Mark Simpson

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Mark Simpson
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Oil
Oil markets will soon have to rethink predictions of 'ample' global supply, minister says
CNBC - Holly Ellyatt
There could be a recalibration of oil market expectations regarding an "ample" global oil supply, Bahrain's oil minister said Monday, despite …
January 13
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Oil rises on supply cut pledges and slow return of Gulf field
financialpost.com - Reuters
LONDON/TOKYO — Oil prices rose on Tuesday in thin pre-Christmas trading after Russia said cooperation with OPEC on supply cuts would continue and …
Dec 24, 2019
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Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Says He's Hunting for More Gas Assets
Bloomberg - Sophie Alexander
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is doubling down on a forlorn corner of the U.S. shale patch, calling Louisiana’s Haynesville play the best for …
Nov 27, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Oil
Mapped: The World’s Biggest Oil Discoveries Since 1868
visualcapitalist.com - Nicholas LePan
Mapped: The World’s Biggest Oil Discoveries Since 1868Oil and gas discoveries excite markets and nations with the prospect of profits, tax revenues, …
Nov 8, 2019
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The Physical Impossibility of Renewable Energy Meeting the Paris Accord Goals
instituteforenergyresearch.org - IER
Mark Mills has a new report and an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal entitled “If You Want ‘Renewable Energy,’ Get Ready to Dig” that point out the …
Aug 22, 2019
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Oil & Gas Industry
The Permian Basin Is Facing Its Biggest Threat Yet
Bloomberg - Kevin Crowley
The cowboy-booted wildcatters who figured out how to squeeze crude from shale rock are used to booms and busts, but this time it feels different. In …
Oct 24, 2019
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$The case against fracking is based on ideology, not science$
The case against fracking is based on ideology, not science
bostonglobe.com - Jeff Jacoby
At the same time — also thanks to fracking — America’s carbon-dioxide emissions have plummeted. By unleashing vast quantities of clean-burning natural …
Sep 13, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Halliburton CEO sees consolidation in oilfield services as shale...
Reuters - Liz Hampton
(Reuters) - Slowing growth in the maturing U.S. shale industry and spending cuts by oil and gas customers will lead to a consolidation of oilfield-service suppliers, Halliburton Chief Executive Officer
Sep 4, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Sep 10, 2019
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The Eruption Of Krakatoa Was The First Global Catastrophe
Forbes - David Bressan
The eruption of the Krakatau (or Krakatoa) on a small island located in the middle of the Sunda Strait (at the time part of the Netherlands East Indies) in August 1883 was, in many aspects, the first catastrophe.
Sep 8, 2016
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Rifted Margins: State of the Art and Future Challenges
frontiersin.org
Rifted margins are the result of primary processes in plate tectonic theory that include extension within a continent, and the eventual rupture of …
Aug 22, 2019
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Lundin Makes Oil Discovery Offshore Norway
rigzone.com - Andreas Exarheas
Lundin Petroleum AB revealed Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lundin Norway AS, has made an oil discovery at exploration well 16/5-8s …
Aug 19, 2019
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Earth Science
Rock Forming Minerals : 10 Most Common Rock Forming Minerals
geologypage.com - Geology Page
Rocks consist of minerals. A mineral is a material that occurs naturally and is generally strong, crystalline, stable and inorganic at room …
Jul 2, 2019
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Baker Hughes reports a rise in the U.S. oil-rig count for the first time in 7 weeks
MarketWatch - By Myra P. Saefong
Baker Hughes bhge on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil rose by 6 to 770 this week. That followed a declines in …
Aug 16, 2019
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The U.S. Rig Count Is Falling -- Here's Why Oil Production Keeps Rising Anyway
The Motley Fool - Adam Levine-Weinberg
Nimble shale drillers like Apache are cutting back on drilling activity due to low crude oil prices -- but they are completing previously drilled …
Aug 17, 2019
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Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought
phys.org - Eric Hamilton
Earth's magnetic field seems steady and true—reliable enough to navigate by. Yet, largely hidden from daily life, the field drifts, waxes and wanes. …
Aug 7, 2019
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Apollo Samples Reveal the Moon Is Millions of Years Older Than We Thought
Live Science - Brandon Specktor
Like Earth and the rest of the solar system, the moon has been around for roughly 4.5 billion years. But try to narrow down the planets age any more …
Aug 6, 2019
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Mineralogy of sandstones: Porosity and permeability
geological-digressions.com - brian.ricketts@xtra.co.nz
Porosity and permeability – the flow of water and other geofluids Nearly all geological processes require the presence of water in one form or …
Aug 4, 2019
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How to find dinosaur fossils
nhm.ac.uk - Emily Osterloff
Discover how palaeontologists find and dig up prehistoric reptiles.
Jul 24, 2019
Mark Simpson
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How geological maps made the Apollo moon landings worthwhile
The Conversation UK - David Rothery
I still remember a cartoon in a newspaper in July 1969, just before the first Apollo moon landing. It showed the ground crew reminding the astronauts …
Jul 19, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Space Exploration
Christopher Columbus Kraft, NASA’s legendary flight director, has died
Ars Technica - Eric Berger
Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.—one of NASA's founding engineers, its first flight director, and a key architect of the Apollo and space shuttle …
Jul 22, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Halliburton
Halliburton cutting frac jobs, equipment in U.S. and Canada
worldoil.com - 7/22/2019
HOUSTON - Halliburton is shifting strategy in its largest region to deal with subdued customer spending by shelving unused frac gear and cutting jobs …
Jul 22, 2019
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Apollo 11 Anniversary: Everything You Need to Read on the Moon Landing
The New York Times - By THE NEW YORK TIMES
On the morning of July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins lifted off for the moon. Four days later, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Aldrin set foot on the moon’s surface, the first of 12 astronauts
Jul 20, 2019
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Unemployment
Midland unemployment rises to 2.1 percent
mrt.com - Mella McEwen
Traditional summer doldrums hit each of the Texas Workforce Commission’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) in June as school districts shed …
Jul 19, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Apollo 11 Mission
Apollo 11 Moon Landing’s 50th anniversary, fascinating facts you didn’t know about the landmark space mis
thesun.co.uk - Ian Passingham
MILLIONS of people all over the world were gripped by the first lunar landing 50 years ago today – and now Sun journalist Ian Passingham has written …
Jul 20, 2019
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Apollo 11 at 50: A Complete Guide to the Historic Moon Landing
space.com - Chelsea Gohd
On July 20, 1969, 600 million people watched with anxious excitement as Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. took their first steps on …
Jul 16, 2019
Mark Simpson
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Five Apollo 8 Technological Breakthroughs
pbs.org
From its engine to its computer, the Apollo 8 spacecraft—and its mission—marked a revolution in spaceflight. Fuel and oxygen were injected through a …
Jan 14, 2019
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U.S. crude oil production surpassed 12 million barrels per day in April
eia.gov
U.S. crude oil production reached another milestone in April 2019, totaling 12.2 million barrels per day (b/d), according to EIA's latest Petroleum …
Jul 8, 2019
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Film
The Telegraph
Jun 28, 2019
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The secret of platinum deposits revealed by novel field observations in the Bushveld Complex
geologypage.com - Geology Page
Research from the Wits School of Geoscience shows how platinum deposits form in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. Most of the world’s economically …
Jun 22, 2019

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