When will ANWR drilling finally start?

Question

I'm getting sick of (mostly, but not exclusively) democrat politicians who keep preventing the exploitation of our own oil. Who keep blocking the construction of new refineries. Who keep slapping tax after tax on fuel. That is the reason why fuel is so expensive now. ANWR drilling now, who cares about some stupid caribou.

Answer 1

YOU SHOULD GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT, THEY HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE DRILLING FOR OIL HERE!!!!The department's Bureau of Land Management authorized the first commercial development of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, allowing the companies to go forward with developing the tracts, which are located in the northeastern corner of the reserve.

Production from these fields, which together hold more than 330 million barrels of oil, will start by 2006, according to the BLM. They will supplement production from the Alpine fields, which hold 429 million barrels and have a daily oil output of about 100,000 barrels.BLM recently announced that on Tuesday, May 11 th the state office will hold the largest oil & gas lease sale in Colorado history, exceeding last quarter's record-setting sale by over 27,000 acres or approximately 43 square miles. Up for grabs is 196,735 acres of national public land in 172 parcels (the February 2006 sale included 169,602 acres in 157 parcels). Northwest Colorado will be hardest hit by the sale, in which 118,000 acres are slated for sale in Moffat County alone.Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world - more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. Three companies have been chosen to lead the way. Test drilling has already begun!Here are the official estimates:

* 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
* 18-times as much oil as Iraq
* 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
* 22-times as much oil as Iran
* 500-times as much oil as Yemen

And it’s all right here in the Western United States.

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says, “We’ve got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East.”

More than 2 TRILLION barrels. Untapped.

“That’s more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the world today,” reports The Denver Post.

When asked about America’s least-publicized oil supply, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said:

“The amounts of oil are staggering. Who would have guessed that in just Colorado and Utah, there is more recoverable oil than in the Middle East?”

Here’s the kicker

The U.S. government already owns the land. It’s been right there under our noses the whole time.

In fact, the government’s appointed a small group of companies to begin the drilling. There has not been any new gasoline refineries built in 29 years here in the USA, Why so oil companies can make these record profits!!!

Answer 2

No one is that stupid. No one. Read some and become informed.
The oil in ANWAR is 5-10 years away because of the high cost of recovery in that frozen isolated tundra. You can't just airdrop 200 tons of drilling rigs. Also if you would read some you would already know the oil there in total is a very small amount.
You should really try to be more informed. Turn off Rush and FOX and do some reading on the subject. The problem is clear, it is not supply, it is consumption. We now export oil to the UK. SUVs are part of the problem. Lack of mass transit is part of the problem. In our 5 State Area there are 10,000 wells capped by oil companies. They cap them to run up the price. Caribou is the least of the problem. Republicans like you love to talk about non issues like Caribou. BTW, It is a bare face lie that drilling in ANWAR will lower gas price, only a fool would think that.
Another point is that in war if you don't have oil, you lose, ANWAR is and should remain a "strategic reserve".
Prudue bay makes only 2.6 percent of our daily supply. That's less than 400,000 barls per day, do the math, how much do we use a day? According to this news story Congress last month was considering a bill to drill in ANWAR.
President George Bush, who supports drilling in ANWR, has also linked the issue to "energy security", that is, the need for the US to reduce its dependence on oil from the volatile Middle East. A new Bill to remove the protections from ANWR was introduced into Congress last month. To mute criticism, it would also introduce new financial incentives for oil companies to invest in renewable fuels.

Answer 3

I think the dems think that these Oil rigs will turn a lush landscape into a barren wasteland. The propsed oil sites are already a rocky wasteland. The oil lines would have to go through forest areas, but these could be done in a way to not disrupt caribou migratory patterns.

There are many oil deposits in the continental US that are currently capped. It's like an investment - the oil in the ground is worth much more now than it was ten years ago.

Drilling now will reduce gas prices, and I'm for that.

Answer 4

ANWR is not the answer to our energy problems. At its highest production potential, it could only deliver 2% of American oil consumption. Drilling there would not mitigate the price of oil or our dependency on foreign oil.

Trust me, the cost of gasoline is a lot more complicated than that. Taxes DO make up a substantial portion of the price of gas, but there are many other reasons that are equally and more important.

Answer 5

Not anytime soon that we will benefit. I wish back in the late-80s we did because we would all be paying $1.25 a gallon but we have to protect the seals rights and the "beautiful" snow covered abyss that they call Alaska.

Answer 6

Drill it all !!
Drop the taxes on gas !
Shut off the flow of money to the middle east and watch them squirm .

Answer 7

as we speak the Alaska pipeline in shut down due to a leak. when will they learn

Answer 8

Not soon enough!!