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  2. Relax, guys, I already took care of it for you. The reality is, how many significant oil pipelines exist between Russia and China? "Doughnut, babe. Nothing. Zip. Zilch." - Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) in Gung Ho The waterborne crude oil exports from Russia to China is all there is. TLDR However, there is one major gas pipeline between the Bear and the Dragon, the Power of Siberia 1 Pipeline. This $55 Billion project, commissioned in 2021, included the 56" diameter, 1,860 mile pipeline from Kovykta Gas field in the Irkutsk Oblast (aren't you glad you played Risk?) to the China Border. I did check; there is a 9,500 ft mountain range they went around. The Kovykta Gas Field is over 1,200 miles southeast of the Urengoy Gas Field in Siberia that supplies used to supply Eastern Europe, via a 2,800 mile pipeline. The good news is the natural gas produced here is the really good stuff, that contains helium and is rich in Natural Gas Liquids. A Gas Processing Plant requires a cryogenic plant operating at ~ -170 °F to separate the NGLs.. Helium processing is way out of my comfort zone... "Helium extraction plant uses cryogenic distillation to reach temperatures as low as -269°C (-452°F), just a few degrees above absolute zero. These extreme temperatures are necessary to separate helium from the other gases found in natural gas because helium has the lowest boiling point of any element. " The really bad news is the economies of scale you need to monetize the resource is mind boggling, and it is conveniently located literally in the middle of fucking nowhere, in an area with design conditions of -60 ℉, and a freeze depth of 13 ft. The Total "Power of Siberia Costs" included: Gas Production Facilities $ 6.16 Billion Gas Pipeline $15.07 Billion Power Plant (160 MW) $ 8.47? Billion Gas Plant $13.70 Billion Chemical Plant $11.60 Billion $55.00 Billion The overall projecticludes the entire vertical integration of natural gas processing; Natural gas Production to Pipelineto Gas Processing Plant to NGL fractionation Plant to Ethylene Plant (cracking ethane to make ethylene and cracking propane to make propylene) to Polyethylene/polyPropylene Plant (plastic pellets). Everything you need to get from raw natural gas to plastic pellets that become everything plastic that is "Made in China." For a processing guy, it doesn't get any better than this. It is truly amazing that Russian can build something like this, yet they invade Ukraine so they can take the toilets. Some Russian Gas Processing Porn; The first column of NGL/NRU unit Natural Gas Liquid/Nitrogen Rejection Unit) in the P1 section of Amur Gas Processing Plant was officially put into operation on May 1st, 2021. By far, the largest process vessel I have ever seen.
  3. You don’t live in New York. I’m guessing you’re one of those gaping pussies terrified of any town larger than Midland. Nobody was arrested for assault.
  4. seriously, my business is shit right now. I will need a knee replacement soon. I'm a fat tub of shit. But, I'm white, and I can pass an open-book test on any subject. I need to apply, get the job, collect the bonus, and claim that some MS13 mofo kicked me and get Uncle Sam to pay for my new knee. Does anybody see a flaw in my plan?
  5. Nowhere else to put this: Family of Texas congressional aide who lit herself on fire speaks out after claims of an affair with Republican Tony Gonzales https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/tony-gonzales-aide-affair-death-fire-b2849617.html
  6. Test just leaked:
  7. you're obviously not familiar with our new "warrior ethos". *that's latin for "murders Venezuelan fishermen"
  8. aaron gordon is…dare i say…en fuego.
  9. Don't really give a shit if it isn't the Astros playing, but I am going to tune in for the Ohtani show.
  10. steph is still incredible.
  11. Are you a drug dealer?
  12. Liked this energy: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17QxNFPS8M/?mibextid=wwXIfr
  13. lol.
  14. sure. I know it is a hot take and we aren't even 10% in. who really knows but D does not look very good. I'll admit I'm not up on NHL coaches but the hire seemed very meh...we'll see.
  15. Need to change his nickname to square peg steve
  16. Stassney is a facist, it is known.
  17. You may be wrong, but you may be right. I'm not sure how much is coaching versus skill versus injuries. I told myself I'd give us to game 10 or 11 to make my first season hot take. Gonna have to hope for a superb outing against Carolina and then a couple wins to round out the first eighth. It's still early, but I'm not feeling fuzzy. I'm also not panicking
  18. Pretty wild. The indictments include members and associates of the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese families. That’s everybody in NYC except the Colombos who have everything on hold until their boss gets out of a halfway house/supervised release. Two names stuck out to me. Ernest Airllo is basically running the Bonanno Family right now. He’s very high up, in the administration. Joseph Lanni is a Gambino captain. He’s probably going to have to eat 6-8 years in a separate racketeering case. If he can’t get the rigged poker case years to run concurrent, he could be looking at 10+ years. He’s in his 50s, so maybe he talks. I was traveling today, did anybody catch Zach Lowe? I believe his guest tied an individual to Rozier and to Billups/rigged poker games. He was named in the podcast. I just can’t remember.
  19. it’s gonna be wild watching the media do mental gymnastics to give someone other than wemby the mvp every other year.
  20. The guy was caught on camera eating his fucking boogers, why are we surprised about this? I will die on this booger hill as long as I know Sark will come along and eat it.
  21. Fuck it was the entire 10th episode of Welcome to Wrexham (there I go with the soccer again!). Its the episode about hooligans and it basically points out they are a byproduct of disaffected youth. It's England's version in a documentary.
  22. Go Jays.
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