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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Drill baby, Drill
	Date:	8/21/2009 9:43:20 PM

Quick question Hound. When was the last big oil spill related to drilling exploration? Quick, don't do a google search. Answer my question as you are a very well informed person and obviously concerned about the environment. Without looking and searching tell me when and where was the last big oil spill related to oil exploration that you can remember?

My guess is you can't remember one because it is very rare and they spend millions of dollars to prevent/mitigate releases that do occur so there is little, if any damage to the environment, and the damage does not last long when it does occur. I know of what I speak being in the environmental business.

Fact is there is very little to no impact to the environment related to exploration. Most releases occur during transportation (either by ship or pipeline) and the last big transportation release in the U.S. was the Exxon Valdez which happened over 20 years ago. In that 20 years we have produced almost 11 billion barrels of oil in the lower 48 (excluding the billions produced in Alaska). In the second quarter of 2006 alone over 26,000 petroleum wells (oil and natural gas) were drilled in the U.S. Extrapolating out that is over 2 million wells drilled over that same 20-year period. All without a memorable spill.

But we need to worry about the environment from oil well drilling........not!