SWA #17

"Conoco and BP Propose Alaska Gas Pipeline Project." ANWR.org. Arctic Power,
     2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.anwr.org/Headlines/
     Conoco-and-BP-propose-Alaska-Gas-Pipeline-Project.php>. " The
     pipeline will have a capacity of 4 billion cubic feet of gas per day and
     equal a rough equivalent of 6-8% of US daily consumption."
     
     "The gas pipeline proposed will take 10 years to
     build and cost $30 billion dollars making it the largest construction
     project in North America ever."
     
     "he two oil majors stated that they were open to
     partnerships with 3rd parties in completion of the project, possibly
     TransCanada."


"Natural Gas Facts: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)." Netl.gov. National
     Energy Technology Laboratory, N/A. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.
     <http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/factsheets/policy/Policy006.pdf>.
     ~19 million acres
     
     ~Coastal Plain Area is on northern edge of ANWR and consists of 1.5
     million acres
     
     ~Potentially holds billions of barrels of recoverable oil and
     trillions of cubic feet of recoverable gas
     
     ~ANWR is about the size of SC
     
     ~"In 1980, Public Law 96-487, Alaska National Interest Lands
     Conservation Act
     (ANILCA), was passed by Congress to provide for the designation and
     conservation of certain public lands in the State of Alaska. ANILCA set
     aside more than 100 million acres in Alaska as national parks, preserves,
     wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas. In section 1002 of this act,
     Congress specifically left open the question of future management of the
     1.5-million-acre Coastal Plain of ANWR (“1002 area”) because of its
     potentially enormous oil and gas resources, and its important environmental
     and ecological value. The Act gives Congress the authority to enact
     legislation to allow oil and gas development in the area."
     
     ~"ANWR could produce more than 150 billion cubic feet of
     natural gas per year, which is about the volume of gas consumed by the
     state of South Carolina in 2000."