Thursday, August 7, 2014

Out of Montana, into North Dakota, through Williston, and to central ND at a small town called McClusky.
Have you heard that there is a new booming oil field in ND?  WOW, is there ever an oil field.  And the pumps, tanks, and drilling rigs look new.

Not all the pumps fit into this picture, there were eleven of them within about 50 feet.  I wonder if they go down and then go horizontally to different places, but I don't know.  This just seems to be too many all going to the same place.

 Notice how clean this drilling rig is, and all the other equipment too.

 Many tanks to hold the oil.

 Again, everything appears clean.  I have been through the oil fields in Texas and they are not at all like this.  Of course, those in Texas have been there for many years, even decades.

Driving a little over 100 miles we saw perhaps 400 or 500, they were thick.  Roads are being upgraded.  New houses are being built.  We saw dozens of wells being drilled.  Semis were on all roads hauling oil or construction materials.  Overnight villages have sprung up to house thousands of workers.  To say that there is an oil boom in NW North Dakota does not tell half the  story.  It was amazing.  First Elva took a picture of onewell.  Then she took a picture of two side by side.  Then she took a picture of three together.  Then she did not know what to do.  Finally she took the picture of the eleven pumps together and quit taking pictures of pumps.

God, of course, knew that we would want a lot of oil.  Did He think we would need a lot of oil?  I don't know.  Unfortunately those who have become greedy.  Quite a number of years ago I heard an interview on WHO radio (Des Moines) between the co-host of the morning talk show (Bonnie, for those who like WHO) and an expert in oil production.  Bonnie was pressing the expert as to why oil prices had gone up.  He gave various reasons, all of which did not stand up to Bonnie's arguments.  Finally it came down to this   ---   the oil companies were charging more for the oil because they could.  They were simply greedy for as much profit as they could get.  They realized that it was a hardship for millions of people.  They were still  greedy for more profit.

Now with more oil coming from North Dakota, will the price go down?  I am quite sure it will not.  People are still greedy.  That is not only the oil industry.  Greed basically drives the American economy.

At least that is how I see it.  I know some of you will disagree with this.  You are welcome to argue with me if you desire.

Thanks.  This will probably be the only blog that turns political, so don't give up.

Elva and Larry