In zeitgeist ( print like online) multiple contributions to abiotic or biotic theory of the origin of hydrocarbons (oil, gas, coal) have been published. The aim was to discuss the question whether we really have to do it with a looming shortage or rather with a "threatened" shortage.
Recently, yours truly had tried me and the readers of the article "Are we all held hostage by 'Peak Oil'?" ( Part1 and Part2 ) and the report: "The Secret bores: Run on non-konvenionelles gas in Detschland has already begun" to provide an overview of the current state of affairs.
The representatives of the fossil, ie the biotic Enststehungsteorie our energy reserves, bring them as one of their main arguments, that it will not succeed for quite some time to discover really large oil and gas deposits. The promotion will also becoming more complicated and expensive.
In the linked articles I had already given some examples that this assertion is only partly agree:
- The Tupi oil field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro; of the media, it was referred to as the "largest deepwater discovery of all time". But this was obviously just the beginning - experts now believe that before the entire Brazilian coast (Sources: See link "total fetch around 50 billion barrels of oil." Part2 ).
- In Venezuela, it was estimated that the verified oil reserves in 2007 to 80 billion barrels and corrected least 513 billion barrels of proven, well technically mineable heavy oil upward. Thus exceed Venezuela Saudi Arabia's reserves of 260 billion barrels of proven by two times.
- Oil and gas reserves off Haiti and Afghanistan. There are strong indications that it is huge deposits to be probably treated as strategic reserves of the United States. Because of the confused situation in both countries a precise quantification is difficult.
- Gas reserves in Turkmenistan, z. Example of Südjolotan-Osman had to constantly be revised upwards for further exploratory drilling last year. It is based on a "plethora" of gas. (Source: See link Part1 ).
Recent announcements, the Mediterranean is now coming back strong in the Focus news of huge gas discoveries are piling up! The portal "Germany Trade and Invest" reported on 01/13/2011 : "New natural gas reserves revolutionize Israel's energy sector. United Fund allows ascent to the exporter. Investments in the billions. "
According to the message, it is about a new offshore fund, the so-called. "Leviathan field", about 140 km west of the northern Israeli port city of Haifa in a water depth of 5,100 meters below sea level, in the published estimates loud in December 2010, approximately store 450 billion cubic meters (cbm) of natural gas.
The gas field is one of the newly discovered giant gas fields in the so-called Levant Basin. Riparian countries are next to Israel also Cyprus, Syria and Lebanon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates the reserves of recoverable gas at 3.5 trillion cubic meters, equivalent to some 20 billion barrels of oil.
"This amount exceeds by far the three previous offshore discoveries made: in 1999, discovered today largely exhausted field of company Yam Thetis originally around 33 billion cubic meters and the 2,009 confirmed occurrence Tamar and Dalit with some 240 billion and 15 billion cubic meters . After the discovery of the Leviathan natural gas reserves known today are just over 700 billion cubic meters. "According to the article geologists expect in the coming years with further discoveries.
An article of the portal Stromvergleich.de announced on 5.1.2011 continue:
"Based on a statement by Richard Gussow, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, opposite the Jerusalem Post could from, Tamar' gas field meet its domestic demand for gas 30 years Israel alone with the natural gas. For this reason, a natural gas discovery in, Leviathan' field would be ideal for the export of natural gas. "
The TAZ speaks in an article (v. 3.1.2011 " scramble for energy resources ") even assuming that Israel could cover for" 100 years "its needs.
Unfortunately, the legal position of the Levant Basin and the "ownership" with respect to its raw materials is far from clear. In addition to the riparian countries already mentioned is even Turkey - Cyprus - with "on board". However, Israel is already operating as the sole owner of Exploitationsrechte and has already forgiven all production licenses. The main contract was awarded to Texas company Nobel Energy, but at the three Israeli companies are involved with more than 60%.
There is much to ensure that the Leviathan gas field also extends into Lebanese waters and Cypriot inside. Guidelines for economic zones in marine areas are regulated by the UNCLOS. The boundaries must be confirmed by the parties involved. The UNCLOS has not signed Israel ...
"Since the very near the Lebanese border Haifa only about 148 nautical miles (275 km) away from Cyprus, Israel's economic zone can also only half that distance, thus extending almost 140 kilometers. , Leviathan 'is precisely in this area, "writes Joachim Guilliard on 01/03/2011 in "Young World" .
The Greek-dominated Republic of Cyprus signed an agreement with Israel, meanwhile, and granted the Middle Eastern state a production license, but in contrast to Turkey (which occupies the northern part of the island) rose loudly protest. As early as 2007 there were press reports that between Turkey and Israel is a violent quarrel was kindled and Turkey had sent a warship towards Cyprus.
From Beirut opposition comes, because you see yourself as the rightful owners of at least three-quarters of the occurrence. However, Lebanon has the worst cards in the gas poker, because not even his land border with Israel is defined as one officially still at war with Israel. Israel has according to a report of a Lebanese portal v. 01.06.2011 but already sunk on their own buoys in the sea, the highlight a too far-reaching to the north sea border.
The Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures Uzi Landau said, according to Bloomberg on the subject: "We will not hesitate to use our force and strength to protect not only the rule of law, but also the International Maritime Law."
How rich is the whole Mediterranean region of natural gas, showed already in 2000 the gas discoveries off the coast of Gaza. Why do people in the largest open air prison in the world did not receive a penny for their gas until today, can be seen in a report from Global Research Michel Chossudovsky v. 13.1.2009 read.
