My senator said we’ll be drilling in a small area.
Your senator is correct. They can send those bore lines a long ways horizontal. AND, they tell me that they have to stay within a 3 foot target all the way. They cant simply send that bore anywhere they see fit.
Thats how good they are now.
ANWR’s 1002 Area
The 1.5 million acre area set aside was named the “1002 Area,” and is located on Alaska’s North Slope. Stretching for hundreds of miles, the North Slope drops from mountain ridges and foothills to a coastal plain that is frozen most months of the year. Oil and gas production in the 1002 Area would be limited to only 2,000 acres; 0.01% of ANWR’s total area.
The 1002 Area is not designated as wilderness; there are no trees, deepwater lakes, or mountain peaks
Winter temperatures are often as low as -30 degrees Fahrenheit
It is without sunlight for 56 days of the year
http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/topics/policy/anwr/
“Moreover, Houseknecht said the 1002 area has other advantages. The oil potential lies on shore — potentially an easier target than more technically complicated and expensive drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Alaska is also in a politically stable country. Those are big pluses for the oil industry. Houseknecht noted there aren’t many other places on the planet like that.”