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To: KLP who wrote (357162)4/2/2010 1:17:21 AM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793885
 
I noticed that map didn't have anything on the west coast.

Continental Shelf

science.jrank.org

"The average width of the shelf is 43 mi (70 km)"

peak-oil-news.info

"The record-setting Chevron well, called Jack 2, which is 175 miles off the Louisiana coast, is more than five miles deep, including more than a mile of ocean depth.

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To: KLP who wrote (357162)4/2/2010 6:21:57 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793885
 
>>why Obama didn't open the drilling to anything in the Pacific Coast?<<

Ask Nancy Pelosi.

>>And why 125 miles out?<<

Ask Neil Bush.

>>drilling in the North Arctic region... supremely wealthy companies.<<

Oh yes...

THE BIGGEST, BADDEST RIG EVER (8/6/2009)
BP's massive new drill rig arrives at Beaufort Sea
Message 25847041

The biggest dry hole in history (1983 Mukluk project)
Message 25850128

>>Please do write IBD<<

You want me to muck out the Augean stables? ;>)