there is enough oil off prudhoe bay to fuel the entire US for 200 years. no anwr needed. in fact, i knew a kid getting his masters at UAF who was doing soundings in anwr. he said the structures there would not support large fields. its a pipe dream.
the oil is already found and is west of kaktovik, just north of pruhoe on an island. all we can use. arco/bp, et al, know it, too. thats why the pipeline corridor was built to support another line. and a gas line, too.