the brow line (can i call it that?) on the front is so strong my initial reaction to the first shot was thinking it’s a jeep that’s been given a facelift of sorts

Bah, everyone gets taught Chevron are rubbish at exploration. What they’re the best at is getting their wells profitable a heck of a lot faster than anyone else.

You’re on the right track, yes, you just can’t afford to have as many dry wells. But then again as any geologist worth his salt (weeeey, sorry, topical pun) will say, no well is useless, regardless of the result. Actually though you still get quite a few dry wells. When I explain to my friends the kind of…

Been speaking to many folks in the oil industry and the older ones all worry about a catastrophic rebound if the prices stay low or keep plummeting. The Centrica CEO recently stated that $40-50 prices should be the new reality companies should look at when doing their accounting and that it’ll stay like this till mid…

exploration obsolete? How so? even in mature petroleum provinces you can only go so far using a combination of new seismic data, petrophysical and geochemical data from nearby wells to try and narrow down a new potential lead. and even then you’re looking at grim probabilities of success. It’s a bit strong to just…

as someone on the blunt end of the oil-price-crash-stick, I found the Prisoner Dilemna analogy really interesting. Least it’ll give me something else to tell friends and family that interrogate me about jobs in the oil sector.

well they used to be for sure. then there were the BMW years when sauber were a big boy team. now though I get the impression paddock big wigs have been unimpressed with Manisha Kaltenborns running of the team, especially the contract fiasco last year. It’ll be a shame to lose the Sauber name though, it’s one I’ve…

seeing as Haas is already a vassal team for Ferrari, surely in a few years when their rather rambunctious owner tires of the sport, they can just rebrand it to Alfa

The rear almost looks like it has a bit of the sharpness of modern VW’s and Audi’s. Though honestly, some of the creases on them VAG cars could do the job of a Gillette razor.

It’ll be nice to know the mastermind behind the plan is some old rear admiral or such, probably settled down, got grandkids etc.

I see. I understand they are doing it in association with Turkey as well. What I realised is that given the very many ‘5th gen’ jets in development around the world (most of which get derided compared to the gold standard F-22) surely means the definition of what constitutes 5th gen will just be broader.

excellent scale images. The KFX, is that a Korean proposal? Sure looks like what I would imagine a 5th gen Typhoon or Rafale would look like. Also the flat profile of the T-50 head on reminds me a bit of the SR-71 viewed head on

Love these articles. Big fan of keeping it simple, costs low etc. Jason, do you have any articles about the Chinese space program? I’d like to know more.

I actually wanted to ask about this on Jalopnik considering the expertise of people on the forum, especially since today, for the second time in a fortnight I fished out a dead rat from under the bonnet of our Audi. The first time my dad noticed was when the car MMI said there was a problem with the battery. Found…

I’m usually reluctant to wade in on this debate generally because finding solutions is hard but I’m real glad you mentioned the gravel traps and grass. I know safety is paramount but having large run-offs ensure drivers have fairly reasonable error margins they can get away with at the new tracks for example. Surely…

what an interesting observation. How has this gone under the radar?

Excellent!!

this is such an excellent post. i love a good artists impression, especially when it’s a retro modern mashup done well.

I laughed so much at the ‘can’t kill an american citizen bit’!

so blocky looks like its made of Lego.