ANWR ARTICLE REVIEW
A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point
Alpine is the newest westernmost of the North Slope Oil Fields in Deadhorse, Alaska
Valves open November 2000, crude oil flowed the 50 miles back to Pump Station 1 near Deadhorse
By February, Alpine's production has hit maximum output of 90,000 barrels a day
Build with the future in mind. The Alpine hydrocarbon industry heads in three directions at once.
The future may lead southward
Soaring gas prices spurred North Slope companies to commit $75 million to plan a $10-billion gas pipeline.
Eastern terminus of North Slope is called 1002 area.
Named for section of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 that set aside 1.5 million acres of fed property in deference to geologists' guesses that region entombs billions of barrels of oil
Same act placed 1002 Area inside the 19-million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in deference to biologists' observations that the coastal plain provides a premium Arctic habitat.
Congress instigated one of the longest environmental turf wars of the past century.
Sen. Frank. H. Murkowski introduced S. 389 which would open 1002 to oil and gas exploration.
The bill allows the Bureau of Land Management to restrict activities to ensure that they will result in no adverse effect on fish and wildlife, habitat and environment
245 biologists signed open letter to President Bill Clinton urging him to bypass Congress and declare the area a wilderness.
Petroleum geologists asserted that the oil industry could move without causing more than cosmetic damage.
Eight groups of Geologists relied on a single set of data from a seismic survey made in the winters of 1984 and 1985 to see amount of oil and gas that sit below 1002 Area
Source rocks, trap formations and extent of migration all must be estimated based on analogies and prior of experience.
Using pictures to look at formations used to estimate amount of oil
Size of formation, thickness and porosity each has an error bar.
8 studies arrived at widely divergent estimates
Best assessment is from Kenneth J. Bird from the U.S Geological Survey (USGS)
Results were more than one estimate, relevant figure is not how much oil but how much can be recovered.
Bird's group concluded that thorough exploration would most likely yield seven billion barrels of economically recoverable oil. $24 a barrel
At seven billion barrels, it would hold half as much profitable petroleum as Prudhoe Bay in 1977.
Industry says that 10 years would pass between decision to open the refuge to development and first flow into Alaskan pipeline.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
. This article talks about how oil was discovered and by who. A man from the U.S Geological Survey name Kenneth J. Bird and his group estimated that 7 billion barrels of oil are stored in the depths of the southernmost, North Slope. If this is true, the oil consumption rates in the country will go up from 19.5 million to 23 million barrels. If this oil wants to be recovered, oil plants must be built.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
i think this article is just talking about how everybody wants to build drills. They dont say anything about the poeple who want the land for wildlife. I also think that the drilling should be stopped because we arent going to have oil for the future. We are always thinking bout now and not the future.
Alpine is the newest westernmost of the North Slope Oil Fields in Deadhorse, Alaska
Valves open November 2000, crude oil flowed the 50 miles back to Pump Station 1 near Deadhorse
By February, Alpine's production has hit maximum output of 90,000 barrels a day
Build with the future in mind. The Alpine hydrocarbon industry heads in three directions at once.
The future may lead southward
Soaring gas prices spurred North Slope companies to commit $75 million to plan a $10-billion gas pipeline.
Eastern terminus of North Slope is called 1002 area.
Named for section of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 that set aside 1.5 million acres of fed property in deference to geologists' guesses that region entombs billions of barrels of oil
Same act placed 1002 Area inside the 19-million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in deference to biologists' observations that the coastal plain provides a premium Arctic habitat.
Congress instigated one of the longest environmental turf wars of the past century.
Sen. Frank. H. Murkowski introduced S. 389 which would open 1002 to oil and gas exploration.
The bill allows the Bureau of Land Management to restrict activities to ensure that they will result in no adverse effect on fish and wildlife, habitat and environment
245 biologists signed open letter to President Bill Clinton urging him to bypass Congress and declare the area a wilderness.
Petroleum geologists asserted that the oil industry could move without causing more than cosmetic damage.
Eight groups of Geologists relied on a single set of data from a seismic survey made in the winters of 1984 and 1985 to see amount of oil and gas that sit below 1002 Area
Source rocks, trap formations and extent of migration all must be estimated based on analogies and prior of experience.
Using pictures to look at formations used to estimate amount of oil
Size of formation, thickness and porosity each has an error bar.
8 studies arrived at widely divergent estimates
Best assessment is from Kenneth J. Bird from the U.S Geological Survey (USGS)
Results were more than one estimate, relevant figure is not how much oil but how much can be recovered.
Bird's group concluded that thorough exploration would most likely yield seven billion barrels of economically recoverable oil. $24 a barrel
At seven billion barrels, it would hold half as much profitable petroleum as Prudhoe Bay in 1977.
Industry says that 10 years would pass between decision to open the refuge to development and first flow into Alaskan pipeline.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
. This article talks about how oil was discovered and by who. A man from the U.S Geological Survey name Kenneth J. Bird and his group estimated that 7 billion barrels of oil are stored in the depths of the southernmost, North Slope. If this is true, the oil consumption rates in the country will go up from 19.5 million to 23 million barrels. If this oil wants to be recovered, oil plants must be built.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
i think this article is just talking about how everybody wants to build drills. They dont say anything about the poeple who want the land for wildlife. I also think that the drilling should be stopped because we arent going to have oil for the future. We are always thinking bout now and not the future.