Why hasn't Obama forced Exxon to drill those vast quantities of oil on leases Dems say weren't being drilled?

Weren't Dems saying there is a whole bunch of oil that we're just not drilling for on existing leases and they were going to force Exxon to give up those leases if they didn't drill soon?





Shouldn't we be a lot less dependent upon foreign oil because of the vast amount of oil that Dems say they know is on existing undrilled leases?Why hasn't Obama forced Exxon to drill those vast quantities of oil on leases Dems say weren't being drilled?
Because B.O. is a LIAR!


If the leases were capable of producing oil wouldn't Exxon have exploited them?


Capitalism works if the government will just get the hell out of the way.Why hasn't Obama forced Exxon to drill those vast quantities of oil on leases Dems say weren't being drilled?
So now you want government intrusion into business decisions? Sounds a little Socialist to me. I thought you people were against that.
Price of oil went down, so did the desire for Exxon to drill.


Lets hope they are forced to surrender those rights, then next time we can sell them to someone who will drill, or at least pay for the rights in real cost.
LOL Exxon would laugh at Obama,they see what kind of goof he is.That's why on nov.5th exxon stopped all expansions as well as shell and laid off all nonessential people and contractors.
Bigger fish to fry right now... They'll get to Exxon later
Kind of odd how they all claimed we must rid ourselves of dependency on foreign oil, but the only way to do that is with domestic oil which they won't allow to be produced. Makes one wonder why they do not want America to be energy independent. ';Charles'; above is correct.





http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Gull+Is鈥?/a>





Whats even funnier is Al Gore, when V.P., engineered the sale of the Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserves to Occidental Petroleum of which he sat on the Board and his family holds vast amounts of stock in. This sale increased the value of that stock immensely.





http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Al+Gore鈥?/a>
they want you to drive a high efficiency car .it, have their money in stocks for overseas .you should see the city's and we've built on in the desert .that money could be here they don't care what we want is what they can put their pocket .
There isn't much oil in places where oil companies hold leases but haven't drilled. Otherwise, they would drill.
Alaska has a lot of capped wells that remain capped in order to keep supply down,therefore the price high. This from an oil man several years ago.


Unfortunately Obama doesn't have that power. Right now with oil relatively lower, the main thrust is the economy. I'm sure he may try to address energy issues later. First we need to get out of this hole we are in before the sides cave in.
They sir are a bunch of hypocrates, or haven't you found that out as yet. YES WE SHOULD BE DRILLING ON OUR OWN SOILS AND OCEANBEDS. You should also research about these drilling leases. Just because the oil companies have leased this area(s) does not mean there is oil there.
Are you suggesting that Obama take over Exxon?





That would be pretty cool.
Exxon has done Geophysical exploration on those leases and determined there is no oil there. Why in the world would they drill? Apparently the Democrats don't understand how the business works. We are more dependent on foreign oil than ever largely because the Democrats have made it difficult to drill on U.S. soil. There is more than enough oil in Alaska to keep us going for the next 40 years. The dems complaint about not drilling on existing leases was for political purposes for ignorant liberals.