ANWR omitted from energy bill

Washington Times ^ | February 16, 2005 | Brian DeBose

[Go Gordon]

Opponents also say that shielding MTBE manufacturers would be unfair.

Great. Force a company to make this stuff to satisfy the environmentalist wacko's. Then when its determined that its harmful, sue the company? Only in America.

[Go Gordon]

More bold moves by the republicans to make the most of their majority status.

Maybe if the energy bill passes, and then the ANWR issue becomes a straight up and down vote, with no other issues to obfuscate the vote, the nation will see the RATs for what the are. Beholden to special interest and putting the interest of a few ahead of the many.

[NYorkerInHouston]

Primary one is

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html

That provides the US usage data- as well as projections for domestic production- declines in onshore lower 48 and Alaska, an increase for off shore lower 48 (deep fields in the gulf coming online)

Surfing around the site is this morass that provides world information and forecasts

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.html#IntlConsumption

Information on ANWR production is more hypothetical of course but maximal production rates are based on field size (i.e. Ghawar, Saudi Arabia's largest field and indeed the largest field ever discovered had 87 billion barrels of reserves and a maximal production of just over 5 million barrels a day). Improved drilling techniques can increase this slightly but then the lifespan of the field decreases.

[Republican Wildcat]

House energy committee leaders agreed to leave out language that allows drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in hopes of attracting more Democratic support for a comprehensive energy bill.

Apparently they still haven't learned the Democrats will oppose it no matter what.

[NYorkerInHouston]

Fair enough, you are entitled to your opinion. But speculation is playing only a small role- estimated to be $8 at this time of the total cost. The bigger issue is the tight global demand and supply situation

http://www.energybulletin.net/4363.html

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/02/15/chevrontexaco_warns_of_global_bidding_war/

China is trying to muscle in on our two of our main foreign suppliers Canada and Venezuela in addition to inking deals with nations like Iran and Russia

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/business/worldbusiness/18energy.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1108935027-XWRDueTLAmbuAq30jk+SVA

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html

At this time the US has about 7.8 mbd of domestic oil output including crude oil (5.4 mbd and the rest being natural gas liquids and about 13 mbd of imports. Given the long term domestic trends of declining output ANWR will not make a significant dent in imports and hence the volatility in the foreign markets will continue to be a primary factor in crude oil market prices.

[okie01]

Great. Force a company to make this stuff to satisfy the environmentalist wacko's. Then when its determined that its harmful, sue the company? Only in America.

I, for one, am in complete favor of making those responsible for MTBE fully liable for its noxious environmental effects.

Those parties would be the EPA, the Congress of the United States and the California Legislature.