tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post3312516140457173593..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Thursday LinksStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-85563466672703124762012-11-16T21:59:14.704-08:002012-11-16T21:59:14.704-08:00Check out the oil and gas employment graph at FRED...Check out the oil and gas employment graph at FRED, courtesy of the BLS. <a rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CES1021100001</a><br /><br />I think the numbers are for field workers, but it goes along well with the rig counts you have been posting. Would be interesting to look at worker:rig ratios going back 30 years ago.Luke The Debtorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07527422933669490001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-46103178280825130922012-11-15T10:41:23.545-08:002012-11-15T10:41:23.545-08:00That little coal is shipped out via the West Coast...That little coal is shipped out via the West Coast isn't all that surprising. The big coal producing areas and largest undeveloped reserves in the West are far from the coast. From Gillette, in the middle of the Powder River Basin, to any of the West Coast ports is >800 miles (and that's straight line -- railroad mileage would be significantly longer). The big western production and reserves are on the "wrong" side of the Continental Divide, which limits rail capacity and increases shipping costs. In contrast, from Charleston, WV to Norfolk, VA is only about 300 miles, and pretty much downhill all the way. There aren't very many coal terminals at the West Coast ports, they're all quite small, and the cities through which the coal passes to reach those terminals are antagonistic towards expansion.Michael Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01472223216496790376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-9825203684971734952012-11-15T09:19:03.216-08:002012-11-15T09:19:03.216-08:00this coal export infogrpahic shows plans for a lot...<a href="http://www.platts.com/newsfeature/2012/coaltransport/map2" rel="nofollow">this coal export infogrpahic</a> shows plans for a lot of west coast port expansion...<br /><br />obama's buddy buffett has a big stake in the powder river basin, and owns the railroads necessary to get it there..rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.com