Jul 30, 2020 - In February 2020, U.K. security researchers discovered a vulnerability in free, open source, automation servers that would allow cybercriminals to amplify a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack by a hundred fold. For the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), this was the final straw that led to a new warning about…
The EIA published its Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Here are some highlights. All items are in millions of barrels per day except inventories, which is billions total. Dates are defined as week ending averages, except utilization rate which is a four week ending average. The full report can be found here. Item 7/24/20 7/17/20 Refinery…
US land rig activity in oil basins appears to have hit rock bottom as the count of horizontal oil-focused rigs declined by one more during the week of 13 July, falling from 157 rigs to 156 rigs, according to Rystad Energy. The one-rig decline originated from the Permian. Other oil basins saw a net zero…
America's Frontline Doctors spoke at a conference in Washington D.C., sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots Foundation. While at the conference they held a press conference to speak out against the fallacies surrounding COVID-19. This video is actually the second press conference they held because the first one was removed by YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. …
An offshore supply vessel was reportedly attacked offshore Mexico on Friday, July 24, in an incident that was described as a "violent armed boarding and robbery of personal belongings." The maritime safety intelligence company Dryad said Monday that the offshore supply vessel Natalie was boarded while conducting operations in the vicinity of the ODIN Offshore…
I am from Texas and when I was growing up, Texas only had one very small Indian reservation. I did not know anything about Indians except what I saw in the John Wayne films. However, when I later moved to states like Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and New York, I began to realize that other states…
Here is the latest from Hanes and Boone. Read more: http://www.haynesboone.com/-/media/files/energy_bankruptcy_reports/oilfield_services_bankruptcy_tracker.ashx?la=en&hash=2BE6456FA3C1725E6C3588DE59C001602CD646DE
President Trump has made many comments about the "anarchists", but somehow, I do not think that his message is getting through to people. The reason, I believe, is because folks have forgotten about the anarchist's playbook. That book is "Rules For Radicals" by Saul Alinsky. This is truly an evil book. When I first saw…
July 24, 2020 - U.S. Gulf of Mexico-focused oil and gas company has informed that the Enterprise 264 jack-up rig has moved to a location near its SM58G platform offshore Louisiana. The drilling rig was last week moved to its recently installed South Marsh Island 58 G location, and will be used to tie…
Because I worked in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan, I have had an interest in the those areas for some years now. I have tried to read about it but books are hard to get. I have found some video lectures on the subject. So, here is what I understand. The purpose of this article is…
