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Expert predicts gas to go to $12-15 per gallon

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Arroyo, May 24, 2008.

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Interestingly, I once met an old mountain man who told me he supposed the oil in the ground was a lubricant for the tectonic plates of the earth, and that pumping all that oil out was the equivalent of running an automobile without oil. The engine would shudder and overheat. He said if that's indeed so, we're likely to see an increase in earthquakes and/or volcano eruptions in the coming years. I always found that thought fascinating.
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Well, it actually is possible to induce seismic activity due to water injection - to stimulate oil well production rates, also for deep well waste injection

http://www.oilfield.slb.com/media/services/resources/oilfieldreview/ors00/sum00/p2_17.pdf

http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/induced.htm

4-53 Deep Well Injection

#21 jayman, Jun 2, 2008

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