I’m Not Emeril has a great post in which he does a bunch of calculations in AutoCAD (he’s an engineer) and figures out that the area of land in the ANWR that would be used for drilling purposes is equivalent to a tic-tac on a football field. Great research and great post!
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December 30th, 2005 at 7:47 pm
Thanks, Hans.
December 30th, 2005 at 10:04 pm
Not sure if this calculation includes the actual footprint that a drilling field would make. Infrastructure adds a lot. Doesn’t detract from the main point though.
January 2nd, 2006 at 8:26 pm
Good question, thirdway. Actually the Tic-Tac completely covers covers all of that portion of the Coastal Plain that would be used. This includes infrastructure as well as drilling rigs.
By the way, any infrastructure would necessarily be temporary. Vehicles can only be operated in the Coastal Plain area during the winter months, utilizing ice roads. This does not mean that oil production would cease during the thaw, it does mean any major activity would have to occur during the winter.
January 3rd, 2006 at 12:43 am
I still haven’t seen anything that explains WHY we need to drill in ANWR. I’m not particularly opposed to it; I just don’t see it solving anything.
It will certainly NOT reduced our dependence on foreign oil any appreciable amount – much of the North Slope is drilled currently – and we still depend tremendously on foreign oil. So if this is REALLY just one tiny bit of drilling – and not a sneaky foot in the door to all of ANWR – then the amount of oil we will get is a drop in the bucket.
Additionally, many of the companies drilling the north slope currently are foreign-owned – so it’s oil from “our” ground – but it still belongs to “foreigners”.
I’ve also seen comments in many places that this area is just a vast, snowy, frozen wasteland. I figured that to be relatively true – being northern Alaska – but that is not the case. The satellite images of ANWR tell a different story.
I guess I’m just too distrustful of big business – and Senator Stevens – to believe that this quest for ANWR is all good & noble.
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