Hugh Daigle

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Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. Into decarbonization, gas hydrates, nanotechnology, birds. #energysky

Mount Rainier from the Space Needle, with some orographic clouds cascading from the south wind as von Karman vortices
A Bald Eagle sitting in a dead tree against a clear blue sky
The R/V Rachel Carson, a research vessel operated by the University of Washington Marine Biology, moving through the Ballard Locks in Seattle heading out to sea.
My computer installing updates and telling me “You’re 30% there”
A sculpture honoring grain mills along the Leith Water in Edinburgh that looks like a coccolith because of how the millstones are arranged
A photo of the sandstone building blocks of a tower at Stirling Castle in Scotland
View of Q2 stadium pitch from behind the goal
Ad headline: nuclear energy, not foreign oil, is the best way to prevent electricity shortages. It’s an ad placed by the US Council for Energy Awareness. “Information about energy America can count on.”
Highlighted text from the proposed NSF budget: "Activities associated with S3P are not part of the infrastructure portfolio within the Directorate for Geosciences."
It’s the University of Texas Toyota Mirai that they refuel up at Pickle
Bumper sticker that says “horse denier” with a picture of a with a no-go symbol over it and the text “not real”
A red bluebonnet in our yard. Rare but not unheard of mutation.
The pitch at Q2 stadium from the second row behind the goal, near sunset
EIA chart of Caspian Sea oil production showing it’s like 3 million barrels per day
The heading of the next unit in my Duolingo French course says “Let’s tak about bank accounts”
Avenue F near Shipe Park looking southbound with about 6” of snow during winter storm Uri
The “what a week” meme from Tintin but the Captain is saying “what a year, huh?” And Tintin says “Captain, it’s January”
Top quote: "Adding up all the numbers, Rystad said Venezuela’s oil fields would require about $183 billion, or $12 billion in new annual spending, to return production to 3 million B/D, a level last reached in the early 2000s. Rystad concluded that reaching 3 million B/D would involve “enormous” capital spending." Bottom quote: "Wood Mackenzie said Venezuela could use export revenues in the coming months to fund workovers on existing fields, potentially adding 200,000 to 300,000 B/D of supply. The consultancy added that returning output to the 2 million B/D level last seen in 2016 would require a multibillion-dollar undertaking. With sanctions still in place and the political outlook uncertain, Wood Mackenzie said another key challenge is the assumed breakeven price of about $80/bbl for projects in the Orinoco Belt."
The Tintin "Wednesday" meme but the captain is saying "What a year, huh?" and Tintin says "Captain, it's January 7"
Black-eyed peas (actually Hoppin’ John) and cornbread on the Daigle stovetop ready for dinner
Ali about to launch the XBT over the rail on the Langseth