There's not a chance, really.
I've been to several summits and conferences around the world. While I used to be warmly greeted by people wanting to know about where our next prospects were and about our next resource assessments and licensing rounds, the conversation has turned to asking about when that thing is going to disappear, because we're the only country that, at least in my circles, has any such cap.
I don't think it's at all possible.
When you look at where all the investment dollars are going to meet the world's global energy needs, where else are you going to find the four million to five million barrels a year we need unless it's in the offshore? We have one of the biggest coastlines in the world and one of the best energy endowments; we just have no access to them.
