Subj : Re: Gas Crunch
To   : Finnigann
From : Deuce
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 02:11:00

  Re: Re: Gas Crunch
  By: Finnigann to Deuce on Wed Aug 31 2005 15:18:00

 >  >  De> Quite often, it can't be gotten out.  You can't actually suck oil ou
 >  >  De> of the ground, it has to come out of it's own free will.
 >  >
 >  > Not true. Most oil is pumped. At least after a period of use.
 > 
 >  De> Right, but it needs to flow through rock into the cylinder.  You can
 >  De> lift the oil out of the cylinder, but you can't suck it into the
 >  De> cylinder from the surrounding rock.
 > 
 > If you're refering to shale oil, your prolly right. But then Shale oil
 > formations wouldn't have yielded oil in the first place, would they?

I'm referring to the stuff you pump up.  If the cylinder isn't surrounded by
rock, why the need to drill in the first place?  If you believe it's some sort
of underground lake of oil, why would drilling deeper help anything?

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