Drilling Paradise Dry?
Tags: PETROLEUM; ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); OIL well drilling
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- America's E&P pushed by strong US gas prices, stable oil prices. // Offshore;May2001, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p40
Deals with the status of the oil and gas industry in Latin America. Increase in gas prices in Canada; Issues concerning the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; Drilling and production in the Gulf of Mexico.
- WISHING WELL. Burnhill, Tim // New Scientist;1/5/2002, Vol. 173 Issue 2324, p16
Discusses the question of whether oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska will reduce the United States' reliance on foreign oil. Historical information on the oil industry's interest in Alaska; Different conclusions of independent estimates of the Arctic refuge's oil...
- Arctic Drilling: An Overview. Driscoll, Sally; Griswold, Marcus // Points of View: Arctic Drilling;2013, p1
The article deals with the dispute over the drilling of petroleum from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Some of the groups opposing the Arctic drilling include Greenpeace, the National Congress of American Indians and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The arguments raised...
- If We Can Drill In Swamps, Why Not The Arctic? Coon, Charli // Business Journal (Central New York);08/17/2001, Vol. 15 Issue 33, p23
Comments on the environmental argument advanced on oil drilling at Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Other state which endured environmental damages in favor of oil production; Importance of oil drilling in Alaska for the U.S. energy supply.
- "DRILL, BABY, DRILL!": THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND AMERICA'S ENERGY RECKONING. MONAGHAN, NICHOLAS J. // Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy;2009, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p649
The author talks about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in relation to the aim of energy independence by the U.S. In the author's opinion, open drilling in the ANWR may present a short-term solution to the need of renewable energy sources yet will only be effective with the...
- Ugh, Wilderness! Goldberg, Jonah // National Review;8/6/2001, Vol. 53 Issue 15, p27
This article focuses on the oil prospecting activity at various sites in Alaska. On the very northern cusp of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is what is commonly called the coastal plain. Oil exploration at in some of this area has already exceeded. The oil industry would need to use only...
- RESOURCE MATH. // American Enterprise;Jul2005, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p11
Focuses on the possible development of oil reserves at Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) lands in Alaska. Use of directional drilling techniques by geologist to tap the underground assets; Estimated barrels of oil to be found in ANWR.
- Gas Prices Are High Because of Democrats. Erickson, Erick // Human Events;3/14/2011, Vol. 67 Issue 10, p11
The article discusses the role that U.S. Democratic Senators played in preventing the U.S. from achieving self-sufficiency in oil. The author mentions the Democrats' rejection of a plan to expand oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in 2001 with U.S. Senator John Kerry's...
- House GOP Sends Message With Sweeping Drilling Bills. HOLLY, CHRIS // Energy Daily;2/2/2012, Issue 23, p2
The article reports that the U.S. House has advanced a legislation that expands the U.S. production, including opening up offshore areas and Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to use the drilling royalties to pay for the transportation infrastructure improvements. The bill is...
