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Widely eyed US energy data seen providing false readings

Reuters -- Energy investors have taken bets for years on what they thought was an important indicator of future energy production: the weekly rig count data provided by oil service firms.

They may want to be careful about how much money they put on the table.

A Reuters analysis of the data, and interviews with officials at companies involved in collecting and compiling it, shows that it may sometimes be an arbitrary and misleading gauge subject to revisions.

The culprit appears to be the fracking boom and the complex geology that has made it much more difficult to decide whether a rig is likely to discover oil or gas in large quantities, often leading companies to rely on guesswork when drilling begins.

At stake is not only the direction of U.S. natural gas prices, but the credibility of U.S. ..

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Submitted Aug 30, 2012 By: BurntOrange
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On Aug 30, 2012 11:44:11 AM, IrishCowboy wrote:

>Really, our government not telling the truth?

The data in question is collected by Baker Hughes and Schlumberger, both private firms. Not the US Government.
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credibility...we had it 4 yrs ago
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Another good article BurntOrange...thanks for posting!
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Garbage in, garbage out.
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Ok. I guess!
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It's pretty bad when guess work is still involved with today's technology
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IrishCowboy, I share your shock. Ha!
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Really, our government not telling the truth?
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Go figure!
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I'm so surprised.
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Figures don't lie, but liars figure
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So it's all guesswork...
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Always looking for a way to reduce taxes.
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OK, oil industry, remember your ethics classes (if you ever had any) honesty is mandatory!
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...what, like the U.S. had a lot of credibility to begin with? There's a reason why other nations criticize us for always doing things "under the table."
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BS AND MORE BS
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okay
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Too much speculation.
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interesting
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Time will tell.....
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Maybe some of this unverifiable data will run some of the speculators out of business.
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This article is about as worthless as the energy data that it faults.
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Fracking boom?
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Really???!!!
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false info from a government agency ican't believe it!
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On Aug 30, 2012 9:48:24 AM, deaconjones wrote:

>FALSE INFO....I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.....NOT FROM OUR GOVERNMENT.....

If you would have read the first sentence of the snippet, you would have learned that the count comes from oil service firms. Not the Government.

Stop your Obama bashing.
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What about the oil reserves declining.... THAT'S HUGE LIE
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Well...not surprised.
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The devil is in the details.
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as with any government data
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We just want the real truth.
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Hmmmmm.....
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Okay.
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once we have adults in the White House, watch the counts SKYROCKET.
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And THIS article says: " it may sometimes be an arbitrary and misleading "...
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FALSE INFO....I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.....NOT FROM OUR GOVERNMENT.....I'LL WAIT FOR NOBAMA TO COME OUT WITH THE FACTS....AS HE ALWAYS SAYS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, LET'S NOT RUSH TO JUDGEMENT.....
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over time the truth always come out
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What? Misleading?
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"... an arbitrary and misleading gauge ..."

Just like the information that sends speculators swarming!
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Spot on Diesel Ram
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Figures
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The government providing false information to the people. Would never happen. Yah right!!! The Obummer administration has been the biggest promoter of twisted and distorted statistics in all categories of any Presidency. Publish the numbers so they look and say what you want.
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Data can be presented in so many different ways and shown to support whatever you want it to.
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