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Saluting my wife on Valentine’s Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Karen Danenberger, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »
In case you don’t have enough to worry about …
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4, astronomy, deflection, NASA, risk to Earth, Science, space on February 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Tom Maunder brought this to my attention:
“It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years.“
Per CNN, the risk has increased:
“…the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency. The risk assessment has increased from a chance of 1.2% over the last week due to new observations.”
Tom Maunder’s assessment in response to my comment about a SpaceX deflection mission:
“Deflection could be possible. Right now they don’t know as much about the trajectory/orbit as they need to. This rock was just discovered at Christmas and it is presently heading outbound on its orbit. They are scouring past “sky photos” to see if it might have been imaged before but so far, no luck there.
“It will only be visible through April, then its out of sight for a couple of years. Hopefully they will have enough info to forecast the orbit and determine that it will come close to earth but not impact. They went through that exercise with Apothis which will miss earth by about 15000 miles on Friday, April 13, 2029. That is closer than the geosynchronous communication satellites at 23000 miles.”
“I suspect if an impact cannot be ruled out before it disappears that plans will be made to send a recon mission when it next approaches earth in 2028.“
California fires
Posted in California, Uncategorized, tagged Camarillo, Mountain Fire on February 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
My friends and former colleagues in Southern California do not live in areas that were devastated by the recent fires.
However, Nabil Masri, one of our outstanding petroleum engineers, sent this picture taken from his driveway in Camarillo during the “Mountain Fire” in November. His home was in an evacuation warning area, and the family was packed and ready to go. Fortunately, things improved and they did not have to evacuate.
Way to go Walter!
Posted in energy policy, Uncategorized, tagged Acting Secretary of the Interior, BOEM, MMS, Walter Cruickshank on January 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Career Minerals Management Service and BOEM stalwart Dr. Walter Cruickshank has been named Acting Secretary of the Interior pending the confirmation of Doug Burgum. Walter is a very bright guy with a balanced perspective on energy development. He has served capably on the senior management teams of both Democrat and Republican administrations. Bonus points for the Mineral Economics doctorate from Penn State and his keen interest in the Cape Cod Baseball League! 😉
Name change for the Gulf of Mexico? Will this increase production? 😉
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Energy - General, Uncategorized, tagged Greenland, Gulf of America, Gulf of Mexico, President Trump on January 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
New name, short form:
full name:
This may be a bit of an adjustment for us older folks. 😉
Also, keep in mind that Greenland is geographically part of North America. Just sayin’ 😉
Congratulations Jack Coleman!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elizabeth Ames Coleman, Jack Coleman, Rosedale Distilling Company, Rosedale MS on December 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Former Dept. of the Interior and House Natural Resources Committee attorney, Jack Coleman, has been elected Mayor of his hometown, Rosedale, Mississippi. Jack is also restoring a historic distillery in Rosedale.
It’s great to see a former colleague making such important social and economic contributions following his “retirement.”
Texas and 10 other states sue asset managers for pursuing ESG agenda without the consent of their investors
Posted in climate, energy policy, Uncategorized, tagged coal companies, ESG, Ken Paxton, sues asset managers, Texas on November 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:
“Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street utilized the Climate Action 100 and the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative to signal their mutual intent to reduce the output of thermal coal, which predictably increased the cost of electricity for Americans across the United States.
These firms also deceived thousands of investors who elected to invest in non-ESG funds to maximize their profits. Yet these funds pursued ESG strategies notwithstanding the defendants’ representations to the contrary.”
Note that this litigation may also have implications for the oil and gas industry. The complete filing is attached.
Best wishes on Thanksgiving!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged offshore workers, Thanksgiving on November 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Happy Thanksgiving from BOE. Special thanks to those who are working on this holiday to discover and produce the energy needed to power our economy!
Update on our 80-year old friend in North Carolina who is struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene
Posted in hurricanes, Uncategorized, tagged Asheville, FEMA, Hurricane Helene on October 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
In a previous post, I mentioned the plight of my wife’s 80 year old friend who lost her home and car in the Asheville area. She was rescued by her brother Jim, who lives in Franklin, NC, and was taken in by some good folks who live in the upper hills. She is now living with her brother until she can find a rental.
Her most recent update (below) discusses her frustrations in dealing with FEMA. This is not intended as a broad indictment of FEMA, but as a reflection of the challenges individuals, particularly the elderly, can face in trying to recover from a natural disaster like Hurricane Helene.
Hello-
It’s almost 5am Saturday. Yesterday was a disaster! Some early morning calls to insurance and that sort of thing. Those followed by tying to reach FEMA helpline by phone. Was on hold waiting for an agent for more than an hour before giving up. Jim looked up the locations for face to face FEMA: none within 25 miles or 50 miles and only 3 in 100 miles. The closest being in Asheville about 4/5 miles from my house. Off we went with documents that needed correcting from the ones originally submitted. Their internet was down when we got there and remained down until leaving at 4:30ish. It was hot, no shade, no where to sit. I got over-heated and feeling faint; almost hit the ground before getting to a picnic area where i could lie down on a bench. Medical people were there; 2 doctors and several nurses. Eventually I was moved to an ambulance to be monitored for a good while. Given a IV drip then allowed to leave. They really, really wanted to take me to the hospital but I refused. I said the Franklin hospital was close to Jim’s if needed. So, that is the big thing to end the week.
I am sure other stuff was accomplished but don’t remember.
Love and many thanks to everyone for the support, cards and packages. So very grateful. ♥♥
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
Outstanding non-political Keith Morrison commentary on the LA fires
Posted in California, Uncategorized, tagged commentary, Keith Morrison, LA fires on January 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »
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