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To: tejek who wrote (393490)	6/23/2008 1:59:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1577883

The Bakken will help. I think the news has been hyped there. I think and hope over time that the industry will gain experience and expertise in how to exploit the Bakken and it will develop into a big important field. However, even if it does, there's no reason we should spurn developing other reserves. Look, the oil industry has gotten a lot better at producing offshore since 1969 when the leasing ban began. The offshore drilling industry only got started since WWII. Even in the Santa Barbara channel, drilling and production has continued to today on the leases that had been granted prior to 1969 - and there h/b no more problems there. Also, consider nations like Norway, the UK and Canada - they have major offshore oil production in some of the challenging offshore environments on earth which are also important fisheries (the North Sea, Canadian arctic, and offshore Nova Scotia) and have had for decades. Why should we forego what they are doing? These are nations that you liberal folks hold up as examples for the US. But when it comes to offshore drilling you say we should be more backward than they are.

To: tejek who wrote (393490)	6/23/2008 2:00:08 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

The Bakken will help. I think the news has been hyped there. I think and hope over time that the industry will gain experience and expertise in how to exploit the Bakken and it will develop into a big important field. However, even if it does, there's no reason we should spurn developing other reserves. Look, the oil industry has gotten a lot better at producing offshore since 1969 when the leasing ban began. The offshore drilling industry only got started since WWII. Even in the Santa Barbara channel, drilling and production has continued to today on the leases that had been granted prior to 1969 - and there h/b no more problems there. Also, consider nations like Norway, the UK and Canada - they have major offshore oil production in some of the challenging offshore environments on earth which are also important fisheries (the North Sea, Canadian arctic, and offshore Nova Scotia) and have had for decades. Why should we forego what they are doing? These are nations that you liberal folks hold up as examples for the US. But when it comes to offshore drilling you say we should be more backward than they are.