.
The black shales also contain iron ore that was used in the early economic development of the region, and uranium and pyrite which are environmental hazards. The fissile shales are also easily eroded, presenting additional civil and environmental engineering challenges.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus_Formation
A barrel of oil is equivalent, in energy content, to about 6000 cubic feet of natural gas. Hence 66 trillion cubic feet of gas is equivalent to around 10 billion barrels of oil, dwarfing the recoverable liquids.
A barrel of oil is equivalent, in energy content, to about 6000 cubic feet of natural gas. Hence 66 trillion cubic feet of gas is equivalent to around 10 billion barrels of oil, dwarfing the recoverable liquids.
Drill it, process it, and sell it.
Drilling it or Minding it would P.O. Al Gore, O’Bama, all the Greenies, and all the environmentalist. So, DRILL & Mine NOW!
The supply of energy to be extracted from the earth is still a vast magnitude greater than even the most avaricious dreams of mankind.
And you want to know another little secret of nature, dear readers?
The earth is continuously forming methane and other hydrocarbons down in that zone between the mantle and the stony surface crust, which is known as Mohorovicic Discontinuity, or the Moho. With greatly heightened temperatures and considerable pressure, many reactions are going on here, that could not happen at surface temperatures and pressure conditions. By what is called abiotic generation, with no known assist from fermenting dinosaur soup or sunken primeval swamps, the various hydrocarbons are being formed and continuously modified in this specific depths, which varies from 8 km below the surface, in most ocean depths, to more than 32 km down under the highest reaches of terrestrial mountains, and are a natural function of the vast collection of different stew pat cookers in various parts of the world..
?? Anyone know the price to get that shale out of the ground?
The Mancos Shale or Mancos Group is a Late Cretaceous (Upper Cretaceous) geologic formation of the Western United States.
The Mancos Shale was first described by Cross and Purington in 1899[1] and was named for exposures near the town of Mancos, Colorado.
Geology
It is dominated by mudrock that accumulated in offshore and marine environments of the Cretaceous North American Inland Sea. The Mancos was deposited during the Cenomanian through Campanian ages, approximately from 95 Ma [million years ago] to 80 Ma.
Stratigraphically the Mancos Shale fills the interval between the Dakota Group and the Mesaverde Formation Group.[2]
The Mancos Shale rests conformably on the Dakota and in its upper part grades into and intertongues with the Mesaverde Group. The shale tongues typically have sharp basal contacts and gradational upper contacts.
Occurrences
The Mancos occurs in the Basin and Range Province, the Colorado Plateau Province, and the San Juan Mountains Province.
Structural basins
It also occurs in the following structural basin:[3]
Black Mesa Basin
Estancia Basin
Green River Basin
Orogrande Basin
Paradox Basin
Piceance Basin
San Juan Basin [4]
Uintah Basin
So why would we need electric cars and windmills?
Electric rates went way up because of pensions being paid thru higher rates and the money siphon off and gov’t wanting control over your life.