GasKan & OilKan
Welcome to GasKan & OilKan
GasKan is an independent developer of new oil reserves mapped out through a combination of predictive 3-D seismic technology , infrared satellite mapping, and old fashioned geologic exploration. Our techniques have been developed over the course of three decades, during which time we tried just about every type of exploratory techniques. During that time, we learned a lot about what works where, what doesn't work where, when data is reliable, when it is not, etc. Over the course of time, our ratio of successes to failures has steadily grown along with our experience and expertise. Today, we are proud to exhibit one of the best records of any independent oil producer in the world.
Not really.
OilKan is an independent developer of new gas reserves mapped out through a combination of predictive 3-D seismic technology, infrared satellite mapping, and old fashioned geologic exploration. Our techniques have been developed over the course of three decades, during which time we tried just about every type of exploratory techniques. During that time, we learned a lot about what works where, what doesn't work where, when data is reliable, when it is not, etc. Over the course of time, our ratio of successes to failures has steadily grown along with our experience and expertise. Today, we are proud to exhibit one of the best records of any independent gas producer in the world.
Not really.
How Cold Was It?
We just experienced something like, or maybe it was exactly like, record-breaking cold temperatures in the country, or at least large parts of it, like the entire Midwest, at least, if not more. But, what does that tell us? Does it tell us the degrees? And, even if it did, what would that tell us? Would it really give us a physical or mental frame of reference that we could relate to? We don't know, maybe. But times like these are when metaphors come in quite nicely to help us get a handle and relate. So, here is one:
It was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!
According to somebody allegedly named Michael Solway (which we couldn't confirm and who we couldn't find despite much googling and binging) the phrase has a naval origin. On ships of yesteryear, cannon balls were stacked on brass rails called "monkeys". When it got very cold, the monkeys contracted and the balls fell off. There are, of course, other things that contract in the cold which, we are relieved to report, do not result in any balls falling off; nor does cold (in reference to temperature as opposed to attitude) cause the ailment known as "blue balls".
Oil
Here's a picture of some fellows drilling an oil well. It ain't easy. It requires the utmost attention, diligence and effort. One little misstep, one little diversion, one little slip, and you've lost, at a minimum, one little finger. More often, it's a thumb, but arms have been lost, as well.
Oil from all of the oil wells on a lease is generally piped to a tank battery where, among other things, the oil is stored until trucks from the oil purchasing company come to get it.Here's a picture of a tank battery at an oil lease.
Here's a picture of a bunch of rocks recently discovered on one of our oil & gas leases. We really wanted to drill a well at that very spot, but they were too heavy to move out of the way so we had to find another place to drill.
Gas
There you have it, what everybody is ultimately working for. Joe Consumer just thinks in terms of "gas", of course, which in common parlance is equated with the liquid substance they put in their cars to make them go. People in the oil & gas industry, of course, are more discriminating in their use of terminology. For example, for them "gas" is "gas", whereas, oil is what is used to make gasoline and diesel fuel.
There's just hardly anything better than a big bowl of chili with beer and your buddies after a hard day in the oil patch. It has been reported in trade journals and scientific journals that four bowls of good Kansas chili can produce enough gas to heat a four-bedroom home the entire winter, if it's been properly insulated, otherwise, it might only make it through Christmas .
Here's a picture of some fellows busting their butts and straining their backs in the search for some substance below what appears to be a drilling platform. It might be oil, might be gas, could even be water but we don't really think so. We believe they're probably drilling for oil from an off-shore platform somewhere and we certainly wish them all the luck in the world because, truth be known, they'll need it.