Originally Posted by Epoch
2 years to build the pipeline, all of the infrastructure to build and maintain the facilities, the facilities themselves, to find the best resources of oil, and to train and/or relocate staff? You overestimate the feasibility of the situation. I'd say 5-7 years to do that, if they include a modest amount of thought ahead planning, and at least 10 years to do it right, if rushed.
The pipeline is there, you just need to tap into it from the fields in ANWAR. We already know where the oil is...surveys have been done already which is why we know ANWAR is a good place. Building and maintaining facilities is easy...the major oil companies probably already have plans in place to go drill there. At some point it will be inevitable that we do. 2 years is plenty enough of a timeframe for them to do it. Just wait till ANWAR is open and see how quickly these companies get pumping that crude. And to be honest every day they are not is a days worth of revenue lost which is a rather large incentive to do it quickly.