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Tags: Israel , Leviathan gas field , peak oil , Turkey , Cyprus
It is overlooked by Kornupisten (growth optimists) all the time that the petroleum civilization is only a few decades old and industriellles growth based on exponential growth. Therefore, peak oil would move even if we today actually unexpectedly possessed twice or four times as much volume of conventional crude oil, only 5 to 10 years into the future. Exponential functions have very unpleasant characteristics that can not really understand a mathematical ungeschutes human consciousness: the modern industrial civilization sits today on like a rocket coming end of a hockey stick-shaped growth curve.
The annual amount of oil consumed today (30 Giga-barrels) is so powerful that even large oil discoveries on the other hand look small. In addition, the present in the rock conventional oil does not promote any speed, but only after a up to 10 years of planning and drilling phase. The most easily recoverable deposits are promoted for many decades and most of them go running out very quickly (the average Depletionsrate is over 10%). Alone compensate for this depletion of old fields, from 2012 every 4 years have a transport capacity of the size of Saudi Arabia's new physically go online, which is already due to the usual planning and drilling phase is not possible.
Deepwater oil as the Tupi are among the unconventional oils that are require a very high technical complexity and associated with great risks of various kinds. Your EROI (Energy Return on Investment) is like that of unconventional oil much worse than conventional oil.
Therefore, there is no way to the realization that we must say goodbye to the usual wasteful use of oil, energy and resources. New forms of electricity generation as perhaps in the future the nuclear fusion, can not solve the problem of lack of affordable fuels, cultivable soils or mineral fertilizer. The Earth is not liable for linear and exponential culture industry in the long run. Either you live within their means with her or without her. The exponential growth and consumption must be an end to be prepared. What we really need, therefore, is a new civilization culture that wirtschaftet intelligent and insightful.
Has it always been worth it or is it worth now with future rising prices.
For where something out of the way of whatever reasons whether for reasons of geopolitics or whatever it is worthwhile only if no alternative is there, as the example of Israel.
Now what exactly I do not know.
if you would like to pursue the question of the origin of hydrocarbons, that does not automatically mean that you have to be a follower of the existing financial and economic order and the growth ideology. Do we need an exponentially increasing waste of energy reserves we have no more to make as many thoughts as it seems: The system is just collapsing on. The question is what we want then? Is just after the crash, a new phase initiated such by the world economic crisis in 1929. Example, or we create something new? Spirit is in demand!
What your info bezügl. As for 10-year planning and drilling phases of ensprechenden industry, it seems to me that something to pessimistisch- Much is indeed not immediately exploited, because we currently do not need it. In the Gulf of Mexico there are approximately 4,000 oil rigs. That did not last per island 10 years. Furthermore, there are technical. Progress in the field of conveyor technology, etc.
The most important thing in this Zusghg. Regarding the hydrocarbons really mean what function they actually meet for the earth?
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I hope that the emotional intelligence of the people will win this time and a future is possible, in which my child can really live happily.
As so often, I wonder why so many people support this madness (endless promotion of growth in other areas than in the oil-problem). Is it due to lack of intelligence or lack of courage?
Maybe it is normal that the majority of draws and one of the Duckmäusern, but that scares me, because at the time of National Socialism, there were dozens of followers of which survived the Nazis. I will not say that we run towards a new dictatorship, so stupid people in Germany will probably not be, but where does this pursuit of greatness, wealth and never-ending thirst for petroleum, material things, the biggest houses and so on and so continued ??
I think, like others here, certainly, we have long reached a turning point where we need to go back and not allowed to so much strive forward. The Industrial Revolution, coupled with one-sided rational (to provable and verunftorientierter) education without enough compassion and heart has long been at an impasse and now what follows? "Little man - what now"?
I wish I had more influence the people through direct democracy, because the people are we all, not just individual politicians. Ideally, could improve the conditions in I think.
I am very glad that there is already mitlerweile very many protests and the good online petitions. There are many clubs, committed to environmental, animal and human rights. This is critical to the smooth development of our country.
Oh, back to the oil and gas debate. I think it would be good if there were not so large inventories more, since the destruction of previous accidents could be catastrophic. The greasy black stuff is not gold and it must also go without. Clearly. A glance at history should be enough to allow a rethink. Of course, the radical changes that would be necessary would be. We are highly dependent on oil and gas at the moment. Plastic would probably resign and many other things, but that stuff is ultimately harmful to the environment. It can dispose of heavy and hurts us more than it benefits us, I think, so that we again have to rely on old technology and new innovative ideas in the long run and we should theoretically then also live better. The old manual labor is indeed often arduous, but blissful and better than assembly line work!
Yes, we need a new civilization culture that wirtschaftet intelligent and insightful and sustainable plans.
When petroleum and natural gas stocks are almost inexhaustible. Sure, corporations and governments have always told something else, but these substances are abiotic and are produced continuously in the earth.
http://www.wahrheiten.org/blog/oel-luege/
is only one link, if you want to find much more. Also harmful to the environment is not this natural product, bacteria can destroy it quickly. What happened to the oil disaster in the first Gulf War?
Alarmism, as in the air. In this case, twice as much or more CO2 would be very good for the plants, animals and humans.
But we are just conditioned and kept stupid.
Charly W.
Make stupid we do not let us know that we should be wir's
(Gleim)
You have to keep things apart: one is our financial and economic system and the creation of money by the return / interest calls - hence the growth ideology. The other is the question of the origin of hydrocarbons (oil, gas, coal). It is ultimately the search for truth and it should get involved without being equally timid.
the coal reserves will last for hundreds of years - the general consensus is not the assertion of "Abiotikern" ...
As a graduate engineer of Environmental i can agree with the comment of Bernd1964 only in every respect. Unfortunately, with die-hard conspiracy theorists not scientific and factual arguments (when in doubt is to be equal to "manipulate" or "buy").
And Charly W. I want to say that you should not believe everything just because it is on an obscure website.
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