Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hit Biggest US Oil Field

Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by arevno on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:11PM (#44638446)

I don't know to what extent naval dominance will be useful. Even with EOR and TOR, Ghawar continues to decline, along with most of ME and Russian fields.

Global conventional peaked a long time ago, and EOR/TOR will only keep the game going another decade or so. Renewables and nuclear are the only long-term options. There's also coal, of which we have at least a hundred years in the PRB alone, if we're willing to match China in the "fuck the environment" game.

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Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by dredmorbius on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:46PM (#44638886)

PRB: Powder River Basin, for the curious:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_River_Basin>

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Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by cryptonector on Monday July 21, 2025 @03:19PM (#44639235)

IIUC the U.S. has over a millenium's worth of energy usage in natural gas reserves. It does require using it, which means either EVs or nat. gas burning engines, and since we're already on our way to EVs that makes sense.

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