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by ewhanley 5y ago
Prudhoe is a massive oilfield. It's thousands of wells spread covering an area around 200k acres. Every well pad and facility has lighting. Oilfields operate 24/7 so the lights are always on. Of course there's ~24 hours of da
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by ewhanley 7y ago
As with Uber and medallions, the increasing popularity of craft breweries able to operate with an inexpensive license has led to some big legislative battles. The Montana Tavern Association (MTA, liquor license holders) try to crush the cra
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by ewhanley 7y ago
If I remember correctly, it depends on when and by what authority they were issued. I think some are specific to a town whereas others extend to the whole county.
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by ewhanley 7y ago
It's about 60 miles east of the last tiny town discussed on HN [0]. Ingomar isn't _really_ much of a town, but it is a cultural waypoint. It's surrounded by historic farming/ranching communities and is within 50-60 miles
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by ewhanley 7y ago
In Montana, you're paying for the liquor license. It's not uncommon to see hole-in-the-wall bars in 2000 person towns go for $1 million. They are quota-ed and similar to the NYC taxi medallion system.
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by ewhanley 7y ago
FWIW, I grew up in Roundup (and am shocked to see it on HN). I remember the hanging tree being put up downtown sometime in late 80s or early 90s to (I suppose) add some Wild West decor. It’s entirely possible the whole hanging cattle rustle
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by ewhanley 7y ago
It’s somewhat common in oil companies to offer salaried employees a 9/80 schedule. The employee works 80 hours in 9 days and gets every other Friday off. Typically people are split into A and B crews so half the office is in on any giv
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by ewhanley 7y ago
The spill was in Watford City, which is not on a reservation.
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by ewhanley 7y ago
A thermostat in the context of an internal combustion engine is a coolant flow control device. It typically diverts coolant to the radiator when the engine initially reaches operating temperature and then directs flow to manage ideal operat
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by ewhanley 7y ago
@overcast Interesting! US-based? How would you denote 1000 bbl/day? kbbl vs mbbl
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by ewhanley 7y ago
It’s also used everywhere in oil & gas for both dollars and barrels (another fun unit of measure).
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by ewhanley 7y ago
Only if by Nobody you mean every person in the oil & gas industry. I find it funny that people get so worked up about different units in different industries. I get that common units would be great for a variety of reasons, but look aro
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by ewhanley 8y ago
Not a book but there’s a good episode of the How I Built This podcast that gives a great overview. https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=551874532:554086519
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by ewhanley 8y ago
I can only speak to the minerals extraction industry (oil & gas, specifically), but they (we) are well aware that hydrocarbons are a finite resource. The industry as a whole is arguably short sighted, but it’s not because they think the
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by ewhanley 9y ago
I remember the first iteration of these pumps that I saw did have a mute bottom. Unsurprisingly, on an otherwise pristine pump, the mute button tended to to be severely worn presumably from frequency of use and/or forceful pressing. Th
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by ewhanley 9y ago
With the exception of the hacking case and maybe the legal ramifications of a fatal accident, I don't see how any of these are different than the status quo. Hit-and-run accidents and auto vandalism are an everyday occurrence whether a
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BP, Shell lead plan for blockchain-based platform for energy trading(reuters.com)
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by ewhanley 9y ago
The earthquakes in OK aren’t a direct result of fracing. With a few rare exceptions, oil & gas fracs are accomplished through hydraulic force rather than thermal effects. The induced seismicity in OK is a product of water disposal wells
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by ewhanley 9y ago
It certainly does. You just have to enter from a public access point. This point could be as formal as a maintained fishing access or as informal as any bridge on a public thoroughfare.
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by ewhanley 9y ago
I grew up in central Montana but now live on the west coast too, and I’m astonished at how quickly it’s changing. The bellwether for me is the fact that stream access law* is being challenged (most notably by Gianforte and other wealthy, of
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by ewhanley 9y ago
Oh, good, it wasn't their _core_ business. What a bullshit copout - you acquire a company, you own it, warts and all. Who's worse, the crappy company or the company that acquires it and continues to operate it without fixing it?
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by ewhanley 9y ago
Wouldn't more bakeries enter the market in this scenario?
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by ewhanley 9y ago
I've had this happen many times as well - a non-itemized invoice for services rendered six or more months ago. It's not my problem that they can't get their billing service sorted. When I worked in the oil industry, vendors w
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by ewhanley 10y ago
How are they not ok? Is the color palette used in propaganda eternally tainted in some way? The algorithm distilled the content into a representative palette, nothing more.
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by ewhanley 10y ago
I think you mean Yellowstone rather than Yosemite.
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by ewhanley 10y ago
Indeed - their precious supply of "just hanging out" time will begin to evaporate quickly as they get older. There's plenty of time to be busy (shudder) when they are adults.
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by ewhanley 10y ago
That's old Teddy K