Lindsey Williams has apparently gone into hiding as more and more Americans are asking questions about the Gull Island Alaska oil discovery. It’s either the greatest scandal ever perpetrated or a hoax. No one is refuting the evidence.

 

For those of you who have no clue who Lindsey Williams is, he wrote an interesting book “The Energy Non-Crisis”. He makes claim that the energy crisis of the 70′s was a total fabrication by the government and the oil companies have found oil at Gull Island, Alaska and were ordered to cap the wells. The book is no longer in print, however the entire book is available online at the reformation.org website. It is an interesting read and is totally in layman’s terms. It does exhibit Mr. Williams limited understanding of the oil business, yet it does let you know that he was really in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska during the building of the pipeline. He reveals much from the inside walls of executives with Atlantic Richfield and British Petroleum (ARCO and BP) during the finding of oil on Gull Island.

What I am finding funny about Mr. Williams claims is that there is no real effort to refute his claims. No one is calling him a crackpot nor making any effort to deny his allegations with any facts that would indicate that he is not being truthful. That, in and of itself makes it fairly evident that his book is relatively factual and relates truth as he envisioned it to be during the time. It has been reported that his life has been threatened and his website, lwoil.com contains this farewell:

Dear friends,

After 30 years of telling my story and speaking out on various issues that affect America and the World, the time has come for it to end. Due to my age, concern for my family and being called back to the mission field, I feel I must discontinue my incredibly difficult schedule and remove the expenses associated with the books, speaking engagements and DVD’s.

I appreciate everyone’s support, prayers and kindness shown to me over the past 30 years and sincerely pray that God blesses and keeps you during the years ahead.

God Bless,

Lindsey Williams

So with that said, let’s put some things into perspective. I can honestly say that his book, and his website farewell offer some interesting food for thought. Let’s assume that Mr. Williams book is totally factual (yes, that is dangerous ground and I know it) and that indeed his life has been threatened. It would make sense in silencing him at the point when his prediction about the price of gas reaching $5-10 a gallon has come true, and the prices are climbing. It leads one to speculate that one of several scenario’s exist;

• The Government knew full well of Gull Island and actually ordered the wells capped because of their proximity to the very outer edge of the 100 square mile allowable drilling sites.
• The oil companies realized that the Prudhoe Bay field would yield oil for 20 plus years and had the wells capped in anticipation of existing wells peaking in production.
• There is a real effort on the part of our Government to conceal the discovery of the Gull Island oil and has some other agenda that has not been revealed.

None of these scenarios have been explored as to which may be true. What has been proven is that there is more oil in Alaska than we can possibly imagine and the the government of this nation has blocked its production for decades. To prove out an oil discovery such as Gull Island means that the government would be forced to reveal all it knows about the real oil reserves in this nation, offshore, and reveal what other oil wells have possibly been capped to production. Yes, it is pure speculation, but consider some known facts and how they could possibly play out.

Gull Island was discovered during the Carter Administration. He was pushing hard for his Energy plan with the Windfall Profits tax being a center piece of that plan. The energy crisis of that time has been proven to have been contrived in an effort to bring energy to the forefront of discussion by all Americans. When Carter promised reductions in energy prices with his WPT, passage was easy. Needless to say, that was the very reason this nation now imports over 70% of our oil today. Had a Gull Island discovery been announced, then the energy crisis would have been resolved. You can make the connection that the Carter Administration wouldn’t have fared very well in getting acceptance of a comprehensive energy policy. Ordering Gull Island capped would seem logical and probably prove-able.

The second scenario leads one to think that this new oil discovery would have caused the price of oil to decrease and perhaps reduced the dependence on Saudi Oil. Iran was a hotbed and the entire middle east was in somewhat of a turmoil. Now the oil companies were being forced to purchase middle east oil to avoid the WPT and it would make sense that to appease that region with American dollars could solve two problems. The oil companies could have very well capped those wells and waited out the resolution of the middle east issue. Doing so would help with the multitude of government red-tape as the oil companies were finally making a profit. Doing their part, at government urging, goes a long way when you need the government to look the other way or issue a permit when needed. It would make life a bit more bearable for the oil companies, and hopefully more profitable at a later date should the middle east crisis not be resolved.

The third scenario is one that causes many of the conspiracy theories to arise. I really have trouble finding real credibility as most are simply speculation based on incomplete information or a section of a document that leads to innuendo. I do believe that somewhere in these three possibilities, there lies a lot of truth that needs to be revealed. Unless someone comes forward, who was in a knowledgeable position at the time, then more of the conspiracy ideas will run rampant. I would urge anyone to resist that temptation without solid facts that can be verified.

Should Congress investigate these allegations? Perhaps, but what really needs to happen is for someone who was there, saw the discovery, was part of the analysis of the crude oil, and/or was directly responsible for capping the well(s), to come forth with the entire story. I do know this: a Congressional Subpoena carries a lot of weight and few who are in possession of that knowledge would welcome one. I have no doubt that someone in government also knows the facts and to get to the heart of those facts will never occur unless they too, reveal what has happened.

I would fully welcome the opportunity to either affirm or deny flatly the allegations of this book. I offer that given the opportunity to hear what someone knows about Gull Island would be treated in utmost confidentiality. No names would be used unless permission is given to do so. I would also welcome the opportunity to speak with Lindsey Williams, however no contact information remains on his website.

I can only hope that someone, somewhere reads this that knows the truth. I was always told that the truth would stand when all else failed. It’s time to get to the heart of this issue and resolve it once and for all. More importantly, take a moment and tell others. Use the “ShareThis” link below and Digg it, Facebook it, or use whatever sharing site you want to get this message out. Email it too if you like. Hopefully, someone, somewhere, someplace, the person who knows the truth will read this and will come forward and allow his or her story to be told.

 

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