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pipelingThe United States is the third largest oil producer in the world (about 8 million barrels per day), but it is also the number one consumer of oil (20 million barrels per day).

Polls have shown that a majority of Americans want an increase in offshore drilling.

In response, Congress let a 27-year-old moratorium on offshore oil drilling expire at the end of last month. This put into play about 16 billion barrels of oil (or about 21 percent of U.S. offshore resources), according to the Department of Energy (DOE).

However, this is just a drop in the bucket.

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anwr Facts about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The U.S. Department of Energy has a good primer on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is a summary of policy positions and facts about ANWR, such as: ANWR could produce a million barrels a day, and 150 billion cubic fee of gas per year! Also, 75% of Alaskans support opening ANWR to responsible development. The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution supporting ANWR 60 to 0.
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People
Kaktovik Children Alaskans Support Development More than 75% percent of Alaskans support exploration and production on the Coa...
Background
ANWR terrain Making the Case for ANWR Imported Oil Too Costly The U.S. imports over 65% of the nation's needed pet...
       
 

Oil Statistics

Oil Import Statistics 
The U.S. imports over 60% of it's oil!
World Oil Prices Sky High
Oil prices are through the roof, it's time to open ANWR

Polls

Best reason to open ANWR?
 

A Quotation

“I hope people understand, in a 20,000-square-mile area, this is 2,000 acres. It is a plot of land the size of LAX that we would want to drill to explore. ," said Gov. Sarah Palin.

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