PUBLIC LANDS, ENERGY, AND YOU
DID YOU KNOW?
· Petroleum is America's leading
source of energy
· 97% of the energy that drives
America's transportation comes
from fuels made from oil
· An average of 20% of a farmer's
production costs are for fuel
location of oil source
ROLE OF PUBLIC LANDS
· 5% of America's oil is produced
from onshore public lands
· Over 100 million barrels of oil
came from onshore public lands
in Fiscal Year 2002
· Approximately 7.8 billion
barrels of technically
recoverable oil are estimated to
be under public lands
published by the
BUREA U OF LAND MAN A GEMENT
for more information, please visit the
Bureau of Land Management's National Energy Of fice website at
www.blm.gov/ener gy/