Comments for derekbrower.com http://derekbrower.com Journalism on global energy Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Getting from Salloum to Benghazi and other logistics by Anonymous Coward http://derekbrower.com/2011/04/21/getting-from-salloum-to-benghazi-and-other-logistics/#comment-1683 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:16:00 +0000 http://derekbrower.com/?p=624#comment-1683 Great article, but you guys could have only a fraction of what you paid for your trip. Here’s how I did it in May, 2011:

1. Taxi from Cairo Airport to bus station – 30 Egyptian pounds. (~6 USD)
2. Bus from Cairo to Marsa Matruh – 65 pounds (~12 USD)
3. Bus from Marsa Matruh to Salloum – 15 pounds (~3 USD)
4. Taxi from Salloum to border crossing – 30 pounds (~6 USD. it’s actually 5 pounds a head, including your bags, but it was getting late so I paid the guy for the other spots.)
5. Mercedes Vito from border crossing to Benghazi – 40 Libyan dinars (~25 USD).
300 bucks for that trip was an absolute ripoff. The trip is usually around 30-40 Libyan dinars, even if you run into a douchebag who absolutely refuses to take you for that amount – which i assure you is the going rate – you should never, ever, pay more than 50 dinars. In general, you should be very firm with people and let them know that you are not a naive foreigner loaded with cash. Make it clear that you won’t be taken advantage of, and that you’re fully aware of what the going rates are for whatever it is you’re potentially paying for.

Total: 52 US dollars.

Going the other way, a Mercedes Vito from Benghazi to Alexandria cost us 60 Libyan dinars (July 2011).

Hit me up if you ever plan on visiting Benghazi again. spc(a)nmtry [AT] yahoo period com (remove the (a)).

]]> Comment on Getting from Salloum to Benghazi and other logistics by George http://derekbrower.com/2011/04/21/getting-from-salloum-to-benghazi-and-other-logistics/#comment-1407 Tue, 10 May 2011 10:35:58 +0000 http://derekbrower.com/?p=624#comment-1407 Great post Derek, exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’m a photographer living on a shoe-string so to speak and thus the bus sounds tempting but some useful info here so thanks for posting.

]]> Comment on I’m off to Benghazi by sasha http://derekbrower.com/2011/04/08/im-off-to-benghazi/#comment-1337 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:19:02 +0000 http://derekbrower.com/?p=616#comment-1337 Maybe we should make you another one of those tracks for your ipod. X

]]> Comment on Petroleum Economist by Rolf Matlock http://derekbrower.com/my-journalism/petroleum-economist/#comment-1240 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:24:36 +0000 http://derekbrower.com/?page_id=325#comment-1240 It’s my great pleasure to go to your blog and enjoy your excellent post here. I’m keen on that significantly. I’m able to think that you paid much attention for all articles, as them all make sense and are generally very useful. Thanks a lot for sharing. Appreciate for ones time!

]]> Comment on “Tar sands” or “oil sands”? by Derek http://derekbrower.com/2011/01/21/tar-sands-vs-oil-sands/#comment-1209 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:55:28 +0000 http://derekbrower.com/?p=603#comment-1209 Kyle: agreed, up to a point. Oil, of a kind, is produced from the oil/tar sands. But, as you know, synthetic oil isn’t quite the same. And I suppose the unconventional aspect of the process reminds us that oil isn’t extracted from the sands.

I’m sure there is some truth to the switch from “tar sands” to “oil sands” wasn’t some conspiracy. Nonetheless, many of the people who get upset by the “tar” part because they think it is a loaded term. As I suggested, the best way to de-load the term is not to care what they’re called. Update: Jackie Forrest of IHS Cera wrote in to point out that “tar sands” is still the term many old-timers use.

The best term is probably “bitumen sands”. But that’s a bit of a mouthful.

]]> Comment on About Derek Brower by Derek http://derekbrower.com/about/#comment-1207 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:49:05 +0000 #comment-1207 Yes please for a review copy.
Derek

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