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Lazarus
03-02-2009, 05:24 PM
The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April ('08) that only scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a revised report (hadn't been updated since '95) on how much oil was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota; western South Dakota; and extreme eastern Montana .... check THIS out:

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay, and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels.. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion.

'When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.' says Terry Johnson, the Montana Legislature's financial analyst.

'This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found in the past 56 years.' reports, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a formation known as theWilliston Basin, but is more commonly referred to as the 'Bakken.' And it stretches from Northern Montana, through North Dakota and into Canada. For years, U. S.oil exploration has been considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching for major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves.... and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!

That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 41 years straight.

2. And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one should - because it's from TWO YEARS AGO!

U. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World!
Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006


Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels.. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling?

They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves on earth. 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

HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people dictate our lives and our economy....WHY?

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.

Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has to. Think OPEC just might be funding the environmentalists?

Got your attention/ire up yet? Hope so! Now, while you're thinking about it .... and hopefully P.O'd, do this:

3. Pass this along. If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next time you want to complain about gas prices .. because by doing NOTHING, you've forfeited your right to complain.
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By the way....this is all true. Check it out at the link below....

GOOGLE it or follow this link.
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911

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HS345
03-02-2009, 05:48 PM
Moot point Laz, at least for 2 to 4 years. :shake:

But Demoncats are for the little guy, right? :rolleyes:

HotinOKC
03-02-2009, 05:48 PM
Laz,

You are going to make the 'Al Gores' mad. :nod:

Levi the Tile Guy
03-02-2009, 06:56 PM
As far as the bush mandate oil rigs started popping up all over the place here in western Colorado. That is one reason the housing market boomed so much and the last few years were marvelous. Good ole Obama has already put a stop to drilling here, well at least no new rigs, and 60% of the operating ones have already shut down. Hence no more new construction and housing market here plummeting fast. So many people and the money they made are moving on and there are so many people looking for work and starving. But this new administration is all about the economy and job creation right? :wtf:

TS Jr
03-02-2009, 07:59 PM
Some parts of the original post are true. Read this....

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/bakken.asp

bbcamp
03-03-2009, 04:07 AM
3. Pass this along. If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next time you want to complain about gas prices .. because by doing NOTHING, you've forfeited your right to complain.This little sentence should be enough of a clue that this is a hoax, or at least, politically inspired.

John Bridge
03-03-2009, 06:02 AM
and . . .

"Good ole Obama has already put a stop to drilling here . . . "

I'm not an Obama fan, but the president didn't put a stop to anything. Folks who understand the domestic drilling equation are aware that when the price of a barrel of oil plummets it's much much cheaper to buy from abroad and import. Last year, when crude was well over $100 a barrel domestic our domestic rig count increased. Crude is now around $44.

Demand is down, as most of us know. Refineries have shut down. Just recently Valero shut down another major gasoline refinery in Texas City, near Galveston. There is less demand for refined crude products. It's a simple matter of dollars and cents. :)

In my wanderings around the Houston area (headquarters of many oil companies) I talk to geologists and others in the business all the time. Everyone knows there is a lot of oil remaining in the Western United States, but all the easy pickings have been harvested. What remains takes a little more effort than simply poking holes in the ground.

jjwq8
03-03-2009, 06:55 AM
Leave the guy alone John!
What the hell did you all elect Obama for if not to blame him for everything!
Dubya's gone. Long live Obama (for 3 and a bit years anyway):shades:

newtileguy7
03-03-2009, 12:26 PM
I also think part of the problem is that it is going to become increasingly more difficult to come up with the capital and loans to just start drilling all over the map. This equals rising commodity prices as demand stays roughly the same, but there are fewer resources to go around. Either we need to go the route of alternative energy, or somehow get the East to reinvest all that extra cash, if that is indeed where all the money is. Hillary Clinton -- our economic hitwoman? :usflag:

jjwq8
03-03-2009, 11:58 PM
Only if the method of execution is the Kentucky Death Sentence.