i got my info from the senate on cspan

and the last estimate they made in the area was on north shore and that was there was only enough oil for operations for ten years.

how long have they been pumping oil now


and by the way neither iraq nor saudi arabia has the most oil in the ground.

that honor goes to the united states and that is only the lower 48 states does not include alaska or the off shore fields.

and i got that in the 70s on those little saturday morning info cartoons that the us government which was run by the democrats at the time. you remember the ones like conjunction, junction

That list is far from complete and many on that list have been purchased by other companies. I know this because a large portion of that list are our clients. We drill where ever we can. We have gone to Romania and Egypt for a company that isn't on your list. This list also excludes foreign owned companies that have large drilling operations in the US.



Incorrect. I admit that production is not the same as it was last year at this time but we are still running the same amount of rigs. They are still moving from site to site. We just have to drill harder and deeper to reach our product.

The real problem is that demand exceeds the refineries capacity. Maintenance has to be done. If they do not shut down portions for maintenance they will fail and repair is more costly and time consuming than maintenance. When the proper maintenance is not done the risk of serious accidents and explosions is increased exponentially. Surely you aren't suggesting that we risk human lives so that you can save a few pennies?

I know first hand what a refinery explosion is like. I have been inside several refineries in South Louisiana. I have been to the rig floor. I work in the oil and gas exploration/production business. Gene you are just wrong.

Big oil has no incentive to build more refineries and a tax increase will not change that fact. If you increase the tax, the American public pays the price. They tried it back in the 80's and gas prices shot up never to be lowered again.

The little guy has no chance of building a refinery because they don't have the political clout that it would take to pull that off.

There are billions of barrels of oil that sit idle in pipelines waiting to be processed. The cure for this itch is our ability to refine the product. The government could step in and fix that but they really have no incentive to do that either because just like in the 80's Americans will adapt.



This is a sham argument. If they set new standards for automakers it would take, at a minimum, two years to apply the standard. If they pulled it off in two years then, those cars would have to filter down to the road. I just recently sold my 1994 Explorer. I drive a 2002 vehicle and it's paid for. I have no plans to go out and strap myself with a car note and interest to save on gas. The cost of fuel would have to be free to offset the cost of another vehicle. (that will never happen) It would take 10 years or more for this to have any effect on the price of gas at the pump.


The greatest way to have a positive effect on gas prices is for the American public to reduce its consumption. Why isn't that part of your demands Gene? You like to lambaste the government and big oil but the solution isn't going to happen from either source because there is no real reason to change. Give me a good catalyst for change other than it costs you more if you can. I just don't see one.

this will come as it always comes in this country at the last moment

Sean, are you seriously trying to say we should put polar bears on the endangered list? Think hard before you answer that!

Your report is on the shrinking population of polar bears in Canada, last time I checked my maps we don’t have jurisdiction outside our borders. Are you suggestion we invade Canada to save the polar bears?

Within our borders the numbers are going up so I guess we are doing something right.

just food for thought, read whatever ya wnat into it,,,you're gonna anyway

Please explain to me why you mad at the oil profiteers and not the computer profiteers they make more money than big oil does

or electrical equipment makers, or beverages and tobacco, or the medical industries

don't respond if your not even going to bother looking up the link

because it wouldn't be fare for me to have all this info and you be to stupid to look at it

In fact food has gone up more than oil


FIRST-- Oil and Gas are essential to ALL individuals and companies. An increase in the cost of gas adversely impacts everything and is in escapable. You do not need a new computer of the latest software. That is not true of gas and oil.

I do not have a comparison between food and Oil profits increases but the food industry is very diverse and not controlled by a few companies. The fact that Crude oil prices are LOWER in 2007 and gas is substantially higher should be a RED FLAG to even a mentally challenged person like you!

We just have to drill harder and deeper to reach our product.

WRONG! We need to develop other energy supplies and require higher mileage from car, SUV's and trucks. YOU sound just like that idiot GWB! Just drill in Alaska.



Bush also refused to require higher auto mileage which could have lowered the Demand.


“This is a sham argument.” You are WRONG again:

One mile per gallon higher average mileage would save MORE oil then in the area in Alaska Bush wants to drill. More efficient use would LOWER demand and help the refining problem. The CEO OF EXXON WAS ON CNN this week AND SAID AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES HAVE NO DESIRE TO BUILD NEW REFINERIES.

i propose a new tax

everytime anyone wants to tax someone else they should have to pay the same amount in taxes

that's fair isn't it gene

Reply By: danielost Posted: Saturday, May 19, 2007
i propose a new tax

every time anyone wants to tax someone else they should have to pay the same amount in taxes

that's fair isn't it gene


WHAT IS FAIR you must consider "The Ability To Pay" The wealthy got the vast majority of the Bush tax cuts and they can afford to pay more. I got almost NOTHING from the Bush tax cuts. I will be glad to give up my tax cuts along with the top 10%!

poor baby you pay almost nothing in taxes and yet you got almost nothing in tax cuts

the people who are paying the taxes, that would be the top 10%, should be the ones who get the tax cut.

and again where is your outrage against the grocery stores where prices have gone up more than gas. where is your outrage against the medical industry where profits are almost 20 times higher than big oil.

poor baby you pay almost nothing in taxes and yet you got almost nothing in tax cuts .

Where did I say that? I said I will give up my tax cuts along with the top 10%.

what tax cut you keep saying that the only ones who got a tax cut was the top 10%

I said I will give up my tax cuts along with the top 10%.


what tax cut you keep saying that the only ones who got a tax cut was the top 10%

YOU are a GREAT Bushie. You distort what I said. I said 70% of the tax cuts (per the 2005 data) went to the top 10%. The other 30% went to middle income taxpayers. The low income workers got nothing because the do not make enough to pay Income Tax. My tax cut was about $400 per year since I did not benefit from the elimination of the marriage penalty and do not have any children under 18 for the tax credit. I will be happy to forgo my $400 dollars and Cheney can give back his $115,000. Sounds fair to me!

AAA reported today average gas prices set another record high at $3.20. They said that crude oil prices would have to be at $100 per barrel to justify the current gas prices and the issue is the supply of refined gas. This is a PRIME example of how BIG OIL is screwing the American Public. Since they are NOT experiencing higher costs to produce the gas, the higher prices will show up in higher profits. Government action is the only way to deal with these powerful companies who are acting to the determent of all individuals and companies in America!!!!!

they tried it in the 70's made things worse.

government cannot control prices

our government is supposed to be our servent not we its servent

why can't you get that through that stupid foggy head of yours

you can't raise taxes on the rich without affecting the poor

you can't raise taxes on an induster without it affecting its customers

you can't rely on the government for everything if you try you end up with a hitler, a stalin, or any of the other dictators

saddam killed innocent people just becouse he wanted to and to stay in power
hitler killed innocent people just becouse he wanted to and to stay in power

saddam tried and failed to take other countries just becouse he wanted to. claiming that those countries were in fact part of his

hitler tried and failed to take other countries just becouse he wanted to. claiming that those countries were in fact part of his.

the united states was attacked in world war 2 not by hitler but by japan.
the united states was attacked on 9/11 not by iraq but by al quida.

you know it sounds like history is repeating itself to me

what about you dictator col gene