[at-l] Alaskan Oil Drilling

[kdpo at gottawalk.com (Ken Powers)]

I missed the start of this thread. Having worked for one of those evil oil
companies that want to drill in ANWR, I want to contribute this quote:
"not even locals know how much, if any, oil was found under their land. Only
select corporate officers at Chevron, BP, and the ASRC know, and in the
early 1990s they went to court to defend their secret-proprietary
information, they said, drilled on private land with private money".

I remember the suit to keep the volume of ANWR reserves secret and I am sure
they are still secret. Yes, they drilled one test well (KIC#1) and few
people know the results. I am sure "the government" does not know the
secret.

Whether it is 2 years or 20 years oil supply I don't support drilling in
ANWR.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Felix" <AThiker@smithville.net>
Cc: "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Alaskan Oil Drilling


> ellen wrote:
>
> >>"...The government estimates ANWR could hold between 5.7 billion and
> >>
> >>
> >16 billion barrels of oil. The U.S. market consumes about 20.4 million
> >barrels of oil a day."
> >
> >Assuming a mid range figure for total reserves and that I did my
arithmetic right, that means almost a 13 hour supply of oil. Just think, we
can extend the age of oil another 13 hours. How could anyone be opposed?
What's a few caribou, snow geese, and polar bears compared to that "huge"
supply of oil?
> >
>
> my math came out to 790-ish days...but, I'm still with you.
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