Using Google Earth to monitor Ghawar oil field


	Using Google Earth to monitor Ghawar oil field

ericskiff

2-9-2008 5:59 PM

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ericskiff says:

The Saudi's greatest oil field appears to be nearing it's end. OPEC's recent refusal to increase production may be based on more than just a recession.

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/02/skys_eye_over_t.html"><P>The <A href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3574">Oil Drum</A> calls our attention to <A href="http://satelliteoerthedesert.blogspot.com">Satellite O'er the Desert</A>, a website devoted to trying to interpret Google satellite images from Saudi Arabia.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/02/skys_eye_over_t.html"><A href="http://satelliteoerthedesert.blogspot.com">Satellite O'er the Desert</A> is produced by someone calling himself "Joules Burn" (who says scientists lack a sense of humor)?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/02/skys_eye_over_t.html">JB's contribution is to note that the satellite images from <A href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</A> allow us to identify the precise location of individual wells in the Arabian Desert.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/02/skys_eye_over_t.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.econbrowser.com/img/A2A81665-0DCA-4CEA-9330-0A8056767A4E" alt="well_compare2.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/02/skys_eye_over_t.html"><P>Let me end by quoting a couple of   <A href="http://satelliteoerthedesert.blogspot.com/2008/01/decade-of-drilling-in-north-ghawar.html">Burn's own conclusions</A> from this effort:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/02/skys_eye_over_t.html">given the observed fact that virtually all of Uthmaniyah and 'Ain Dar have been filled in, there is considerably less room for further development to maintain current production rates.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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