"Any idea how much (in barrels) is estimated to be in ANWR?"
Here is some info:
http://www.anwr.org/backgrnd/potent.html
"Recoverable oil estimates ranges from 600 million barrels at the low end to 9.2 billion barrels at the high end. They also reported identifying 26 separate oil and gas prospects in the Coastal Plain that could each contain "super giant" fields (500 million barrels or more). "
I read, that there is at least enough oil, to substitute for the oil we import from Saudi Arabia (25% of our oil need) for 20 years. This alone is worth it. But there could be much more oil.
This http://www.anwr.org/ is a good resource for info about ANWR, from a pro-drill-ANWR viewpoint.
HAHAHA the ANWR would supply Texas for 9 years. wow. compare that to D.C. - 1710 years. That was a pretty cool link. Added it to my favorites. Thanks!
My cousin works for an oil firm that goes out and finds oil for large companies to drill, and he just recently made a "huge" discovery in the Gulf. He wasn't allowed to divulge any specfics, but he said "look for development of a platform that will provide upward of 2 billion barrels". That's pretty significant. Needless to say, his superiors were pretty happy with him.