RE: UK oil production lowest since 1992

From: Glenn Morton (glennmorton@entouch.net)
Date: Thu Nov 06 2003 - 07:31:16 EST

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    It started out as a stewardship of the earth issue for me about 3 years ago.
    All I was doing was updating where things stood. Sorry if you think it
    doesn't belong here. If others feel the same, I will cease and desist.

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: gordon brown [mailto:gbrown@euclid.Colorado.EDU]
    >Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:56 PM
    >To: Glenn Morton
    >Cc: asa@calvin.edu
    >Subject: Re: UK oil production lowest since 1992
    >
    >
    >This is interesting, important, and informative, and I think it is good
    >for me to know about it, but I don't see any mention of Christian faith,
    >which is supposed to be a criterion for posts to this forum. Ken Touryan,
    >in his talk at this year's annual meeting, indicated that the energy issue
    >should be a focus of the ASA in the upcoming years. Perhaps someone could
    >show us how to make the connection.
    >
    >Gordon Brown
    >Department of Mathematics
    >University of Colorado
    >Boulder, CO 80309-0395
    >
    >
    >On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Glenn Morton wrote:
    >
    >> I am not currently subscribed, but thought this might be of some
    >interest.
    >> The August production from the United Kingdom fell to its lowest
    >level since
    >> somewhere around 1992. If the 7.992 million tonnes of oil produced in
    >> August were continued for a year, it, 96 million tonnes, would only be
    >> slightly greater than the 1992 production. The UK illustrates
    >how rapidly
    >> depletion affects production. Up until 1999 everything looked
    >like roses.
    >> The production was skyrocketing:
    >> year barrels
    >> 1997 128,234,000
    >> 1998 132,633,000
    >> 1999 137,099,000
    >>
    >> But then all the factors which affect production came to effect and the
    >> decline was very rapid:
    >>
    >>
    >> 2000 126,029,000
    >> 2001 117,396,000
    >> 2002 115,941,000
    >> 2003 est 108,000,000
    >>
    >> The production from December of last year has been almost on
    >steady decline:
    >> 2002 December 10,593,000
    >> 2003 January 9,879,000
    >> 2003 February 9,072,000
    >> 2003 March 9,873,000
    >> 2003 April 8,968,000
    >> 2003 May 8,574,000
    >> 2003 June 8,158,000
    >> 2003 July 8,903,000
    >> 2003 August 7,992,000
    >>
    >> Norway, another major world producer is also showing its signs
    >of age. Th
    >> production is as follows:
    >>
    >> 1998 168 million cubic meters
    >> 1999 168 million cubic meters
    >> 2000 181 million cubic meters
    >>
    >> Up until that point there was no sign of trouble. But the years
    >since 2000
    >> have shown a different story
    >>
    >> 2001 180 million cubic meters
    >> 2002 173 million cubic meters
    >> 2003 165 million cubic meters estimated
    >>
    >> The big hope for new production in the world is in West Africa
    >and Central
    >> Asia. West Africa will largely be replacing production lost
    >from the North
    >> Sea and Central Asia is going to take a long time to get the oil
    >to market
    >> and it will be pipeline capacity constricted. All of this is
    >more evidence
    >> that the world is on the edge of a major energy crisis.
    >>
    >> For more info see:
    >> http://home.entouch.net/dmd/Oilcrisis.htm
    >>
    >

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