 the truth about oil reserves  from the kipplingercom ldquo the us is sitting on the world s largest untapped oil reserves reservoirs which energy experts know exist but which have not yet been tapped and may not be attainable with current technology in fact such untapped reserves are estimated at about 23 trillion barrels nearly three times more than the reserves held by organization of petroleum exporting countries opec nations and sufficient to meet 300 years of ldquo for a look at why we can rsquo t drill and how the environmental lobby and the progressive democrats have placed our country in such a precarious position click on the following story link by jim ostroff associate editor  the kiplinger letter  titled   ldquo the us untapped oil bounty rdquo   175  the truth about oil reserves  