Triple Diamond Energy Corp Announces Plans For Two Well Program In Garvin County Oklahoma

Triple Diamond Energy Corp (TDEC) has announced plans for a two-well controlled step out oil and natural gas program in south central Oklahoma.

ADDISON, TX -- The Texas-based oil and gas production and exploration company, Triple Diamond Energy Corporation, has announced they are planning a program for Garvin County located in south central Oklahoma.

The plans involve a two well, controlled step out oil and natural gas program. These wells will be drilled one or more spacing units away from existing production already in the targeted formations.

"Garvin County is the fifth largest producer of oil in the entire state of Oklahoma and other wells currently located in the area are showing promise. Several wells located adjacent to the area we will be working in are producing one million or more barrels of oil," said Chris Jent, Officer of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. (http://www.triplediamondenergy.com/)

The Golden Trend region of south central Oklahoma is on the Anadarko Basin's Southeastern embayment between the Arbuckle Mountains and the Nemaha-Pauls Valley. The oil produced in McClain and Garvin Counties comes from one of three main formations made from Deese sandstones, Hunton limestone, and Viola limestone as well as several pools located in the Simpson group. These formations shifted and created stratigraphic traps where the oil now sits.

Triple Diamond Energy Corp. has just completed the first two wells of its four well Sportsman Lake Program located in Seminole County, Oklahoma. Drilling for this program commenced in August and TDEC expects to complete them at the end of October.

Triple Diamond Energy Corp Completes Drilling And Begins Logging Of Two Wells In Oklahoma Project

Triple Diamond Energy Corp. (TDEC) announces the drilling of two wells in Seminole County, Oklahoma is complete and logging is set to start.

ADDISON, TX -- Triple Diamond Energy Corp. (TDEC) reported the drilling of two wells in Seminole County, Oklahoma is complete. Oil production will commence once the completing and equipping process has concluded.

The Texas oil and gas exploration company started the drilling process for the Seminole County portion of the project in August on the previously undrilled geologic structure of the Sportsman Lake Field. The pair of wells will pull oil from the Proven Undeveloped Producible Reserves located in the high formation.

With drilling complete, an e-log will use electrical measurements to map out the structure and locate the tops of the geological formations. This will allow TDEC to determine the best possible hydrocarbon bearing zones to target. Triple Diamond Energy Corp. can then install the production casing and perforate the zone.

"Once the completion and equipping processes are complete, the two wells can begin extracting oil. From there, it will be processed and refined into various fuel and petroleum products," says Chris Jent, Chief Marketing Officer of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. (http://www.triplediamondenergy.com/)

Reports have shown the area to contain a minimum of 100 000 barrel of attic oil. Oklahoma is presently in fifth place in crude oil production in the country producing 8.8 percent of the natural gas and 3.3 percent of the crude produced in the US.

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Outer Continental Shelf Reserves Estimates

The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States was first defined in 1953 when Congress enacted the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) defining the shelf as all submerged lands lying seaward of coastal states, up to three miles offshore. Under the OCSLA, the stewardship and protection of these areas of valuable resources was made the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior was given authority to accept or deny leases for drilling and exploration of the shelf; decisions that could be made based on responsible, environmentally safe procedures, or primarily on highest bid alone, with discretion left up to the Secretary. The Secretary also was given responsibility for the formation of necessary regulations and protective implementations in order to assure the health of the shelf for future mineral harvesting while maintaining a beautiful shoreline for tourists and indigenous wildlife inhabitants alike.

In 1982, Congress and the Secretary of the Interior, James G. Watt, extended the responsibility of shelf management to a branch of the Department of the Interior, the Minerals Management Service. The MMS as part of their duties has periodically funded surveys by top geologists, projecting and estimating the true wealth and abundance of minerals and fossil fuel supplies encased beneath the surface of the continental shelf. The latest assessment of these resources was based on information from new exploration techniques administered in 2003; the statement was released in 2006.

