ANWR: American Energy

The ANWR Top Ten

>>> Top Ten Facts and Figures about ANWR

1. In 1980, the Congress and President Carter created the nearly 20 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), but they set aside 1.5 million acres of ANWR’s northern coastal plain for the purpose of future energy exploration and development. This parcel is known as the “1002” area, named after the section of the Act that set it aside for its energy resources.

2. Energy exploration and production in ANWR will take place under the most stringent environmental protection requirements ever applied to federal energy project, using the most sophisticated 21st Century technology available. It will be limited to just 2,000 acres of ANWR’s “1002” area, an acreage limitation made possible by 21st century technology and first authored by Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM).

3. ANWR could be the single largest conventional energy resource in America. The mean estimate of recoverable oil from 2,000 acres in ANWR is 10.4 billion barrels. That’s more than double the proven reserves of Texas and could increase America’s total proven reserves (21 billion barrels) by nearly 50%.

4. At peak production, energy development on ANWR’s northern coastal plain could deliver to the lower 48 states an additional 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. That is an amount equal to the daily supply America lost in the Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Katrina; it is more than the daily excess supply in today’s global market; and it is nearly equal to the amount we import from Saudi Arabia every day.

5. Experts have estimated that safe energy exploration and production in ANWR could create between 250,000 to 1,000,000 new jobs in America, which is why national labor organizations such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters support this commonsense effort.

6. A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report concludes that safe energy exploration and production on ANWR’s northern coastal plain could generate the federal government $111 to $173 billion in royalties and tax revenues.

7. H.R. 5429 includes an export ban. All oil and natural gas produced on ANWR’s northern Coastal Plain must stay in America.

8. Safe energy exploration and production have continued for the last three decades in Prudhoe Bay, just 80 miles west of ANWR, on Alaska’s northern coastal plain.

9. The only inhabitants of ANWR’s northern coastal plain - the Inupiat Eskimos – support environmentally safe exploration and production because it will provide their people with good jobs, and funds for water and sewer systems, health care and schools.

10. At today’s energy prices, just the mean estimate of ANWR’s resources represents a $728 billion economic decision: the Congress will either vote YES to invest $728 billion in American energy security, economic growth and job creation, or vote NO to send all of the above overseas.


		The ANWR Top Ten >>> Top Ten Facts and Figures about ANWR 1. In 1980, the Congress and President Carter created the nearly 20 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), but they set aside 1.5 million acres of ANWR’s northern coastal plain for the purpose of future energy exploration and development. This parcel is known as the “1002” area, named after the section of the Act that set it aside for its energy resources. 2. Energy exploration and production in ANWR will take place under the most stringent environmental protection requirements ever applied to federal energy project, using the most sophisticated 21st Century technology available. It will be limited to just 2,000 acres of ANWR’s “1002” area, an acreage limitation made possible by 21st century technology and first authored by Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM). 3. ANWR could be the single largest conventional energy resource in America. The mean estimate of recoverable oil from 2,000 acres in ANWR is 10.4 billion barrels. That’s more than double the proven reserves of Texas and could increase America’s total proven reserves (21 billion barrels) by nearly 50%. 4. At peak production, energy development on ANWR’s northern coastal plain could deliver to the lower 48 states an additional 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. That is an amount equal to the daily supply America lost in the Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Katrina; it is more than the daily excess supply in today’s global market; and it is nearly equal to the amount we import from Saudi Arabia every day. 5. Experts have estimated that safe energy exploration and production in ANWR could create between 250,000 to 1,000,000 new jobs in America, which is why national labor organizations such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters support this commonsense effort. 6. A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report concludes that safe energy exploration and production on ANWR’s northern coastal plain could generate the federal government $111 to $173 billion in royalties and tax revenues. 7. H.R. 5429 includes an export ban. All oil and natural gas produced on ANWR’s northern Coastal Plain must stay in America. 8. Safe energy exploration and production have continued for the last three decades in Prudhoe Bay, just 80 miles west of ANWR, on Alaska’s northern coastal plain. 9. The only inhabitants of ANWR’s northern coastal plain - the Inupiat Eskimos – support environmentally safe exploration and production because it will provide their people with good jobs, and funds for water and sewer systems, health care and schools. 10. At today’s energy prices, just the mean estimate of ANWR’s resources represents a $728 billion economic decision: the Congress will either vote YES to invest $728 billion in American energy security, economic growth and job creation, or vote NO to send all of the above overseas.