That made me confused.
The one well drilled in ANWR was KIC, NE corner of the coastal plain of ANWR, that was in 1985. Seismic studies tell us 80% of the oil in ANWR is in the NW corner of the coastal plains, next to Point Thompson.
Oil companies are buying leases right next to the NW corner of ANWR, the newest seems to be Slugger, just south of Sourdough, which is just south of Pt Thompson. Its likely someone is horizontal drilling into ANWR, currently 4 or 5 miles is the limit to horizontal drilling.
compared to 32 billion nationwide
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Sigh, thats wrong by a lot...2x to 3x, re 68 million acres of existing leases have 100 billion barrels.
75-mile pipeline spur needs be built to connect to the main Alyeska Pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Southern shipping port.
I have no idea what this refers to. THe TAP, has been added onto over the yrs, I know that Badami is connected to the TAP, and Badami is about 25 to 30 miles from the ANWR border.
One of the major problems not mentioned in the piece is nat gas. Oil companies wants to get the oil out first before getting the nat gas out. In significant fields where oil and gas are found, like in Pt Thompson, the Nat gas helps pressure the crude, w/o the nat gas, getting the crude out is problematic.
The lack of Nat gas pipelines are holding up crude production.
and the oil drilling could be done from a concentrated small area, about the size of Dulles Airport.
Utter BS. 30 wells can be managed in a 400 ft by 500 ft area.
ANWR was typically portrayed as if it was like the Rockies, with happy goats jumping around. But the land is actually flat and desolate for most of the year,
Forgot about the Moutain range, eh ?
The Alaska National Petroleum Reserve.... may also have large new oil reserves,
MAY ? I know the USGS has many documents as to the potential. Seemingly missing are the links to these documents, I would hope the author wasnt trying to downplay ANPR and emphasizing ANWR ? NAh that wouldnt be going on.....
Or does ANPR hold 3 times that of ANWR ?
As the the editor notes
Jon Basil Utley is associate publisher of The American Conservative and a former foreign correspondent for Knight Ridder newspapers. He has decades of experience in the oil business, including as the owner and operator of a small oil drilling partnership.
Editor's Note: Due to editing errors, the original version of this story misidentified the location of Prudhoe Bay and misstated the average depth of oils wells in Prudhoe Bay and ANWR. Additionally, it mistakenly claimed that the federal government prohibits all offshore drilling; in fact, the government effectively prohibits offshore drilling in any new areas.
Right, factual errors.