Informal Report Regarding Gravitational Affects On Oil
As you have all heard by now, the Moon causes tides. This effect is not limited to water.
Recent studies have shown that Lunar tides have an extreme effect on hydrocarbon liquids with a high viscosity, like Oil. It seems that the Lunar pull can draw Oil twice as strongly as it can water.
On the average, Lunar tides raise and lower the water level by an estimated five feet, world wide.
If you apply these figures to Oil, with it's higher viscosity(remember, Oil will float on water, and it's easier to burn) you can project a displacement of almost ten feet!
So what you ask, well let me tell you a simple fact, every year, about fifty different Oil fields go bust, and fail to produce Oil. But this happens during the day, when the Moon it below the horizon.
That means the oil is being drawn down by the Lunar gravity, and it's still at low ebb.
According to my theory, if they were to follow the lunar tide, they should get another thirty feet of Oil, times the square footage of the well bottom.
That gives a new meaning to the term "Burning the midnight Oil."
(DISCLAMER: This article is so full of BS it can be used as an industrial fertalizer.)