The Mineral Management Service’s newest estimates take under consideration the limits of current technology but also take into account the foreseeable developments of new technology as well when presenting their estimated findings. What the MMS does not include when developing their findings is allowances for economic feasibility or financial profitability limits; their findings just state the facts of what amounts of resources are present, not limited by the financial investments needed to extract those resources. The latest estimates detail that the OCS could feasibly contain anywhere from 66.6 to 115.3 billion barrels of oil and from 326.4 to 565.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. These large estimates have undoubtedly affected new bill proposals currently being discussed within the Senate concerning decreasing the drilling limitations currently in place. The wealth of these supplies is constantly being weighed against the potentially hazardous effects of drilling and exploration upon the picturesque American seashore. Large oil companies such as Triple Diamond Energy Corp. are implementing new and improved methods of extraction that yield large amounts of fuel supplies without subjecting the fragile landscape to undue stresses caused by overdevelopment.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

India and China Cooperative

India and China, nations that are 4th and 2nd respectively in petroleum consumption amounts, have joined together their efforts in petroleum exploration and distribution much to the chagrin of other oil hungry nations. The combining of their efforts and pooling of their finances in this endeavor has allowed them to obtain rights to some of Iran’s largest producing fields and successfully find new fields within the borders of their own countries.

The first oil field procured by the joint venture of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was accomplished in 2005. The two largest oil companies in the respective countries successfully bid to share 37% of Petro-Canada’s stake in Syrian al-Furat oil and gas fields. While the companies had been working together in the past, this marked the first foreign property to be cooperatively purchased by the duo. These two oil producing giants are courting other Indian and Chinese companies to join in their efforts, proposing that all combine their technologies and monies to make higher bids on foreign fields, achieving the possibility of outbidding the major oil companies that tend to acquire all the drilling rights in the Western Hemisphere. Large oil companies like Shell and Mobile have been watching these developments with much trepidation.

Researchers project that the global demand for energy will grow as much as 55 percent in the next two decades, owing mostly to the growing needs of China and India, who combine for 45 percent of that total growth spurt. These two petroleum consuming giants have decide that cooperation between neighbors makes much more sense than competing with each other for supplies. Their newest acquisition is a 50 percent joint stake in a large Colombian oil field. The conglomerate successfully purchased this 50 percent share from a Texas-based oil and natural gas company, Ominex Resources Inc. Like Triple Diamond Energy Corp., also in Texas, Ominex finances oil exploration and extraction in order to continuously supply their customers’ oil and natural gas needs. The 50 percent share purchased from Ominex for roughly 800 million has the ability to supply China and India with nearly 10,000 barrels of oil daily.

India and China had in the past been major competitors for fuel supplies, but for the greater good of the two countries, put aside their differences in order to be successful in their goals. With natural gas and oil fields cross the earth rapidly depleting, certainly more of these cooperate efforts will emerge. Large companies, pooling their resources, will be much more successful as efforts to supply the world’s fuel needs prove to be more and more difficult.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Russian Natural Gas Reserves Management

As the country with the world’s largest proven natural gas reserves, Russia should be feeling pretty great about their energy resources in this new millennia. Russia possesses a staggering 1,680 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; nearly double that of Iran, the nation holding the next largest supply. Unfortunately for Russia, ever since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, management of these large natural gas reserves has fallen by the wayside. Russia set up a state-owned natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, to manage, continue in exploration, and distribution of known and newly discovered reserves. Gazprom has proven itself unworthy of this task by not having the necessary funds or knowledge base to exploit the bounteous supply beneath Russia’s expansive land mass.

Truthfully, the Russian government should think about radically changing the way they allow Gazprom to handle these resources. Not only are there tons upon tons of untapped natural gas lying in wait for the use of their country, but also for the billions of dollars that would be made for the nation through exporting these huge reserves. Russia has allowed Gazprom to be the only exploration and distribution company in the country; no foreign researchers, geologists, or engineers have been allowed to lend the much needed knowledge and know-how to make their company, and indirectly, the nation more profitable and prosperous. Most countries with large reserves realize that by charging others to join in the drilling, the country as a whole can benefit from the many drilling tariffs they could demand and enjoy the help of much more knowledgeable scientists like those employed by large outfits like Shell and Triple Diamond Energy Corp. In some ways the Cold War has continued in regard to the way Russia’s government continues to shut out foreign development, over-zealously protecting their natural gas reserves with a “if we can’t get it, no one can” attitude.

Gazprom has not only been inefficient stewards of untapped reserves, they have mismanaged the currently producing supplies as well, leading to shortages of natural gas in a country that should be overflowing with it. This company that is the sole provider of natural gas to the entirety of Russia also owns all rights to the 155,000 kilometers of pipelines that carry the natural gas throughout the country. Mismanagement of this pipeline has resulted in Russia’s own population experiencing shortages of the natural gas direly essential for all types of heating and fueling needs. The future of Russia hinges on the Russian government’s ability to encourage and direct its state-owned monopoly to keep in mind the needs of the people they have been chosen to serve.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

South Korea Needs Fuel Change

As South Korea’s population grows, it is becoming more and more essential for governmental involvement in industry to help stave the overwhelming effects of pollution on the nation’s air quality. In the late 1990s, South Korea’s environment was put into jeopardy by efforts of its industry to boost economic growth at all costs. Industry shifted into high gear without being mindful of the enormous amounts of particulates and carbon emissions released into the air as a result. Recent governmental controls have helped clean up efforts, and carbon and sulfur dioxide emissions by industry have been largely lessened. Unfortunately for South Korea, with economic growth and prosperity, millions more automobiles have become accessible by consumers, and their emissions are now surpassing the environmental effects rendered by industry a decade earlier.

