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Using the most sophisticated technologies, we can explore and develop oil resources here at home with minimal environmental impact. Our Party continues to support energy development in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), which, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, holds as much as 16 billion barrels of oil - enough to replace oil imports from Saudi Arabia for nearly 20 years.Don't let that Saudi Arabia figure confuse you. According to the Department of Energy, Saudi Arabia is the #4 supplier of petroleum products to the U.S., behind Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela. Their contribution to our imports has also declined almost 25% in the last year. A veritable drop in the oil drum is what ANWR would provide the U.S.
