Drought
(Oil field) |
Year Drought Ended and Reason Why Ended |
1933-1940
U.S. Dustbowl-1 |
1933: Northern Texas Oil boom
1940: European War cuts exports. Texas production decreases below 60% |
1950-1957
U.S. Dustbowl-II
|
1950: West Texas Permian Oil boom
1957: Cheap Arab imports cut Texas output. Production decreases below 30% |
1967+
East Africa/
Horn of Africa
|
1967: Mideast Oil production above 8 million barrels
1973-74: Abated with OPEC oil embargo when Saudi production dropped 95%
Current: On-going |
1970's+ West Africa/
Sahel |
1970: Nigerian Oil, 25% of global C02 flaring
On-going, to get worse: Shell expanding production |
1970's+
Alaska |
1970's: Prudhoe Bay, largest oil field in North America.
On-going, will get worse with drilling in Alaska National Wildlife Area.
Arctic drilling (US and Russia) is why polar temps sky-rocketed and polar
ice cap shrunk as well as the Polar Timebomb (last PR email) |
1997+
China/Korea
|
1997: Shitting where it eats
Exponential exploitation of West China Taqim/Permian Basin
On-going, to get worse: China exploding population demands |
1999+
Canada, US & Alaska |
1990's boom in oil fields of Alberta & Saskatchewan
On-going, to get worse: Tar Sands and Co-gen expansion |
1998+
Dustbowl-III |
1998: Increased exploration and gas-fired power plans
On-going, to get worse: CO2 injection |
1999+
U.S. Southeast
(Gulf of Mexico) |
1999+ Rapid Expansion of deep water oils. Free flaring of
natural gas.
On-going, to get worse: More deep water wells.
Ended with natural gas transportation system.
Drought returned after Hurricane Katrina destroyed pipes for 6 months. |
1998+
Brazil |
1998: Discovery and development of deep water oil fields
On-Going, To get worse: More deep water wells |
1998+
Caspian Sea |
Central Asia is buffeted from oil-drought winds from both
China and the Caspian Sea.
Source of climate change refugees: Afganistan, Iraq, Syria. |
2001
Australia |
Black Christmas--Australia Bush Fire 1400 mile fire front ... New York
City to Key West.
Due to western oil fields. |
2010 U.S. South |
British Petrophilia's New Horizon Oil Rig Wealther Changes: Floods in
Arkansas and Oklahoma |
2010 Russia |
Droughts and fires: Peezing in the Wind |