Awesome 3D Notebook Drawings

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15-Year-Old Artist Creates Awesome 3D Notebook Drawings

Posted By MMK on Nov 16, 2014 | 0 comments

Brazilian artist João Carvalho, a.k.a. J Desenhos, draws notebook pages, which might seem boring until you see how he manages to twist and turn these notebook pages into amazing 3D drawings. And he’s only 15 years old!

Carvalho bends the blue “notebook lines” that he draws across the page and then adds shading to complete his drawings. The resulting characters and shapes seems to pop out of or even through the 3D notebook page. What’s most surprising is that he hasn’t been at it for long – he began drawing these 3D drawings in June of this year, and he taught himself to draw!

We’d like to thank Bored Panda for telling Architecture & Design  about his work!

More info: Facebook (h/t: twistedsifter)

We’d like to thank João for providing us with exclusive information about his work!​

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ITS NOT DIFFICULT TO DRILL IN ARTIC, THEN HE'S FIRED

Drilling in Alaskan Arctic relatively 
easy said Shell VP before being fired

Nov 18th, 2014 

by John Donovan. 

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By John Donovan

According to a recent article published by Bloomberg –Shell Seeks to Drill in Arctic in 2015, Defying Green Activists - Shell CFO Simon Henry, calling on all his vast experience as an accountant, voiced the opinion that it is not difficult to drill in the Arctic.

His assessment is surprisingly similar to that also expressed in optimistic terms in March 2012 by Shell EP senior Vice President David Lawrence, then in charge of Shell’s Arctic drilling plans.

The following is an extract from an article published on 9 March 2012.

Lawrence said. “When you look at offshore Alaska you are looking at 25 billion barrels of oil 120 trillion cubic feet of gas, so it’s a major resource that can compete in any arena we look at globally,” Lawrence said. “It’s the size of the prize.” ….Drilling in the Alaskan Arctic “is relatively easy” because it’s done in relatively shallow waters and under relative low pressure and Shell already knows a lot about the region’s geology, Lawrence said.

A year later we were the first to announce that David Lawrence had been fired after a series of near calamities forced Shell to abandon its drilling plans.

The then U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar publicly ridiculed Shell’s reckless and dangerous, tax avoiding Arctic fiasco.

His damning verdict: ‘Shell screwed up in 2012“.

Does Simon Henry think we all have poor memories, or is it just him?

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Environment, GoogleNews, John Donovan, Oil, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Shell Employee Safety,Shell Tax Avoidance, Simon Henry, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Beaufort Sea · Chukchi Sea · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc ·Shell

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Canada should stand its ground against Big Oil

Shell blocking Canadian transparency/anti-corruption initiative?

Nov 18th, 2014 

by John Donovan. 

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By John Donovan

The Globe and Mail newspaper in Canada has published an article by Alan Detheridge, a former Royal Dutch Shell senior executive. A Vice President of Shell Canada when he left the company after 30 years.

He must have known the company very well after all that time.

If I have not misunderstood the content of his article, he does not seem to trust Shell or for that matter, other members of the oil industry, as far as transparency/corruption is concerned.

His article is about the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, which he says “will go a long way toward helping people in natural resource-rich countries hold their governments to account.”

The oil industry is apparently campaigning for a weaker law. That comes as no surprise.

Extracts from his article

On transparency bill, Canada should stand its ground against Big Oil

I worked for Royal Dutch Shell for 30 years, including as a vice-president of Shell Canada, and I am concerned by the industry’s efforts to undermine this legislation. The law would require oil, gas, and mining companies in Canada to disclose their payments to governments around the world. This legislation is meant to fulfill Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s G8 commitment to establish “new mandatory reporting standards for Canadian companies operating in this sector.”

Extractive companies can bring great wealth to the countries where they operate. Resource revenues have the potential to drive economic growth and reduce poverty. However, in some resource-endowed countries, these revenues are lost to corruption and mismanagement, with few benefits flowing to the general population.

Providing government officials, parliamentarians, journalists and civil society groups with information about companies’ payments to governments for oil, gas and mining projects enables them to hold their governments to account.

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Posted in: Bribery, Business Principles, Canada, Corporate Governance, Corruption,Gas, GoogleNews, Human Rights, John Donovan, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: Canada · Corruption · Gas · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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HOW BIG IS SHELL'S GLOBAL DEEPWATER RESERVES?

What Royal Dutch Shell Has To Say About 675 Billion Barrels Of Oil In Its Deepwater Reserves

Nov 18th, 2014

by John Donovan. 

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In its latest monthly publication, Shell quoted the International Energy Agency as saying the oil giant has 675 billion barrels of oil in global deepwater reserves

Published: November 18, 2014 at 7:53 am EST

By: Micheal Kaufman

In its latest monthly publication “Shell World,” Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) has quoted the International Energy Agency as estimating the company’s global deepwater oil reserves to be around 675 billion barrels. The oil giant stated in the publication that it has enjoyed several successful projects over the decades and some breakthrough achievements regarding global deepwater during the current year.

Strategy For Improving Productivity

Shell stated that its Nigerian Bonga North West (BNW) field, which produced oil in August for the first time, shows the commitment of the company to conducting deepwater exploration activities in Nigeria. The Anglo-Dutch oil giant added that its subsidiary Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has taken initiatives in the region to upgrade facilities for local contractors and hold specialized training for workers to improve productivity in the energy sector.

Shell has also installed a new subsea pipeline to carry oil from BNW to existing Bonga subsea fields, and has further added tools and control systems to Bonga Main topsides.

According to the publication, most of the construction project was undertaken by Nigerian companies, which helped save cost and provide access to better raw materials for rigs. Shell Vice President Nigeria & Gabon Markus Droll said that the local people working on BNW scheme have a major contribution in the growth of deepwater exploration and engineering experience in SNEPCo. Mr. Droll confirmed that the company has taken precautionary measures to eliminate any potential injury.

Current Progress In Deepwater

According to Mr. Droll, the second phase of the operations that started in BNW two months ago strengthens the commitment of the company to Nigeria and deepwater exploration activities.

Shell has now entered in the third phase, where it is planning to drill eight additional wells in the Bonga field to increase output. The company expects to add 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) through the current floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility.

These wells which are to be drilled include four oil producing and four water injection wells. The operations are anticipated to begin in 2015, where the oil will be delivered by current pipelines to the FPSO facility. The output from these wells stands at more than 200,000 barrels of oil and 150 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Shell will hire the same local construction companies in the third phase which helped build the existing infrastructure.

Bonga Field

The Bonga field became Nigeria’s first ever deepwater drilling project with more than 1,000 meters in depth, after it started producing oil and gas in 2005. The current statistics show that 500 million barrels of oil have been extracted from Bonga to date.

Advantage To Shell’s Financial Performance And Stock Price

Shell’s deepwater assets have allowed the company to attain competitive advantage, with such large reserves of oil helping generate greater revenue for the company. The cost of undertaking exploration program is lower in the Bonga field than other global regions. The company benefits from cheap labor, low-cost service providers, and flexible terms of contracts.

Though Shell’s stock price declined yesterday by a slight margin, it is expected to show good performance in the near future. The stock is already up 1.5% in pre-market trading today.

Shell gets coverage from 17 analysts, out of whom 10 rate the company’s stock a Hold, while six analysts recommend a Buy.

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Posted in: Bidness Etc, Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
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