The total volume of particulate matter (soot, carbon, sulfur, etc) released by the country’s motor vehicles has been estimated at 1.6 million metric tons each year. Transportation vehicles, such as large city buses and commercial fleets distributing product throughout the country, account for under 10% of all vehicles on their roads but emit a whopping 40% of these detrimental emissions into South Korea’s air. These large amounts of particulate released affect the health and quality of life of South Korean citizens, especially in large cities like Seoul. Seoul has seen a rampant rise in cases of respiratory disease as a direct result of a lack of governmental regulatory control over the hundreds of thousands of motor vehicles swamping the city’s streets on a daily basis.

Thanks to recommendations and suggestions from studies by the World Health Organization, the city government of Seoul and the national government of South Korea as a whole are making efforts to curb these polluting trends. South Korean government is promoting new alternatives for transportation companies by offering incentives for more environmentally conscious energy use. Research and development teams have worked to show the overwhelming value that compressed natural gas (CNG) could play in efforts to clean up the air that South Koreans breathe. CNG burns cleaner than gasoline, requires less oil usage, and promotes a cleaner environment by releasing a fraction of the amount of particulates into the air versus traditional gasoline powered engines. The government has offered tax breaks and incentives to private transportation outfits in order to promote the substitution of over 20,000 CNG buses to replace current diesel powered buses. By instituting stricter controls over allowable emissions by motor vehicles, South Korea could make cleaner air a reality. Petroleum companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp have the ability to refine petroleum into the clean burning CNG needed to run greener, cleaner buses, that can help make the air that all citizenry breathe healthier.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Chinese Reserves

As China’s population grows exponentially in the new millennia, the energy needs of the country grow as well. With an enormous population of 1.3 billion people, the People’s Republic is the world’s most populous country and the second largest petroleum consumer behind the United States. Chinese oil consumption has seen rapid growth as society has made a change, moving away from bicycles and towards gasoline powered vehicles with automobile ownership growing 19% a year since 1990. As China looks towards the future, the country hopes to minimize its dependence on foreign oil reserves, predominately Middle Eastern reserves, concentrating on using the enormous reserves of natural gas found within their country’s borders and diversifying their imports among several natural gas producing countries.

In 2006, Chinese natural gas reserves ranked 15th in the entire world with proven deposits of over 2.27 trillion cubic meters. With deposits and yields projected to continue growing over the next 15 years or more, the Chinese government is doing their very best to encourage more exploration and extraction to help exploit these rich deposits and keep up with their country’s rapidly increasing energy needs. The use of liquefied natural gas for China would provide a boon to its natural gas refining operations while helping to minimize pollution within the country as a whole. Projections show that by 2030, China will have more automobiles on their roads than the United States. China already holds the position of the world’s largest coal burning polluter; with so many cars, their environment would doubtlessly suffer greatly and increase already growing rates of respiratory disease cases.

As China encourages development of natural gas industry at home, it has also increased its imports of the fuel from abroad, signing long term contracts with foreign natural gas producers such as Australia, committing to buy 4 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas a year from Australian companies Woodside Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell. The effects of Chinese natural gas consumption upon the liquefied natural gas production industry on a global scale cannot be understated. The United States and other natural gas rich nations would much enjoy greater and more amenable relations with China as the nation’s need for imports of fuel grow.

Oil and natural gas exploration companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp would be greatly satisfied to count the People’s Republic of China as one of its many customers. Energy companies in all nations are ramping up exploration and production efforts in hopes of acquiring new contracts with this petroleum product consuming giant of the East.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com

Water Heating with Gas

Natural gas supplies in the United States are the third largest in the entire world. New reserves are being located everyday through diligent research and exploration by scientists employed by energy companies such as Triple Diamond Energy Corp. These companies are continuously striving to provide Americans with the clean burning natural gas used to make homes warmer and more comfortable places to live. Of course, natural gas is helpful in heating homes and offices, but most consumers don’t realize that clean burning natural gas is also used in over half of American households as the fuel which heats their water for washing dishes, clothes, and showers each and every day.

