Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer says his state, and it’s 1 million residents, would be thrilled to bail the United States out of its current energy predicament.  The US Geological Service estimates that there are 4.3 billion barrells of oil in the region.  Governor Schweitzer believes the region even has more to offer than the estimation.

They are always conservative, there will be more. It’ll probably be more like 40 billion.

Governor Schweitzer hopes that by drilling, we’ll save our national dignity and even save our economy.  He further claims that his residents would welcome refineries in their region. 

We’ve been drilling out there for 70 years.  People there like new oil production. In fact, the city of Sydney [the county seat] wants to build a refinery. Where else in America do you have a community that says, ‘we want to build a refinery in our backyard?’