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57 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® MARCH 2016 Oil/Water Exploration by Harold White When I was in grade school, in the weekly paper there were writings of the polar ice melting faster and faster, as the polar ice cap got smaller and smaller. In the near future, the people will become alarmed and blame everything and everybody, and it will be exaggerated and made into a fearsome thing. This is what is happening. The global warming is blamed on everything from car emissions to smoke stacks, to house smoke, to energy, oil, etc., and it all transforms into profit from it - permits, licens- es, fines, etc. Just like the little science reader said when I was in the fifth grade in 1949. Global warming is not a new thing, it has been happening for thousands of years, ever since the last ice age. A moratorium has been put on the well drilling in Burns, Oregon, and places in some of the other states. We, the drilling contractors can drill for farmers who have a permit to drill. No new permits are being issued to the farmers for irrigation for fear of depleting the water resource in that area. The meeting held in Burns by the state water resources department was saying the rain in the area determines how much water can be pumped out of the ground without it depleting the reserve. I asked a few questions of one of the drilling professionals which I have long known the answer to. I asked when you drill a well, where does the water come from - a reserve, lake, or creek? They said a creek. How wide might a creek be? Not very wide - 15 feet, maybe 20. How fast do you think the creek is running, slower or faster than what you are pumping? Faster. How do you know? We have a 40-foot drawdown and the creek was hit at 200 feet. Where do you think the creek is going? It finds its way to the ocean and completes its water cycle I would think. Have you ever thought it may go on down and come back up as steam or gas, hydrogen, and oxygen? No, I haven’t thought of that. What is a water reserve? They thought for awhile and said the ocean. I said that is the reserve for the water cycle. What is the reserve the water resources department is trying to protect? The statements and comments in this article are based on information and references believed to be true and factual. If you have any questions or comments, please forward them to me in care of WWDR . Harold Harold White may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com