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Old 09-04-2009, 09:53 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by fishbones View Post
Spence, I thought I read that it was possible that there was 3 to 15 billion barrels in that area in the gulf. The world uses 84 million barrels a day, so 500 million wouldn't have much of an impact on the long range price of oil. Billions on the other hand, could bring down the future price.
I'm sure there's the possibility for billions of undiscovered reserves in the Gulf...possibility.

Also note that this discovery was 35,000 feet down!

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