NJ5 on 17 October 2008
A conservative estimate by analysts.
It's the official number, as are the Saudi Arabian ones. Where's the basis for your claim that NA has more oil than the middle east, or even Saudi Arabia alone? Please put some facts behind your claims.
They are in Montana as well. In any case, I did mention North America which does not limit itself to just the US of A.
We (or rather McCain and Obama) were talking about USA energy independence, not North American energy independence.
I never heard about oil sands in Montana. How many recoverable barrels there?
EDIT - I just found an article on those:
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3868#more
That adds 3-4 billion barrels at best, not even close to the Canadian reserve size. Production is already ongoing there at < 75k barrels per day.
PS: The 3-4 billion barrels is "technically recoverable oil", which doesn't mean all of it is economically recoverable. Just though I'd highlight the difference.
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