We watch the news about this oil spill every night and it just gets worse.....How about making this an opportunity! There are so many great minds, able bodies & good hearts in the world - so I put this "IDEA" out to the world - take a little time
to look this over - there has to be a long term benefit to come out of this!
First take a look at this web info from BP
http://www.bp.com/bodycopyarticle.do?categoryId=1&contentId=7052055&nicam=USCSBaselineCrisis&nisrc=Google&nigrp=Branded_Crisis_Management-_General&niadv=General&nipkw=bp
This is the info contained - "Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - 10 June. In the first 12 hours of June 9 (midnight to noon),
approximately 7,920 barrels of oil were collected and 15.7 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared. On June
8, a total of approximately 15,000 barrels of oil were collected and 29.4 million cubic feet of natural gas were
flared"
So they are collecting oil which is at $75 a barrel, so there is value there, and
flaring gas - which could be put to better use - please check out the below web info -
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000012009_20040715154250
This is the info contained - "The main objective of this study is to assess the technical feasibility, and economic viability of using flared gas
in various applications ranging from rural electrification to commercial, and industrial usage. The following four
options have been identified, and considered for using associated gas: 1) Power production at the oil field for
transmission to existing power grid (medium-scale); 2) Power production at the oil field for electrification of
non-electrified rural area (small-scale); 3) Supply of piped gas to larger consumers, such as heat and power
plants, and industries (medium-scale); and, 4) Liquefied petroleum gas production (LPG), alone or in combination
with other means of use (small-scale). The study has identified a number of realistic options for the small-scale
use of flare gas, evaluated based on the case studies, and lessons learned. Economic and financial model
analyses for initial screening purposes, appear to indicate that flaring reduction is a win-win option in many
cases. Subsidies are in general not needed-companies, governments, consumers, and the environment all stand
to gain. The exceptions are: a) Where markets are far away (for a medium-size oil field, it will be feasible to
move the gas or power roughly 500 km in order to get to a market); b) Where gas deposits are small (model
calculations indicate that gas utilization from oil fields with gas yields over 2,500-5,000 m3 per day can be
viable); and, c) Where prices are distorted by domestic fuel"
So lets find a way to turn this oil & gas into electricity for the gulf
region and put this resource to work helping now and in the future. Good
Luck & don't forget your Prayers!
:) John E. Johnson V
Saturday, June 12, 2010
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