Any investment opportunity that claims you’ll get substantially more could be highly risky. If you’re not going to research an opportunity fully, do yourself a favor and put any unsolicited materials in the recycle bin immediately. If you’re having trouble finding the agency that regulates oil and gas in a particular state, enter the State’s name – followed by “oil and gas” – into your favorite Internet search engine. You can start by having a good look at the automobile, look for dents and scratches, mismatched body panels or components, cracked lamp housings, chipped paint or windows. We begin with look at the operation of a conventional tank water heater and a tankless water heater. Side by side they need HSE officers and managers, operation engineers, socialist design engineers, petroleum technologists and several other profiles for doing diverse kind of high specialty jobs. Anyway, any kind of urine could be used to produce hydrogen, which is a better fuel.

Note that Michigan is a relatively small “player” in US oil and gas production (as of 1997), but that, nonetheless, we do produce more oil and gas than most other states. In 1979, 55 of the 83 counties in Michigan were producers for petroleum—all of them were in the Lower Peninsula. The Antrim shale gas wells are shown as the large red swath across the northern lower peninsula. In fact, only 13 counties in the Lower Peninsula produced no oil, and six counties produced over 1 million barrels. We have included a Due Diligence Checklist, Oil & Gas Investing 101 Guide book (with over 100 pages of information), and other books with tips and info on oil and gas investing. The expectation by wall street is a 8% return over time. When the danger is over, the FPSO can simply return and connect its riser turret again to once more receive oil or gas for production and storage.

Efficiency and accuracy is highly valued in the oil and gas industry almost more than any other industry. Traditionally 12.5%, but more recently around 18% – 25%. The percentage varies upon how well the mineral owner negotiated and how expensive the oil company expects the extraction of oil and gas to be. People often wonder how they can sell mineral rights or oil & gas royalties, the process is simply than one would think. The owners of these “non-federal” mineral rights (they may be individuals, corporations, state or local governments, Indian tribes, or native corporations) have the legal right to explore for and extract their oil and gas resources. We seem to have to have everything blueprinted and in black and white before we can believe it is real. November 16, 1990. “bad luck” may not occur from violating this federal law, but legal consequences can ensure. Under Alberta law, landowners can’t refuse companies wanting to develop oil and gas below the surface of their land.

The map above shows where the Antrim crops out at the surface. In fact, it contains additives that are designed to break down grime and get it out of the engine. In fact, most of the larger gensets require multiple banks of generator batteries to start the genset. All of these six counties lie within the Niagaran-Silurian Reef system, which has been exploited since the late 1960s because improved technology and higher prices made greater profits possible, despite the considerable risk involved. After a well is drilled, a six month dewatering period takes place. After that time the well begins to stabilize. Savvy investors take the time to do their own independent research. Research the company before you invest. That’s because the lack of reliable, readily available information about company finances can open the door to fraud. Remember – an educated investor is our best defense against fraud! Simply ignoring investment-related “junk” faxes, emails, voice mail messages, and regular mail may be your best strategy.