Most homeowners don’t give a second thought to their water heaters until the opportunity affords itself; namely, when their current system bites the dust. Options of replacement or conversion should be considered before this unfortunate situation occurs, so that one can weigh his or her household’s options carefully without the added stress created as necessity drives the resolution of this issue in order to provide hot water for themselves and their families in a more hasty fashion.

Environmentally, natural gas presents itself as the far more friendly way, considering most electric water heaters, especially on America’s eastern coast where dams are less prevalent, are fueled by electricity acquired from coal burning power plants that belch and emit horrible pollutants and particulate into the air while their turbines crank. Natural gas extraction does not involve the issuance of air particulate, and is thus a cleaner way to acquire the fuel for American families.

Gas-fired water heaters are much more efficient ways of heating water because of their higher flow rates which allow a constant ability to heat the water. A demand water heater also referred to as a tankless or instantaneous water heater maintains this constant ability because it is not required to use a storage tank; storage tank water heaters must deal with standby heat losses due to their storage tanks. Therefore, the most efficient water heaters integrate gas and tankless technology in order to provide constant flowing, hot water to the household. When natural gas is not available because the house is located in a rural setting, its cousin, propane is a viable, clean burning alternative. A propane tank can be installed on a concrete pad in the backyard and filled several times a year with clean burning propane to fuel efficient gas powered water heaters year round.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Natural Gas Drilling in National Parks

Natural gas deposits are often located in areas of magnificent beauty because they naturally occur within or underneath ancient rock formations, on land or underneath water, where fossilized plant and animal matter has been compressed and broken down over many millions of years. It then is no coincidence that many of these fertile areas are within the boundaries of protected national park areas in the United States. While debates continue on Capitol Hill over drilling bans or permissions within these sanctuaries, it could be helpful to look at instances where drilling and extraction of resources has successfully coexisted with picturesque beauty and protected status.

Texas has long been a fertile ground for natural gas and oil reserves. Its rich, though sometimes barren landscape possesses thousands of proven mineral and petroleum deposits that have been the state’s mainstay for economic growth over the past century and a half. One such area that has recently come under public scrutiny by environmentalists such as the Sierra Club and large oil outfits like British Petroleum is the protected seashore at Padre Island National Park located on the southeast tip of that great state, on the Gulf of Mexico.

Exploration and development of Padre Island’s cache of natural resources has been underway for many decades. In the late 1930s, Texas’ growing interest in development of its state’s natural reserves motivated legislators to send surveyor J.S. Boyle to the area. The first oil well was not constructed until a decade later, by Sun Oil Company at Yarborough Pass. The permission for this and other wells drilled by Sun was acquired through legislation proposed by Senator Yarborough of Texas, and Sun was the only oil company drilling on the National Seashore during the 50s and 60s. These oil wells produced small amounts of show, but very little commercially viable crude.

There are currently three natural gas producing wells in operation at Padre Island. These wells are under the close watchful eye of the National Park Service. Rangers help in monitoring to ensure a safe environment for the over 800,000 visitors who visit the park each year. The National Park Service describes their role in managing the park’s resources as a “commitment to previous property owners by ensuring their ability to recover the oil and gas mineral resources with a minimum of environmental consequences.” Since the lands which make up the park were previously private, the NPS has committed itself to help serve both the public and private sector with its stewardship of the park. Oil companies such as Triple Diamond Energy Corp adhere to strict regulations when drilling and exploring this protected seashore.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Gas or Wood Burning Fireplaces in the Home

When building a new house or just looking to add romance or a new heating source to a particular room, many people find a fireplace an attractive option. But which kind of fireplace is best for a particular home? There are many types of fireplaces, but most people tend to narrow their options down to either natural gas or wood burning, each with their own pros and cons.

A wood-burning fireplace can be the perfect way to warm up a cold winter night with your significant other. The way the wood snap, crackles, and pops makes this way of heating a room a popular choice. One should remember, however, how much work a wood-burning fireplace can be. Cutting down trees, of course, is mostly a thing of the past unless the house is situated in a rural setting, but storing wood safely from the elements for later burning is always a concern. The only financially efficient way to purchase wood is in large amounts, because running to the grocer everyday for a new little bundle really can add up over a long winter. This demands a nice, large area for storing; a cord of wood in your living room would probably be rather intrusive and less than romantic. If you are looking for an efficient way of heating your room, a wood-burning fireplace is definitely not it, since most of the heat goes up the chimney, leaving you with residual particulate to breathe in as well; a particular no-no for allergy sufferers. A way to improve upon this inefficiency is with the purchase of an insert or woodstove. These are relatively expensive and require cleaning from time to time. If you enjoy tending a fire, a wood-burning fireplace is for you, because they demand constant attention, adjusting and rearranging the wood for optimum flame and warmth.

