Busy week updates......
**Rain, humidity and cool weather. And then more rain. Light though and the kind that soaks into the soil. If you're not from West Texas you don't know what a need we have for this kind of weather. It's resembling last year's wet October.
**We have a new dining room table. With a good sale price and a gift certificate that Julie had at the store.....we feel like it was almost free. We were somewhat worried about the wood fitting in with the existing Mission and Arts and Crafts furniture, but it's a great fit. We can now have genuine banquets for the masses.
**I've been in discussions with the Dept. of Energy and Sandia National Labs concerning new oil field technology. You remember the Peace Dividend? Of course you do, that's the benefit that would befall the economy by switching from the production of nuclear weapons in the arms race with the Evil Soviet Empire to more positive economical endeavors for the benefit of mankind. Of course, peace didn't really break out all over and one could argue that we are spending more than ever before on defense against the Evil Terror Empire. But...slowly, quietly and in diverse areas, the scientists who once were paid top dollar to devise newer and larger atomic weapons, are using their technological skills to redefine things in the business world.
One of those areas is Microhole Drilling for oil and gas which I am researching. Instead of drill bits and pipe in the 8 to 9 inch range, microhole drilling pipe is as small as 1 7/8th inches with a motorized micro motor attached to the drill bit. The drilling pipe is actually semi-rigid continuous coiled tubing and the whole arrangement is steerable downhole allowing precise directional drilling. Using this technology we could drill certain more shallow wells for one-third to one-quarter of the costs of conventional means. And it's more friendly to the environment too. Currently the boys at Sandia tell me wells down to 3000 ft. are no problem and that eventurally wells to 10,000 ft. will be attainable. It's exciting stuff.
**Rain, humidity and cool weather. And then more rain. Light though and the kind that soaks into the soil. If you're not from West Texas you don't know what a need we have for this kind of weather. It's resembling last year's wet October.
**We have a new dining room table. With a good sale price and a gift certificate that Julie had at the store.....we feel like it was almost free. We were somewhat worried about the wood fitting in with the existing Mission and Arts and Crafts furniture, but it's a great fit. We can now have genuine banquets for the masses.
**I've been in discussions with the Dept. of Energy and Sandia National Labs concerning new oil field technology. You remember the Peace Dividend? Of course you do, that's the benefit that would befall the economy by switching from the production of nuclear weapons in the arms race with the Evil Soviet Empire to more positive economical endeavors for the benefit of mankind. Of course, peace didn't really break out all over and one could argue that we are spending more than ever before on defense against the Evil Terror Empire. But...slowly, quietly and in diverse areas, the scientists who once were paid top dollar to devise newer and larger atomic weapons, are using their technological skills to redefine things in the business world.
One of those areas is Microhole Drilling for oil and gas which I am researching. Instead of drill bits and pipe in the 8 to 9 inch range, microhole drilling pipe is as small as 1 7/8th inches with a motorized micro motor attached to the drill bit. The drilling pipe is actually semi-rigid continuous coiled tubing and the whole arrangement is steerable downhole allowing precise directional drilling. Using this technology we could drill certain more shallow wells for one-third to one-quarter of the costs of conventional means. And it's more friendly to the environment too. Currently the boys at Sandia tell me wells down to 3000 ft. are no problem and that eventurally wells to 10,000 ft. will be attainable. It's exciting stuff.
