How about shipping the oil from the Alaska pipeline to the lower 48 instead of selling all of it to Japan and China?Maybe an extra million barrels a day of OUR OWN OIL might help a little?
If we drill ANWR, we an extra 1.5-2 M bbl of oil per day.
We haven't shipped Alaska crude to Japan since 2001.
Alaska doesn't export its crude oil - it all goes to US refineries, where most of the gas is used internally (some is sold to Canada and Mexico as partial payment for the amount of crude we buy from those countries).
Two things:
Oil is not begin shipped from the North Slope fields to Asia.
Pipeline flow is nowhere near a million barrels
Also, a million extra barrels would make not the slightest difference since we are down twelve million.
How about people learn the facts instead of clinging to the lies that have been screamed at them by the Democrat Party demagogues for 30 years? That is a myth that has no base in fact.
US Crude Oil Exports by Destination
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_expc_a_EPC0_EEX_mbblpd_a.htm
U.S. Crude Oil Exports to Japan
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mcrexja2a.htm
West Coast (PADD 5) Crude Oil Exports
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mcrexp52m.htm
Alaska Crude Oil Production
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mcrfpak2m.htm
US Crude Oil Exports by Destination
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_expc_a_EPC0_EEX_mbblpd_a.htm
U.S. Crude Oil Exports to Japan
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mcrexja2a.htm
Here you can see data from the California Energy Commission. They track the amount of oil brought into California from Alaska.
CALIFORNIA CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2006publications/CEC-600-2006-006/CEC-600-2006-006.PDF
Here you can see from the Washington Government that 74% of the oil used in Washington State refineries comes from Alaska.
Washington State, Petroleum FAQs
http://qa.cted.wa.gov/portal/alias__CTED/lang__en/tabID__847/DesktopDefault.aspx