Most consumers today, at least in America, have come to enjoy instant gratification. Microwave ovens, ordering movies from home, cellular technology which makes everyone essentially reachable nearly everywhere; all of these things make life in America and other capitalist countries some of the most comfortable and enjoyable places to live. Why compromise for anything different when heating your home? A gas fireplace lights instantly at the push of a button. If more heat is desired, one only need turn up the thermostat, no tending, adjusting, maintenance necessary. For ample heat and no mess, a natural gas powered fireplace is the overwhelming choice of contractors and homebuyers in America. Natural gas distribution companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp work hard to provide the clean burning natural gas for millions of fireplaces across the country so that homeowners won’t have to, experiencing the warmth and beauty every time they push the button.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Gulf Of Mexico Open For Drilling

Much of the Gulf of Mexico has been off limits for oil drilling for the last 25 years. Congress has protected the area of the continental shelf for its beauty and its necessary role in providing what is essentially an underwater nursery for developing plant and animal life in the region. The current high price of oil and perhaps the threat of foreign companies using directional drilling from the other side of the Gulf, via Havana, has motivated Congress to relax their ban on drilling, allowing four key offshore states sole royalties from the newly allowed offshore leases.

The newly released area of 8.3 million acres in the eastern Gulf of Mexico promises to possess holdings of enough natural gas to heat and cool nearly 6 million American homes for the next 15 years. The move to allow drilling is undeniably motivated by the millions of voting Americans that believe foreign oil dependence to be a problem most easily solved by merely acquiring and exploiting more domestic resources such as these reserves off of Florida’s Coast. Cuba has been making deals with foreign oil companies from as far away as China and India, perceivably giving them permission to drill off the coast of Havana. American companies were given the chance to drill in these Cuban sites, but were of course barred from entering into contracts because of the U.S. continued embargo against doing business with Cuba. It seems that while the U.S. snoozed, other oil hungry nations like China and India, seeing Cuban oil as a viable option of supplying their energy needs, have seized these supplies as their own.

These deals between Cuba and China and India have left some in Congress fuming. Senator Larry Craig, Republican of Idaho, was quoted saying in his best “politically correct” language that, “Red China should not be left to drill for oil within spitting distance of our shores without competition from U.S. industries.” This feeling was obviously shared by many of Craig’s colleagues in Congress as they voted overwhelmingly to open up the Gulf of Mexico’s coastal waters for increased drilling by a margin of 71-25 in 2006.

Oil and natural gas companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp have enlisted teams of scientists and engineers to help manipulate current technologies while also developing new ones to better explore and extract these new reserves to ensure a continuous energy supply for the future needs of the United States.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Cooking With Gas

If you own an electric range, you have doubtlessly experienced the following situations. Agonizingly watching the stove as minutes and minutes pass by while eternally waiting for a pot of water to heat up and boil. Discovering in horror that your “medium heat” has burned your over-medium fried egg to your favorite skillet. An expertly prepared soufflé comes out less than expertly in execution because of uneven cooking by an electric oven. The truth is, electricity has always been sub-par energy when used for cooking. The overwhelming choice of expert and novice chefs alike is definitely natural gas or propane.

Brian Mattingly, executive chef at the California Culinary Academy, when asked about this heated topic, conveyed his thoughts. He stated that in his over 20 years in the restaurant business he had not met one chef that preferred electric cooking over cooking with natural gas or propane. At his culinary institute, the over 2400 students enrolled in the program are all instructed on gas ranges because of their ease of control, their quick heating from cold ability, the simplicity of keeping them clean, and the affordability of use and maintenance.

A September 2004 survey taken among chefs in all types of restaurants nation-wide, showed Mattingly’s colleagues are mostly of the same opinion. Nearly all of the chefs, 96 percent, preferred a gas cooktop and 68 percent also preferred a gas oven over an electric one. 94 percent of chefs polled lauded gas for its overwhelming convenience. Other points praising gas included 72 percent of chefs preferring it for the greater temperature control it affords and 55 percent experienced faster cooking times and immediate heat when using gas ranges. Not only do these chefs prefer to use gas at the workplace, but 66 percent of the professional chefs polled also use natural gas to cook at their homes.

