illing in the Alaskan region is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. According to the ANWR webpage:
             "The lands protected by the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge include 19 million acres in the northeast corner of Alaska. The entire refuge lies north of the Arctic Circle and 1,300 miles south of the North Pole. The Coastal Plain area, [the area where the most crude oil is believed to be contained] compromising of 1.5 million acres on the northern edge of ANWR, is bordered on the north by the Beaufort Sea, on the east by the U.S. Canadian border, and on the west by the Canning River...At its widest points, the Coastal Plain is about 100 miles across and about 30 miles deep and covers an area slightly larger than the state of Delaware. Along the coastal area, the plain is an almost featureless expanse, barren and dotted with thousands of unconnected small ponds; the area to the south becomes gently rolling, treeless hills which merge into foothills and then into the northern edges of the Brooks Range...If ANWR were a state, it would be larger than 10 other states. " (Background–What...).
             It is believed that the Coastal Region of the ANWR alone could produce a staggering amount of oil. A study conducted by the Department of the Interior in 1987 found that, ""in-place resources" range from 4.8 billion to 29.4 billion barrels of oil...recoverable oil estimates range from 600 million barrels at the low end to 9.2 billion barrels at the high end" (Background–How...).
             The Need for Additional Sources of Domestic Crude
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