How can you double something and still have ten times less than you started with?

The answer to this question will help us reassess claims that advances in oil field technology will postpone the peak in global oil production. The question itself arises from a case study of Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Handil Oil Field in Indonesia.

Observant fans may have noticed a lack of new stories here recently (although new astrophotos are being added to the Gallery).

My excuse is that I am now an editor for the Australia/New Zealand 'local edition' of The Oil Drum, a news and discussion site for all things concerning peak oil and our sustainable transport and energy future. Oil prices, transport and energy are certainly in the news now, but you can read the latest analysis and ideas on the blogsites months (even years!) before they hit the mainstream media.

Drop by sometime.

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And so it’s time for an update for 2007..

..the picture above is a snapshot of the year. From the top (left to right):

3 Sisters in NSW
Dandenong ranges
Restaurant tram
Wilsons Promontory beach at sunset
BBQ for the German visitors

The full gallery of lunar eclipse photos is here:
http://philhart.com/gallery/Astrophotography/Moon/Lunar_Eclipse_2007/

A lot of Planning and Preparation

Having taken my astrophotography to a new level in the last couple of years (courtesy of having had a real job in the UK for five years), and now having returned to Oz last year, I entered a bunch of my astro-images to the fourth annual David Malin astrophotography awards, hosted by the Central West Astronomical Society in Parkes, NSW.