Perhaps a reason customers continue to use their old tired electric stoves is that gas is still not available in all areas. According to most professional chefs, everyone would be cooking more efficiently and deliciously in these rural areas if they would simply switch to propane fueled appliances in their kitchens. Propane is readily available and as clean burning a fuel as natural gas. Natural gas and oil energy companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp perform the essential duty of extracting the necessary petroleum and natural gas from supplies across the U.S., refining and processing them in order that cooks and amateur chefs across the country have the necessary fuel (propane or natural gas) they need to help their kitchens run smoothly.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Great Lakes Oil and Gas

Oil and natural gas companies continue to do their part in locating new domestic reserves in order to lighten America’s ever-deepening dependence upon foreign produced petroleum. Companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp use all the tools at their disposal as they continually fine-tune their efforts. It seems, however, that at every turn, environmental lobbyists, petrified by accidents that have occurred in the past, take enormous pains to block each new site offered up for exploration by these companies. New oil and gas reserves are being discovered by private firms in much the same way that “wildcatters” and explorers found the deposits in the early years of exploring. The main differences should be shown to help better protect the environment, never to harm or destroy it. One such hotbed for lobbyists concerns the large deposits of oil and natural gas that many geologists believe lie in wait beneath the lakebeds of America’s Great Lakes.

The murky waters of Lake Michigan lie at the center of this debate because beneath its floor lies buried a 430 million year old coral reef. Oil and natural gas form in these areas of decayed and compressed matter, and the older and deeper buried, the more rewarding the deposit could quite possibly be. The invisible line that separates the United States and Canada runs through Lake Michigan’s broad waters. On the Canadian side, oil and natural gas exploration has continued, unimpeded and unfettered by legislation, providing Canadians with over 414 billion cubic feet of natural gas and over 85 million barrels of oil. Canadians benefit greatly from these domestic reserves and employ many newly improved and safer methods for their oil and gas extraction. The main method that has made gains in the last couple of decades in fine-tuning and success is directional drilling. This technique allows land based oil or natural gas rigs to drill through tons of rock and soil out into the lakebed without actually being constructed upon platforms on the lake proper. This allows drilling to take place miles offshore while also reducing the risk of spills into the precious body of water. Any spills would most likely take place on land, ensuring less environmental damage because of quicker and easier cleanup. This relatively low risk of spillage is reflected in the low cost of control-of-well insurance outfits must purchase in order to drill. Because more than 3800 well bores have been implemented without incident in Michigan alone, the cost of insuring each new well is a very affordable $33 a year.

Lobbyists for exploration companies continue to grapple in Washington with environmental lobbyists, weighing the pros and cons of further development; these deposits will continue to richen, as the debates continue.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Smaller Footprint, Less Impact

Environmentalists, deeply embedded in the heated debate over drilling within the Arctic National Wildlife refuge, are up at arms mostly because of the negative effects drill sites render upon the environment and the indigenous creatures that live and migrate across this large Alaskan expanse. Looking at drill sites of the 1900s to the 1970s, it is easy to see the concern. Drilling and exploration took up many an acre for their large, cumbersome machinery and production facilities. For instance, the Prudhoe Bay oil field, just several miles west of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, erected in the 1970s, consisted of 5000 acres of gravel, necessary for roads, drilling, and production facilities. Most of this area, in hindsight, was negligent and unnecessary. Improvements in efficiency during the following decades have made it possible to decrease this use of land by 60%, allowing for less encroachment upon the wild landscape of Alaska and other regions.

New developments in drilling have allowed drills to be more directional and extend their reach to reservoirs often three miles from the surface drilling location. In past decades, drills could only reach at most a mile and a half outward from the original drill site, necessitating the construction of more roads and more drills in order to fully explore the designated area. This advancement allows oil companies a deeper reach beneath the surface by each particular drill, so that they need not be moved across these virginal soils, resulting in less disturbance of the tundra. Other developments have made it possible to construct individual wells and their drill pads much closer together than in the past. In earlier decades, drill pads and production wells needed to be spaced no closer than 100 feet or more apart. Today, technological advancements in drilling techniques has allowed new drill sites to be much closer together than ever before, often as close as requiring only ten feet between each individual drill site. The number of wells that necessitated 65 square acres in the 1970s can now be built on a much smaller parcel of land, requiring less than nine acres today.

