The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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nor to impress you with my oil knowledge

that's good because you certainly have not impressed me.

I have not cited numbers for many of the things you claim because in those cases I do not have more accurate numbers. However, I do know that neither you nor most of the people claiming to know such things really do not know what they claim. It's the Rumsfeldian "known unknowns" thing and I know you do not know no matter how much BS you type or how many BS links you post.

In other cases, such as your claim that no giant fields have been discovered in the last 40-50 yrs, I supplied a link which clearly demonstrated that you were wrong. You subsequently modified your claim to recognize Tupi/Lula; however, you are still claiming that is the single exception which, again, is - clearly wrong. You claim that I didn't support my assertion - again wrong.

Information such as average water cut for Ghawar is highly restricted. Folks from western service companies may have information on individual wells that has leaked out into the public domain; however, Aramco compartmentalizes access to reservoir data in such a way that there is no way that anybody in one company will be able to make accurate blanket statements such as those that you have made.

In addition, a person with analytical abilities might consider that if your claims are accurate, then what is being done with all of this water? I'm sure you'll have a half-witted answer to share with us but I'm also confident that it will once again demonstrate your lack of comprehension and consideration of the consequences of the associated details.

You might also want to check your claim on the amount of oil consumed/year. Like most of the crap you've posted it is wrong. The information from a reliable source is here:
http://www.eia.gov/emeu/international/oilconsumption.html
http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDindex3.cfm?tid=5&pid=53&aid=1
http://www.eia.gov/emeu/steo/pub/contents.html
http://www.eia.gov/emeu/steo/pub/3atab.pdf

I know DOE is part of the Roswell cover-up but some of us like to live in the real world.

You might also want to get off your horse regarding oil production and consumption rates. I haven't made a single claim regarding those numbers other than to say that your claims are wrong. I don't care if they're too high or too low, I'm only pointing out that you don't know what you're talking about and that nobody should listen to you on regarding oil. I'm certainly done entertaining you.