Lying On American Oil Production
The President of the United States is misleading the public about domestic oil production and how much untapped oil is left in the ground. He said that domestic oil production is at the highest level in seven years.
Blog author's comments - Not only is the President being untruthful about increased oil production but so is his Interior secretary Ken Salazar.
Last week, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told congress that oil production in the Gulf of Mexico "remained at an all-time high, and we expect that it will continue as we bring new production online." He claimed: "In 2009 there were 116 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, in 2010 in February, 120, in February 2011, 126."
But Salazar's numbers distort the true number of working rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
--Four days before the Deepwater Horizon accident there were 55 rotary rigs actually drilling offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
--On May 28, 2010, when the administration announced the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, there were 46 rotary rigs operating in the Gulf.
--Last week, 25 rotary rigs were operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Visit Energy Tomorrow for more information on the number of oil rigs that are in production and the decline in oil that is being produced.
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