A promising advancement has been made in road construction itself. In the past, the roads were all built from gravel mounded atop the surface of the frozen tundra. Today, engineering has made it possible to build many of the roads necessary for exploration out of ice instead. When these roads melt, after exploration is complete, they simply absorb into the landscape leaving nary a trace of their existence. Triple Diamond Energy Corp and other oil providing ventures are working daily to develop new and exciting ways to extract the necessary oil possible for the United States, while performing their due diligence of keeping the environment intact for its enjoyment in years to come.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Drilling in the Arctic Refuge

The United States’ largest oil-producing field lies in northeastern Alaska. The Prudhoe Bay oil field has been producing domestic reserves for the United States continuously since its discovery in 1968. The U.S. receives 17% of its domestically produced oil from Prudhoe via its transport through the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline to the port of Valdez, and then oil tankers bring it down to the lower states. Oil production has slowed over the years, and oil companies have been looking a little east of Prudhoe, to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as geologists have shown a large reserve could be present within its boundaries. Presidents since Jimmy Carter have grappled with this hot potato issue. Weighing the environmental impact versus the energy producing reward is essential of course when considering excavation and extraction within a specifically set aside refuge.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge consists of 19 million acres of untouched land deemed necessary for the survival of Alaska’s indigenous wildlife such as the caribou. In 1987, the U.S. and Canada signed the Agreement on the Conservation of the Porcupine Caribou Herd treaty in order to help protect the herd and its migration routes from disruption and damage caused by development. An Energy Bill in the early 90s authorized drilling in the ANWR, but was thwarted by a Senate filibuster, and in 1995, Bill Clinton vetoed the entire budget proposal because it included a provision for drilling within the reserve.

Conflicting geological reports have not helped settle the controversy. In 1998, the United States Geological Survey released a report estimating that all of the oil would be found beneath the frozen ground of the western part of the reserve. Just a decade prior, in 1988, the U.S. Geological Survey had issued a report stating that all the oil would be found not in the western area, but instead in the eastern and central parts of the reserve. Estimates have shown that anywhere from 8 billion to 16 billion barrels could be located within the preserve, so the question remains, does the ends satisfy the means?

When looking at the U.S. daily demand, which is about 20 million barrels of oil consumed daily, the two estimated amounts of oil, if used as the only resource for oil would last the country about a year on the low side and around two years on the high side. The United States does not however need this oil to be it sole supplier, but as a supplemental resource to the imported and already domestically produced reserves. The debate continues. When this issue is settled, oil companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp are ready to extract the oil requiring as minimal environmental impacts as possible.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Natural Gas Powered Transit

In today’s world with fuel prices rising almost hourly, large metropolitan centers are contemplating new cost-cutting ideas for public transportation while keeping the transit riding populace happy and on time. Buses and trains powered by electricity have proven to be an advantageous option for many cities in the Northwest United States, especially in Washington State with their ability to keep the price of electricity affordably low due to their cache of dams on large rivers such as the Columbia. But electric buses and trains are bound to areas where there exist lines or rails, of course, and for passengers outside of downtown areas, other options have had to be considered. Overwhelmingly, compressed natural gas has come to the fore as the cleanest burning, least expensive alternative, and its abundance in the United States, has made it the overwhelming choice of transit companies around the country.

Pierce Transit, just south of Seattle in the Tacoma, Washington area touts itself as a company committed to their “Clean Machines”. Their fleet of compressed natural gas powered buses reduces nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions by ninety percent versus their diesel-powered cousins. The buses also produce no soot or other particulates; diesel buses emit a gallon of soot into the atmosphere for every 570 miles traveled. Not only are these buses better for the air; they produce less noise pollution as well. Neighborhoods are much quieter thanks to the new natural gas buses, though perhaps one could miss the bus due to its quieter cruising ability through cul-de-sac-ville! Pierce Transit owns and operates several fast-fill compressor stations that have the ability to refuel three buses simultaneously in less than ten minutes. Also, instead of requiring the purchase of all new buses, Pierce Transit chose to convert their existing fleet to natural gas power, cutting more costs that would have definitely trickled down to the riders if new bus expenditures had proved necessary.

Pierce Transit has been lauded by agencies across the country including the American Lung Association, the Natural Gas Vehicle Association, the American Gas Association, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. The U.S. Department of Energy bestowed upon Pierce Transit the prestigious Clean Cities National Partner Award, for their commitment to clean burning fuel. Pierce Transit was one of the first public transportation fleets in the entire U.S. to convert to these “clean machines”. Natural Gas refining and distribution outfits like Triple Diamond Energy Corp continue to explore and extract the natural gas integral to keeping large transportation fleets such as Pierce Transit’s up and running.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.

