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jfurgers · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 442 Location: Mexico City

http://www.kt.kz/index.php?lang=eng&uin=1133435125&chapter=1153477729

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Odd...so far, the link you put up is the only reference I can find to what would be a very large story.

MO39 · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject:

I saw headlines in a Mexican newspaper yesterday at a newstand - can't remember which one it was. I also remember reading that it may be impossible to get at this deposit - didn't read enough to find out why Confused

john_n_carolina · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 700 Location: n. carolina

good link JF -- thanks for the info.

MO39 · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject:

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

THE NEWS also had a story about the reserves which borders Veracruz and Puebla states. Unfortunately, it is near impossible to access this oil field. As opposed to most of the other finds, including Cantrell, this oil field is mired in hundreds of small pockets of underground tunnels and caverns. Preliminary strikes have had the oil pressure peter out in only a few weeks, making it a worthless find. The conjecture is that it will take another 10 years to come up with the proper drilling tools to get at this oil find. Despite that, the feds have still sold leasing rights to several oil companies to drill in the area. It�s probably a bust at best.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

MO39 · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:09 am Post subject:

Orpheus · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA

Meh...

It's common to see these stories circulated in emails during election times in the US. Typically, they're along the lines of: "look how much oil/coal/whatever is available under the mountains/national park/whatever, but the current administration is in the pockets of the big oil companies and won't go get it for us." They don't tell you that it's not economically (or sometimes, ecologically) feasible to actually drill for the stuff.