At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

Pictured above is the Ocean Star, an offshore drilling rig located in Galveston, Texas. This jackup rig worked in the Gulf of Mexico for 20 years before being retired and hauled to Galveston, where it now serves as a museum dedicated to the offshore oil & gas industry. The museum houses an education center that [...]

It’s no wonder the Abşeron Peninsula is considered to be one of the most polluted areas in the world. Years of drilling with little regard for the surrounding environment have left the area resembling an apocalyptic wasteland. In July 2006, we drove through these famed old fields of Baku – the same fields upon which [...]

Everyday of my life is exactly like this. I know you’re jealous.

Definitely the greatest corporate anthem I have ever heard. Go Gazprom! Don’t bother trying, you’ll never ever find A surer friend than Gazprom We’re giving people warmth and light For office and for home We should always keep in mind From dawn till sun down, That our work is always needed Working day or holiday [...]

See, we’re not all that evil: Eco-sailors rescued by oil tanker An expedition team which set sail from Plymouth on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip to Greenland have been rescued by an oil tanker. [...] The team, which left Mount Batten Marina in Plymouth on 19 April in a boat named the Fleur, aimed to [...]

I would probably say “dude” more often, though. Via “Hark, a Vagrant!” by K. Beaton.

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I really wish Gazprom would post videos of their press conferences, because it would be rather hilarious to see Sergey Kupriyanov and Alexey Miller shouting their statements to reporters: As of January 7, when Gazprom was forced to cease gas supplies, the transit pipelines in Ukraine were filled with Russian gas. Therefore, the pipeline pressure [...]

Especially when they use exclamation marks! Providing gas for technological needs is the sole responsibility of transiting party! Indeed!

I never thought this day would come. The CPC Consortium has finally agreed to expand the pipeline’s capacity, which will carry some 1.4 million bpd of Kazakh crude by 2013.