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Well, he put a moratorium on off shore drilling. He stopped the Keystone pipeline, and made it very hard to get discovery leases. Any gains in oil is from the private sector. Obama has done nothing to help.
I love it when a conservative thinks federal regulations only stop production on federal land... fun fact for the rabid right... ALLOWING MASSIVE fracking leases across the country (FYI also governed by federal regulations) was done by this administration. (And in true mindless private sector fashion they over produced the fields, crashed the oil industry so states like Oklahoma have YUGE budget deficits AND we now have daily earthquakes- to the point citizens have gone to court to get fracking reduced near towns.)
The Keystone Pipeline is a YUGE waste of time, money, and pushes a toxic chemical sludge across the farm belt. I doubt many here would want that pipeline going through their easement in suburban USofA. It wouldn't push much oil down from Canada (do note the Canadians want NO THING to do with tar sand sludge) and does nothing to ease 'foreign dependence' on sources of oil)
Thanks for playing... eace