Turkmenistan Oil and Natural Gas Report
February 7, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
“Turkmenistan has some of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, yet the country faces a myriad of challenges in bringing those reserves to world markets.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration report. |
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Afghan–Tajik Basin Oil and Gas Assessment
February 6, 2012 | USGS
“Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated volumes of undiscovered, technically recoverable, conventional petroleum resources for the Amu Darya Basin and Afghan–Tajik Basin Provinces of Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.” Quoted from the USGS publication release.
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Links Between Asians and the Earliest Native Americans
February 1, 2012 | University of Pennsylvania
“A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.” Quoted from the NSF press release. |
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Southern Pakistan Flooding
January 29, 2012 | Earth Observatory
“Nearly five months after severe flooding struck the region, in September 2011, parts of Pakistan’s Sindh Province remained flooded. In January 2012, patches of standing water occur east of the Indus River. The Rann of Kachchh, a salt marsh, holds far more water than in 2010. Water is, however, receding from flooded areas and shows improvement over previous months.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory website.
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Turkmenistan Oil and Natural Gas Report
January 26, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
“Turkmenistan has some of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, yet the country faces a myriad of challenges in bringing those reserves to world markets. It is geographically far from end-use markets and lacks sufficient pipeline infrastructure to export more hydrocarbons.” Quoted from the EIA report. |
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Uzbekistan Oil and Natural Gas Report
January 19, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
“Uzbekistan has abundant oil and natural gas reserves. However, several factors such as lack of sufficient foreign investment and inadequate transportation infrastructure have deterred the country from becoming a major energy exporter.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration. |
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Azerbaijan Oil and Natural Gas Report
January 15, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
“Oil and gas development and export is central to Azerbaijan’s economic growth and the country is one of Caspian region’s most important strategic export openings to the West.” Quoted from the EIA report. |
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Snow on Erupting Kizimen Volcano
January 4, 2012 | Earth Observatory
Kizimen Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has been erupting since November 2010. Earth Observatory has a satellite image of the volcano showing ash-covered snow, a lava flow and steam plumes from the summit and a fumarole. |
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The Strait of Hormuz Choke Point
December 28, 2011 | MSNBC
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow passage (about 35 miles wide) that connects the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea. It is strategically important because about 1/3 of the world’s seaborne oil shipments must pass through the Strait on their way to market. Today, the chief of Iran’s navy commented on English language television that Iran’s military could easily close the Straight. The U.S. Navy’s response was “that will not be tolerated”.
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Demand for Coal in Asia is Growing Rapidly
December 28, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
Global coal demand has almost doubled since 1980. Demand in most parts of the world is flat to declining but the use of coal in Asia is growing rapidly.
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Selenga River – Largest River into Lake Baikal
December 21, 2011 | Geology.com
The Selenga is the primary contributor of water to Lake Baikal and its tributaries drain approximately 80 percent of the lake’s watershed. |
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Climate Change Evidence from Dead Sea Evaporites
December 16, 2011 | University of Minnesota
“An international team of scientists drilling deep under the bed of the Dead Sea has found evidence that the sea may have dried up during a past warm period similar to predicted scenarios for climate change in coming decades.” Quoted from the University of Minnesota press release. |
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Saudi Arabia Dust Plume
December 16, 2011 | Earth Observatory
NASA’s Earth Observatory has published an image of a small dust plume over the Red Sea that originates from Saudi Arabia. |
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Earthquake Hazards in Bangladesh
December 12, 2011 | The Earth Institute at Columbia University
“After the recent great quakes that have swept away entire coastlines and cities in Japan, Haiti and Sumatra, scientists are now looking hard at the nation that may suffer the gravest threat of all: Bangladesh.”
We thought that this was an excellent video. Did you know that a magnitude 8 earthquake caused the Brahmaputra River to change course? Have you ever seen a human powered drill rig – made from bamboo – that can complete a 300 foot-deep well in one day?
Beneath Bangladesh: The Next Great Earthquake? from Earth Institute on Vimeo. |
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Shell Finds Shale Gas in China
December 9, 2011 | Reuters
Shell and PetroChina drilled two vertical wells to test the natural gas potential of shales in the Sichuan Basin. China is thought to have the largest recoverable shale gas resource in the world but it remains untested. |
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$40 Billion on a Steam Injection Project?
December 9, 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle
Chevron might spend $40 billion on a steam injection project that they hope will move an additional 5 billion barrels of oil from the Wafra Field along the Saudi Arabia – Kuwait border. |
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Afghanistan’s Copper and Gold Deposits Up for Bid
December 8, 2011 | Washington Post
The Afghan Ministry of Mines has been inviting companies to bid on contracts to mine the copper and gold in portions of Badakhshan, Ghazni, Herat, Balkh and Sar-e-Pul Provinces. Billions of dollars worth of metals could be in these areas but there are significant infrastructure and security problems. |
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Taiwan’s Mud Volcanoes
December 5, 2011 | Focus Taiwan
A short article on the Focus Taiwan website reports on mud volcanoes in Taiwan. |
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The First Humans in Arabia?
November 30, 2011 | ScienceMag.org
Stone tools found in Oman suggest that humans may have crossed from Africa to Arabia much earlier than previously believed. |
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Iran: Enormous Oil and Natural Gas Reserves
November 22, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
“Iran holds the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves and the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves. International sanctions and unfavorable investment terms, however, have impeded developments across the energy sector.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration country analysis brief. |
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