Where's the "Bakken"

 Here is the Bakken! 

Reston, VA - North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation.

Good Video....

Things that make you go..."Hummmmm"

UAE Taking Al Qaeda Claim Seriously in Crash Probe

and

Lufthansa cargo plane splits in half on landing in Saudi capital, injuring pilot and co-pilot

Now ties this in with....

Explosives Found on Planes amid US Terror Probe

Makes you go hummmm?!

For some reason I don't belive this...

Follow up from foxnews.com

Emirates says Japanese tanker was attacked in Persian Gulf, days after al-Qaida group's claim!

Some earthquake!

By Saleh Shaibany and Osamu Tsukimori Saleh Shaibany And Osamu Tsukimori – Wed Jul 28, 6:41 am ET

MUSCAT/TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese oil tanker damaged in an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping lanes, was being diverted to a port in the UAE on Wednesday.

One of the 31 crew aboard was injured but no oil leaked from the M Star very large crude carrier (VLCC), according to the Japanese transport ministry.  It said an explosion occurred onboard at around 00:30 a.m. local time (2030 GMT Tuesday), but the cause was unclear.
"A crew member saw light on the horizon just before the explosion, so (ship owner Mitsui O.S.K.) believes there is a possibility it was caused by an outside attack," Japan's ministry said in a statement.

Oman's coastguard said there was no evidence of any attack on the tanker and instead cited an earthquake.  "The boat was hit by a tremor ...we have no information of an attack," an Omani coastguard official told Reuters.

 Now that is a first!  Oil tanker explodes due to an earthquake.  Almost as good as G.W. orchestrating 9-11!  This quake in question had some staying power as how it happened 4 DAYS BEFORE the explosion!

Next Adventure

So we have finished up our training here at this site and are heading to our final destination to do some real work.   The last month has been interesting and we all have learned a lot about our new job and each other.  Stay tuned for more updates as Nutz explores the Asscrack!

Here is an interesting perspective..

How to save the Obama presidency 

- bomb Iran

Rain in the Desert!

Well call it liquid mud!  It has been raining off and on all day today.  I was hoping to get a car wash today from mother nature while I was at the office.  No such luck.  My car was covered with mud from the sky.  Crazy!  Last night there was also a little thunder and lightning.  I was not too terribly impressed so I did not go to the window to see the show. 

Sights and Sounds of Bahrain

"Interesting" is a term, "land between time" is another way of describing some of the sights and sounds here in Bahrain. 

Here is one for ya.  As I was driving into the parking lot at my hotel, there was Saudi Ford Excursion with not less then 15 people inside.  Mind you most of the people were under the age of 12 but still 15 folks.  Yes and not a car seat was to be found.  Interesting. 

Today while eating lunch I saw a bubba I used to work with in Germany.  He worked in the Basement of the DISCOM building.  Those of you who where there would remember the big red neck Major from Tennessee.  Well the Major is now a light colonel. 

Yesterday when I went to the pool to get my trophy.  Yes I am a great swimmer!  I bumped into one of my old crewman/rescue swimmer. Was nice to see a friendly face and even nicer were the comments he made about me and the impact I had upon his life. 

Last week, during lunch, I ran into a guy who was on the Saipan war cruise '03 158 days at sea with 3 beer days!  

I look out my hotel window and see a modern city near the ocean,  I look down into the adjacent lots and I see construction techniques from the middle ages!  Interesting.  OSHA would have a field day here after going off the deep end.

I guess the road to my ultra modern hotel was just paved in the last year or so.  Interesting!

First Looser!

So here i am in the desert.  Well, it just happens there is a swimming pool on this base and a guy I work with likes to hit the pool around lunch time.  So that is what we do.  One day there was a sign up for a 2x100 meter relay race.  My co-worker said, " hey we are two large dudes, why dont we give it a try?" So we signed up and that was that.  Well today was race day and I was the first leg.  I put in a stellar performance of 1:30 and our team time was 2:50, good enough for 2nd place out of 12 teams.  I can honestly say I was near cardiac arrest when I finished my leg.  My goggles wrapped around my neck when I dove in and this really screwed the pooch.  My partner "Mule" had a similar problem  However we did overcome and performed as you can see below!

Nutz in the Sand Box

Well I finally found some one with a digital camera that I can mooch. Bob, my roomate, I use that term lightly cuz Bob lives in Dupont Circle and you know what they say about those types from Dupont Circle?!

Anyhow we went out exploring the countryside this past weekend. We hit most of the big tourist things, The 1st Oil well, the Tree Of life and well that is about it... Oh, least i forget the we saw the oil museum and the Bahrain International Circuit, AKA the race track.

All in all things are good. We moved out of our crappy hotel and are now in the Marriott Executive Apartments Very nice very nice, and settling into the job at hand.

So back the the whole digital pix thing, Bob took some shots, I took some shots and Bob was great full enough to share them with me. I will no longer contemplate putting acrinic in his dinner. Oh that is right I have been branded, knighted, ordained the "Bobby Flay" of the Marriott. Ok maybe the second floor of our office building..... Well that might be pushing it..

Enjoy the pix..
Nutz