RE: [biofuel] ANWR truth
One interesting industry note that doesn't get reported on much is that the Trans Alaska Pipeline requires 400,000 barrels/day to maintain flow. If it drops below that number, the oil will stop flowing. The Prudhoe & Kuparik fields are starting to slow down to where they cannot maintain 400,000 barrels/day. Drilling oil in ANWR would simply increase the pumping life of the Pipeline by a few years - nobody in the industry really believes it will produce enough oil to change our dependence on the Mid-East. Barry > Original Message > Subject: [biofuel] ANWR truth > From: "Ross Cannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, August 17, 2004 9:45 am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Arctic drilling dance > A David and Goliath battle is being waged to save Alaskas arctic. The > actors in this play are George W. Bush as Goliath, while the > national > environmental movement, filling in for Gwichin natives, plays > David. > The setting is the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), in the > extreme > northeast corner of Alaska. The imminent threat is a Senate energy > bill > to allow oil exploration there. > While not entirely inaccurate, this dominant imagery is a delusion. > George W. Bush is not Goliath. Drilling here has gone full-steam ahead > under every president since Jimmy Carter. > As for David, far from it. The coalition, represented by the > Washington > DC-based Alaska Wilderness League, includes every major national > environmental organizationthe Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, World > Wildlife Fund, National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense > Council (NRDC), etc. They have spent millions over the last decade > saving ANWR. They have raised many millions more. > Consider a recent NRDC fundraising plea, which urges you to buy their > polar bear tote bag, claiming that as the perfect way to show that > youre working to keep the Arctic Wild and Free! > The ANWR political battle dominates perceptions of Alaskas arctic and > the oil industrys role here. But ANWR is not synonymous with the > arctic. Its coastal plain is a fraction of the arctic ecosystem. As > for > keeping it wild and free, theyve been drilling feverishly for > nearly > three decades. > Truth is, ANWR could actually be among the safest places in Alaska. > Truth > is, this save the arctic song and dance is a ritualistic political > exercise in which everybody wins except the actual arctic. > Every year, there is a proposal to drill in ANWR. Every year, it is > defeated. Every year, environmentalists claim victory. With your > generous > donation they will do it again next year. Every year, pro-drilling > politicians claim victory too, proudly displaying battlescars. With > your > vote, they will return to give it another go. Our noble David is > winning > every battle, but losing the war. These victories come at the price of > annual compromises to the oil industry. > This year, they have gone too far. In a bid to buy the rights to fight > the ANWR battle again next year, Gang Green is endorsing the single > largest private construction project in the history of humankind. And > thats just the beginning. > Gasline: The Largest Private Construction Project Ever > Alaskas arctic contains huge amounts of natural gas. Typically found > in > the same places as oil, existing wells suck trillions of cubic feet of > the stuff out of the ground. With no way to get it to market, most of > it > is pumped back in again. > The industry pipe dream, kicked around since the early 70s, is to > construct a 1,800-mile, $15-20 billion pipeline from Prudhoe Bay, > south > to Alberta, where it will link to an existing system serving > Chicago-based markets. This dream may soon become a reality. The > Alaska > Gas Producers Pipeline Teama consortium of BP, Phillips and Exxonis > in > the midst of a $100 million feasibility study scheduled for completion > in > November. > Political boosters are numerous and powerful. The gasline is Alaska > Governor Tony Knowles top priority and is high on Democrat and > Republican energy policies. A wish list to streamline regulatory > review is currently circulating in Congress. > The energy crisis is being solved to an alarming degree by new > gas-fired electric plants. Lower-48 gas fields are drying up quick. A > huge increase in consumption must be supported from elsewhere, making > the > economic prospects look solid. > Perhaps most significantly, there has been a turnaround in public > sentiment from the early 70s, when political and environmental > opposition and poor economics killed several pipeline proposals, > according to an August 2000 article in the Oil and Gas Journal. So > dramatic is this shift that the environmental establishment is > endorsing > the idea it on
RE: [biofuel] ANWR truth
