Potential offshore oil reserves
Sen. John McCain wants to lift the ban on offshore oil and gas
dning. Estimated oil reserves in billions of barrels:
Greenland
27
Alaska
Estimated total:
• The 1981
115 billion barrels
Outer Continental
NOTE: Figures de net
Shelf moratorium bans
Canada
total 115
due to rounding
leasing of most coastal
waters for oil and gas
development
13
United States
Atlantic
SOUD
Pacific
USD
of Interior
Judy The
72
”
Ohore
©200 MET
Gulf
and deep water
What is the purpose of the diagram above? What kind of information do you gather from the diagram? What kind of
article do you think would accompany this diagram?
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