Thread: Barack Obama: TheEnergy Snob: Why Does Obama Oppose Drilling?

Originally Posted by Margot

Why don't you open the link and read the PDF file.. Its brief...

I don't know why these permits haven't been used.. It could be insufficient rig count I suppose.

But, Obama has opened up 2 million acres of Federal water and 60 new deepwater permits.. so it doesn't appear to me that he is hindering exploration and drilling.

Obama is taking credit for the actions set in motion by Clinton and Bush.

Originally Posted by Albert Di Salvo

Obama is taking credit for the actions set in motion by Clinton and Bush.

That doesn't make sense to me..

During the Bush administration leases in the Gulf of Mexico were expiring ... unexplored.

Originally Posted by Sadanie

Funny! And all this time I thought he was just an "INTELLECTUAL" snob! I guess you took a seed planted by Santorum and you are trying to grow a weed, right?

You are mistaken, Sadanie.

This discussion has nothing to do with your favorite (and illegal) recreational product.

"On federal lands, oil production declined 11 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the pro-drilling Institute for Energy Research. On state and private lands, production increased 14 percent. Natural-gas production on federal lands dropped 27 percent from 2009, and increased 28 percent on state and private lands. The president took credit for a trend with which he had nothing to do and which he has tried to obstruct. Leases for onshore exploration under the Obama administration are down roughly 35 percent from the Bush administration and 70 percent from the Clinton administration."

Originally Posted by EMTdaniel86

Why Does Obama Oppose Drilling? Because he wants to push his Green Energy on the American public. The thing is, it doesn’t work right now.

You are correct, EMTdaniel.

Obama's "green energy" program is a complete and total waste of the taxpayers money.



Obama could care less about the destruction of 3,900 pallets filled with glass tubes that were used to make Solyndra’s solar panels. After all, the money for this fiasco was paid for by the U.S. taxpayers. Obama's bad decision did not cost him one red cent!

Originally Posted by Margot

Why don't you open the link and read the PDF file.. Its brief...

I don't know why these permits haven't been used.. It could be insufficient rig count I suppose.

But, Obama has opened up 2 million acres of Federal water and 60 new deepwater permits.. so it doesn't appear to me that he is hindering exploration and drilling.

Ha-ha!

Very good Margot. You get five platinum stars for this one.

Production has greatly increased since Bush left office.

Originally Posted by James Cessna

You are mistaken, Sadanie.

This discussion has nothing to do with your favorite (and illegal) recreational product.

"On federal lands, oil production declined 11 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the pro-drilling Institute for Energy Research. On state and private lands, production increased 14 percent. Natural-gas production on federal lands dropped 27 percent from 2009, and increased 28 percent on state and private lands. The president took credit for a trend with which he had nothing to do and which he has tried to obstruct. Leases for onshore exploration under the Obama administration are down roughly 35 percent from the Bush administration and 70 percent from the Clinton administration."

You are very mistaken, James.

Check this out. This discussion was very good.

The number of oil drilling rigs in the U.S. hit a record last week, having quadrupled in number over the past three years. Between oil and gas drilling rigs, the U.S. now has more rigs at work than the rest of the world combined.

Originally Posted by Iriemon

You are very mistaken, James.

Check this out. This discussion was very good.

Very good, Iriemon.

I'm very glad you like my responses and my expressive emoticons!

You do realize, "Imitation is the greatest form of flattery!"

Thank you for this well-deserved compliment!

And thank you for "bumping” my threads for me!

It is very nice of you to show me the courtesy.

By the way, this is the sixth thread of mine you have bumped today.

Consequently, you get 6 stars for this one!

Originally Posted by James Cessna

You are correct, EMTdaniel.

Obama's "green energy" program is a complete and total waste of the taxpayers money.



Obama could care less about the destruction of 3,900 pallets filled with glass tubes that were used to make Solyndra’s solar panels. After all, the money for this fiasco was paid for by the U.S. taxpayers. Obama's bad decision did not cost him one red cent!

BLM Unused Drilling Permits on Federal Lands September 2011

February 22, 2012

Data from the Bureau of Land Management that shows that as of September 30, 2011, the oil and gas industry had more than 7,000 unused Approved Drilling Permits - the final approval needed before beginning to drill for oil or gas.

http://wilderness.org/content/blm-un...september-2011

It's amusing to me that the anti-drill folks claim it'll take 10 years for drilling now to have an effect... except when they can pass it off as somehow the result of something this failure of a president has accomplished. When, in fact, he's done more harm than good:

http://naturalresources.house.gov/Ne...umentID=229180

Obama's reluctance to sign permits has caused crude oil futures to rise and the administration is currently trying to appeal a decision by a federal court judge which is holding them in contempt for delaying permits:

http://naturalresources.house.gov/Up...ion-021711.pdf

If you doubt that this has an effect on oil prices:

"Looking forward, production from Federal lands is expected to play an increasingly important role in total U.S. oil and natural gas production over time. In 2006, roughly 35 percent of U.S. oil production and 30 percent of domestic natural gas production were from Federal lands. Over the next 10 years the share of production from Federal lands is projected to increase to 47 percent for oil and 37 percent for natural gas (Table 2).

Continued exploration and development of offshore crude oil and natural gas resources are critical to attain the projected production increases from Federal lands. The vast majority (85 percent) of Federal crude oil production from 2008 to 2017 is projected to come from the offshore, with 80 percent from the Gulf of Mexico, 4 percent from Alaska, and 1 percent from the Pacific regions."

http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/bmy/index.html

There has been a decline in projected production on federal land since Obama started dictating who got permits.

"While the Administration is correct that oil and gas production in the United States is rising, the data show that where the federal government was in charge oil and gas production fell last year on taxpayer-owned lands."

http://www.instituteforenergyresearc...nds-in-fy2011/

You could probably argue the increased production on private lands having something to do with our increased exports, though I couldn't find much of the way of any actual information on it.

Originally Posted by Snazzmeister

It's amusing to me that the anti-drill folks claim it'll take 10 years for drilling now to have an effect... except when they can pass it off as somehow the result of something this failure of a president has accomplished. When, in fact, he's done more harm than good:

http://naturalresources.house.gov/Ne...umentID=229180

Obama's reluctance to sign permits has caused crude oil futures to rise and the administration is currently trying to appeal a decision by a federal court judge which is holding them in contempt for delaying permits:

http://naturalresources.house.gov/Up...ion-021711.pdf

If you doubt that this has an effect on oil prices:

"Looking forward, production from Federal lands is expected to play an increasingly important role in total U.S. oil and natural gas production over time. In 2006, roughly 35 percent of U.S. oil production and 30 percent of domestic natural gas production were from Federal lands. Over the next 10 years the share of production from Federal lands is projected to increase to 47 percent for oil and 37 percent for natural gas (Table 2).

Continued exploration and development of offshore crude oil and natural gas resources are critical to attain the projected production increases from Federal lands. The vast majority (85 percent) of Federal crude oil production from 2008 to 2017 is projected to come from the offshore, with 80 percent from the Gulf of Mexico, 4 percent from Alaska, and 1 percent from the Pacific regions."

http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/bmy/index.html

There has been a decline in projected production on federal land since Obama started dictating who got permits.

"While the Administration is correct that oil and gas production in the United States is rising, the data show that where the federal government was in charge oil and gas production fell last year on taxpayer-owned lands."

http://www.instituteforenergyresearc...nds-in-fy2011/

You could probably argue the increased production on private lands having something to do with our increased exports, though I couldn't find much of the way of any actual information on it.

Obama will pay a heavy price for his foolishness this November!