Barry, As I understand it, ANWR is fairly well investigated and a major part of the US strategic reserve. This mean that it is included in the R/P value for US, that is 10 years. It also confirm what you are saying about how long it would last and the effects on oil dependence. Hakan At 23:27 17/08/2004, you wrote: >One interesting industry note that doesn't get reported on much is that >the Trans Alaska Pipeline requires 400,000 barrels/day to maintain >flow. If it drops below that number, the oil will stop flowing. The >Prudhoe & Kuparik fields are starting to slow down to where they cannot >maintain 400,000 barrels/day. Drilling oil in ANWR would simply >increase the pumping life of the Pipeline by a few years - nobody in >the industry really believes it will produce enough oil to change our >dependence on the Mid-East. > >Barry > > > Original Message > > Subject: [biofuel] ANWR truth > > From: "Ross Cannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, August 17, 2004 9:45 am > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Arctic drilling dance > > A David and Goliath battle is being waged to save Alaskaâs arctic. The > > actors in this play are George W. Bush as ãGoliath,ä while the > > national > > environmental movement, filling in for Gwichâin natives, plays > > ãDavid.ä > > The setting is the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), in the > > extreme > > northeast corner of Alaska. The imminent threat is a Senate energy > > bill > > to allow oil exploration there. > > While not entirely inaccurate, this dominant imagery is a delusion. > > George W. Bush is not Goliath. Drilling here has gone full-steam ahead > > under every president since Jimmy Carter. > > As for ãDavid,ä far from it. The coalition, represented by the > > Washington > > DC-based Alaska Wilderness League, includes every major national > > environmental organization÷the Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, World > > Wildlife Fund, National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense > > Council (NRDC), etc. They have spent millions over the last decade > > ãsavingä ANWR. They have raised many millions more. > > Consider a recent NRDC fundraising plea, which urges you to buy their > > polar bear tote bag, claiming that as ãthe perfect way to show that > > youâre working to keep the Arctic Wild and Free!ä > > The ANWR political battle dominates perceptions of Alaskaâs arctic and > > the oil industryâs role here. But ANWR is not synonymous with ãthe > > arctic.ä Its coastal plain is a fraction of the arctic ecosystem. As > > for > > ãkeepingä it wild and free, theyâve been drilling feverishly for > > nearly > > three decades. > > Truth is, ANWR could actually be among the safest places in Alaska. > > Truth > > is, this ãsave the arcticä song and dance is a ritualistic political > > exercise in which everybody wins except the actual arctic. > > Every year, there is a proposal to drill in ANWR. Every year, it is > > defeated. Every year, environmentalists claim victory. With your > > generous > > donation they will do it again next year. Every year, pro-drilling > > politicians claim victory too, proudly displaying battlescars. With > > your > > vote, they will return to give it another go. Our noble David is > > winning > > every battle, but losing the war. These victories come at the price of > > annual compromises to the oil industry. > > This year, they have gone too far. In a bid to buy the rights to fight > > the ANWR battle again next year, ãGang Greenä is endorsing the single > > largest private construction project in the history of humankind. And > > thatâs just the beginning. > > Gasline: The Largest Private Construction Project Ever > > Alaskaâs arctic contains huge amounts of natural gas. Typically found > > in > > the same places as oil, existing wells suck trillions of cubic feet of > > the stuff out of the ground. With no way to get it to market, most of > > it > > is pumped back in again. > > The industry pipe dream, kicked around since the early Î70âs, is to > > construct a 1,800-mile, $15-20 billion pipeline from Prudhoe Bay, > > south > > to Alberta, where it will link to an existing system serving > > Chicago-based markets. This dream may soon become a reality. The > > Alaska > > Gas Producers Pipeline Team÷a consortium of BP, Phillips and Exxon÷is > > in > > the midst of a $100 million feasibility study scheduled for completion > > in > > November. > > Political boosters are numerous and powerful. The gasline is Alaska > > Governor Tony Knowlesâ top priority and is high on Democrat and > > Republican energy policies. A ãwish listä to ãstreamlineä regulatory > > review is currently circulating in Congress. > > The ãenergy crisisä is being ãsolvedä to an alarming degree by new > > gas-fired electric plants. Lower-48 gas fields are drying up quick. A > > hug
