Posted on 05/02/2008 4:35:56 PM PDT by Libloather
Depends at what efficiency we drill at. We have more wells and derricks in PA than all of Saudi Arabia, yet the Saudis pump an incredibly large amount compared to PA.
In 1996 the North Slope oil fields produced about 1.5 million barrels of oil per day, or approximately 25 percent of the U.S. domestic production.
In 1997, between 1,000-1,500 recreational visitors actually spent time within the 19 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a region the size of the State of South Carolina.
The Sierra Club conducts 6-10 activists group training trips every year to ANWR. These tours make up a major portion of the commercial visitors to the Coastal Plain. Costing $3,000 to $4,000 per person.
In 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the Coastal Plain could contain up to 17 billion barrels of oil and 34 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
After several years of surface geological investigations, aeromagnetic surveys, and two winter seismic surveys (in 1983-84 and 1984-85), the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), in its April, 1987 report on the oil and gas potential of the Coastal Plain, estimated that there are billions of barrels of oil to be discovered in the area. DOI estimates that “in-place resources” range from 4.8 billion to 29.4 billion barrels of oil. 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).
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Laborers, Sheet Metal Workers, Maritime Officers, Maritime Engineers, United Mine Workers, Building and Construction Trades, Operating Engineers and several other National unions support responsible ANWR development.
Unions recognize that limited development of the Coastal Plain will provide jobs to hard-working Americans, increase our energy independence, and that it can occur in an environmentally responsible manner.
American labor is ready to work.
First you must do your job: OPEN ANWR.
* Cease all ethanol production. It requires more energy to make than it yields and the unintended consequence is higher food costs. Corn production shifted from feed-corn to subsidized corn for ethanol. Just say "no" to ethanol!
* Immediately create only ONE "blend" of gasoline and cease regional blends which are stupid, costly, and meaningless. Even if this is the "cleanest" blend, just make it ONE and be done with it. Trucking custom blends around the country is wasteful.
* Drill for oil in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and other sites in the CONUS as a matter of national security.
* Construct state-of-the-art refineries and/or retrofit current and dormant ones and crank up production.
* Make all “carbon credit” scams unlawful.
* Construct SEVERAL, regional Pebble-Bed Reactors (or other similar designs) that are not considered "breeders", are rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design.
* Use the residual heat from the reactor above to process motor fuel from coal and/or shale. Even though Clinton "stole" some of the best coal reserves, we still have a lot to use.
* Have Iraq pay for its freedom, and maybe even pay us back for their freedom. We'll still need their oil.
* Bust up the cartels or at least be independent enough to make the cartels inconsequential.
* Convince local taxing bodies to lift or fix the sales tax on gasoline so that as gas prices go up, the local tax collectors don’t see a windfall revenue jump at the expense of the consumer.
Better late than never I suppose.
I don't think he can waive the restrictions on ANWR. That's something else to thank Jimmuh for.
http://www.npca.org/media_center/fact_sheets/anilca.html
I’ve been wondering when the retaliation against the Greens will start. If food and fuel become unobtainable, violence is going to erupt aimed at Greens and their enablers in government.
Why doesn’t Alaska use the Kelo Decision as precedent and seize ANWR by Eminent Domain?
But don't worry .... prices won't tumble cause we don't have anough conservatives with spines to push the issue. The enviro weenines with the moron IQ have wrapped up the democrats that have an equal IQ. The only thing Stevens has ever been upset with was his funding that was cancelled for his “bridge to nowhere.” Like many other RINO’s .. Stevens is taking up valuable air space.
“I am not sure it would lower oil prices much. The worldwide supply is very tight, and this would add only a couple of million barrels a day at most.”
With that attitude, why should any company bother to explore for more if it would only “add a few million barrels a day”.
Every drop counts ... remember that.
A couple million barrels a day from ANWR and couple million barrels or more from off shore drilling would all add up. At least it would be several million of barrels a day we would not have to import from the muzzies.
Inasmuch as they've already got the use of 25% of Earth's land surface for eating and pooping, the loss of a couple of acres at ANWR is meaningless.
Somebody go tell that bad boy that Rudolph is safe!
This country has over 50 million barbeques ~ the Greens should have listened to us.
It’s federal property. Alaska could probably seize it as an independent country, but then we’d have to conquer them and it’d be back to square one.
Sorry to inform you but drilling at ANWAR or anywhere else isn’t going to happen nor are new refineries. Even if they did it’s no guarantee it would reduce the price as long as oil companies are making record profits by doing next to nothing to earn them.
The supply, the demand and the profits are just right for them...So screw you if you don’t like it.
The Republican House and Senate seem more willing to drill for oil now that they’re the minority. Why, when they were the majority, did they act more like Dems rather than work to get more refineries built and begin new drilling? Too little too late with the gutless wonders. Both parties are good with dog and pony shows, spending our money and ruining our country. I expect idiocy from the Dems, but the Republicans have proven to be disappointing.
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