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COULD THERE BE OIL UNDER THE NATURAL GAS THATS COMING OUT OF WELL KNOW

John McCain suggested do everything possible for energy now. Nuclear, drill for oil, natural gas, coal, etc…
This would substantially help our economy by not sending money outside the country for energy, and perhaps lowering prices.
Every President elected, since JFK, has promised energy independence. Nothing so far.
Ok, I see some of the answers, get your [...]

Or will they do like they did this time and say it was the republicans fault?
sometimes people take credit for things that maybe they had an effect on, and maybe they didn’t. But over the last couple of years, one of the things we have been doing is we have tried to provide for drilling [...]

We have all seen the price of crude climb at dramatically. It maybe speculation or fundementals. Its hard to know the actuall reason unless you are in the industry.
Do think natural gas is a viable alternative to gasoline from the cost stand point as well as logistics stand point? Do you think [...]

a couple of answers im thinking of is oil and natural gas.

Raise the price on oil, natural gas, AND coal during an energy crisis? That is what Obama proposed a couple of days ago. Economists called it "The trifecta of bad ideas!" Jimmy Carter was by far the worst President of modern times, but even he is smart enough not to do what Obama has proposed. [...]

Is this yet another "We made an offer with an open hand and they returned a fist" strategy? It’s not like there’s all that much oil/natural gas off the east coast in the first place…so why go there? Do you think this has anything to do with the legislation coming down the pike [...]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j5k1tn_9yTMQTCny1MIeKSGBoP9gD9GPS7HG3
"HOUSTON — A new group will pool Texas’ brightest minds to come up with better and safer ways of drilling and producing oil and natural gas in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, Gov. Rick Perry announced Tuesday.
The Gulf Project will focus on developing and testing current equipment as well as new technologies for [...]

I was watching a movie last night (There will be blood) and there was a part where there were drilling for oil, and some natural gas came out of the ground, then what looked to be water, and then it was flames in with the oil. Then the characters took some dynamite to stop the [...]

Link:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/25/content_10555083.htm
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90618.php
Putin has decried the recent plummet of natural gas and crude oil prices and has attempted to reach out to natural gas exporting countries to develop a cartel system similar to OPEC.
Natural gas has been highly regarded as an abundant source of liquid fossil fuel to supplement petroleum use in Europe and the United [...]

John McCain has said he supports greatly expanded offshore exploration and drilling. Barack Obama has made statements, such as in the last debate, that he would “look at” offshore oil and gas exploration.
The ACT! for America Congressional Scorecard sheds light on the positions of the two candidates. In 2006, Senate Vote 219 passed with [...]

"WARNING: DEPRESSING Not to scare anyone, but from someone familiar with spills like DH, including the magnesium blocks and risers, this is the way I see it. First, the problem started when an axial drill bit system was moved while the seal was in a ”closed” position. This damaged the rubber seal and pieces of [...]

If natural gas is cheap enough compared to the cost of electricity, it might be much cheaper to generate your home electricity requirements with a natural gas motor/electric generator. I’m sure the gas companies would LOVE it if everyone did this! And, if everyone stopped buying electricity because this worked, the electric companies [...]

While the same Congress prevents access to 10.4 Billion Barrels of oil in a 3.13 sq. mile patch of ANWR??? I think I should be able to sue CONGRESS for high gas and oil prices. What a bunch of hypocrites!!!
Domestic oil production has declined, to 1.9 billion in 2007 from 3.1 billion barrels in [...]

I am trying to quote the cost difference using a system with propane versus natural gas. The system uses 25-35 gallons of propane. I have been quoted local energy prices in gallons ({content}.14/gal nat gas vs .40/gal propane).
Thank in advance!

You see these every so often on the news or on youtube. Last Earth day, one of the tv stations interviewed a couple who’s house ran solely on windpower, infact, they had so much excess energy, they were running dozens more appliances than they needed to with no problem.
I’ve heard that people in Germany have [...]

I am trying to quote the cost difference using a system with propane versus natural gas. I have been quoted local energy prices in gallons ({content}.14/gal nat gas vs .40/gal propane).
Thank in advance!
Would the propane in the tank, and the natural gas from the electric company, have the BTUs suggested below? Or is [...]

Hey so I was wondering how coastline drilling for oil and natural gas will benefit the economy??
Can You please give me like a list or just a few ideas? THANK YOU.

Do we have enough of it to run every car on the road without spiking the price due to increased demand?
What is the state of the global reserves of natural gas?

We are thinking of buying a natural gas Honda Civic 09. The price is around 25k. I’ve heard that finding a fueling center can be hard and then they might be out of fuel. Would it be cost effective enough over time? would it be better to go with a hybrid?

Natural Gas often comes as a byproduct when drilling for Oil. Does this mean that for an oil company to increase their gas production also means to increase their oil production?
in other words, its not possible to increase (by a lot) their gas production unless they also drill for more oil?
thank you for your answer.

would you buy Hybrid electric vehicles? Ethanol? Diesel? or Natural gas or flex fuel? I guess flex fuel you can use both regular gas or ethanol (e85). for someone who enjoys driving and going in and out of town…50 miles a day driving or less…?

Do you know the history of oil exploration on the east coast?
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/offshore/atlocs/atlocs.html
Actually, it looks like 51 exploratory wells were drilled in the 70s and 80s five found natural gas and/or condensate. (What the heck is condensate). Anyway they were abandon as not commercially viable?
Do you know where the lowest projected reserves in the country are?
Could [...]

H There!
I just read an investment analysis which stated:
either natural gas is going up or oil is coming down.
The argument:
1. Historically, crude oil is 10X more expensive than natural gas.
2. Right now, crude oil is 17X more expensive than natural gas.
3. Oil contains 6X the btu energy of natural gas.
4. Given the physics [...]

He did promise allowing offshore drilling for oil and natural gas. So, are the repubs going to allow themselves to be bribed by Obama, or will the repubs do what the American people want and fight Pelosi and Reid on their government health care take over? Personally, I know the Repubs will sell out, what [...]