This news on Oil Exploration was released on Jun 19 2008.
Cranberry Township, PA – This has been yet another week of inaction on the part of Jason Altmire. Altmire is merely regurgitating the talking points given to him by his party leaders and he fails to understand the need to domestically address our petroleum supply problems or anything about the process of drilling for our own supply.
Altmire recently stated on a KDKA Radio interview:
“Oil and gas companies already hold leases on 68 million acres of federal land that they are not producing on. They hold the leases, they could drill at any point, and they are choosing not to do it…”
“Altmire fails to understand that it takes time - sometimes years - to do the mapping, testing, and construction to get to the point where drilling begins. During that time, the land would be considered ‘not in production’ but that doesn’t mean there is not an attempt being made to obtain oil and natural gas. Additionally, the fact that a company holds a lease is not an indicator that exploration on that land will yield oil and gas,” said Melissa Hart.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, between 2002 and 2007 52% of all the exploration wells and 8% of the development wells were dry.
Hart added, “to meet the supply demands, more exploration is needed and a vast majority of Americans support it. All we have heard from Altmire is ‘no’ to every proposal put forth that could increase supply and offer some price relief.”
A new poll was released this week by Rasmussen Reports that showed 67% of Americans believe that we should drill off the coasts of California, Florida and other states.
“It is disappointing how our land and coastal waters continue to be restricted from oil and gas development by the government. Currently exploration is prohibited on 97% of the United States outer continental shelf and 94% of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is outrageous, especially now as we are so dependent on even unfriendly foreign sources, that our own representative won’t allow us to explore these untapped resources here at home. As a result, we will continue to pay through the nose for gas and have much less control over our economic destiny,” Hart added.
She stressed that she is working to go back to Congress to “vote as before: to develop our resources here, which in turn develops our strength.” Hart asks: “Will Altmire ever get the message that people here in Western Pennsylvania are suffering financially? We need solutions – not a naysayer.”
Cranberry Township, PA – This has been yet another week of inaction on the part of Jason Altmire. Altmire is merely regurgitating the talking points given to him by his party leaders and he fails to understand the need to domestically address our petroleum supply problems or anything about the process of drilling for our own supply.
Altmire recently stated on a KDKA Radio interview:
“Oil and gas companies already hold leases on 68 million acres of federal land that they are not producing on. They hold the leases, they could drill at any point, and they are choosing not to do it…”
“Altmire fails to understand that it takes time - sometimes years - to do the mapping, testing, and construction to get to the point where drilling begins. During that time, the land would be considered ‘not in production’ but that doesn’t mean there is not an attempt being made to obtain oil and natural gas. Additionally, the fact that a company holds a lease is not an indicator that exploration on that land will yield oil and gas,” said Melissa Hart.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, between 2002 and 2007 52% of all the exploration wells and 8% of the development wells were dry.
Hart added, “to meet the supply demands, more exploration is needed and a vast majority of Americans support it. All we have heard from Altmire is ‘no’ to every proposal put forth that could increase supply and offer some price relief.”
A new poll was released this week by Rasmussen Reports that showed 67% of Americans believe that we should drill off the coasts of California, Florida and other states.
“It is disappointing how our land and coastal waters continue to be restricted from oil and gas development by the government. Currently exploration is prohibited on 97% of the United States outer continental shelf and 94% of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is outrageous, especially now as we are so dependent on even unfriendly foreign sources, that our own representative won’t allow us to explore these untapped resources here at home. As a result, we will continue to pay through the nose for gas and have much less control over our economic destiny,” Hart added.
She stressed that she is working to go back to Congress to “vote as before: to develop our resources here, which in turn develops our strength.” Hart asks: “Will Altmire ever get the message that people here in Western Pennsylvania are suffering financially? We need solutions – not a naysayer.”
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