Changing your Motorcycle’s Oil

One of the most basic procedures of routine motorcycle maintenance each owner should be able to perform has to be changing the engine oil. When done properly, and at scheduled intervals, it can help your motorcycle perform at its top ability, providing a reliable source of transportation and enjoyment for many years.

After consulting your motorcycle manual and purchasing the particular grade of oil and oil filter recommended for your bike, find a nice level spot, perhaps in your garage or driveway and have about 15 minutes to perform the deed. You’ll need a few basic tools including the correct socket wrench to remove your drain plug, a filter wrench you probably picked up at your motorcycle shop when getting the oil, and a new drain plug crush washer to replace the one you’ll remove. You’ll also need the proper receptacle, sealable preferably, to catch the oil as it drains, so you can properly dispose of it later.

Now it’s time to get down to business. Put your bike on the side stand, rear stand, or center stand and slide your drain pan under your drain plug bolt, keeping in mind that it will shoot out at first, so be ready to maneuver for a good catch! Now, remove the drain plug, and let the oil drain into the pan. Allow all the oil to drain before attempting to remove the filter. You can now use your filter wrench, or your leather belt if you’ve been thrifty, to grip that filter and carefully turn it counter-clockwise for removal, paying close attention not to dent or damage the filter to prevent any of the dirty oil from creeping back in your engine. After all the oil has drained from the plug and the filter cavity, put your new washer on the drain bolt to ensure a proper seal, and reinstall the drain bolt, taking care not to overtighten it.

Prep your oil filter by filling it about a quarter full with fresh oil, and clean the contact area on filter and bike. Now apply a little dab of oil on your finger and run it over the entire seal of the filter just to help with installation and your next removal. Now just screw the filter into place by hand, no need for the wrench. Check your manual for the capacity of your engine and start adding the proper amount of oil. When you get to about a half quart under that amount, check the oil, remembering that it has to be vertical, not on the side stand to get a proper reading. Add more until it reads between “add” and “full”, put the oil cap back on and you’re finished!

All that’s left to do is to transport your used oil to a filling station or oil change retailer so that a refining company like Triple Diamond Energy Corp can perform the necessary steps for recycling your oil. Now wasn’t that easy, and you saved some hard earned cash too!

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com

LPG: A Solution to Vietnam’s Pollution Problems

In highly populated Vietnam, whose small landmass of 330,000 square kilometers holds 78 million people, a major concern has always been transportation. Efficient and inexpensive, scooters and motorbikes have become the most popular way of movement of many inhabitants of the large metropolitan centers. The downside of this trend is the environmental effects of pollution generated primarily from the scores of small, mainly two stroke engines that can emit as much or more exhaust as 3 large semi trucks. Two stroke engine powered vehicles burn an oil-gasoline mixture, emitting more smoke, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and particulate matter than their four stroke cousins. Unfortunately these engines are cheaper to buy and easier to maintain. In Hochiminh city, much to the chagrin of clean air proponents, many city dwellers have set up their own independent “baby taxis” by simply adding sidecars to their small motorbikes and scooters. This makes the dirty two stroke engines work even harder, because of their insufficient power to carry 2 or more passengers, belching out even more exhaust than ever.

The World Health Organization has been urging these highly populated cities to monitor and regulate these environmentally harmful vehicles because as air pollution grows worse and worse, increasing numbers of the inhabitants are infected with respiratory illness, overloading hospitals, and increasing the mortality rate. Legislators have tried to limit the number of motorbikes and scooters, but new research has shown that a more realistic alternative would be a simple modification of the motorbike and scooter population to run on a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or LPG.

LPG is a mixture of propane and butane; the simple makeup of these two gases fuse beautifully into one of the cleanest burning fuel alternatives available today. The large tanked scooters that are so prevalent in Vietnam could be retrofitted to house an LPG tank underneath their seats instead of the gasoline tanks that are currently present. LPG powered engines or hybrid LPG and gasoline-powered engines are cleaner burning not only for the environment but within the engines as well. Engine durability and longevity is increased because LPG does not create the particulate or soot created in the two-stroke gasoline engines, allowing the cylinders and pistons to be mostly corrosion free. These engines also burn less oil as well, making lubrication of the moving parts easier and longer lasting.

Companies such as Triple Diamond Energy Corp are adept at extracting and distributing the necessary natural gas for fueling these clean burning vehicles, helping to ensure a safer environment today and in the future.

About the Author: Robert Jent is the president of Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Triple Diamond Energy specializes in acquiring the highest quality prime oil and gas properties. For more information, visit http://www.triplediamondenergycorp.blogspot.com.