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Texas pumping more oil than some OPEC countries
FuelFix ^ | July 10,2013 | Simone Sebastian

Posted on 07/10/2013 4:26:48 PM PDT by Hojczyk

We all know oil production in Texas has soared in recent years. But putting the rise in graphic form shows just how phenomenal the energy turnaround has been: The surge looks exponential.

In March, Texas oil production reached its highest level since 1984. That month, the Lone Star State pumped more than 74 million barrels of crude from the ground, which means if Texas were a country, it would be one of the 15 largest oil producers in the world.

Saudi Texas: Oil’s new reign in Texas draws comparisons to the Kingdom

Texas’ oil output has doubled in less than three years, putting it in the ranks of OPEC heavy-hitters like Venezuela, Kuwait and Nigeria.

As a whole, the United States produced 221 million barrels of crude in April, with more than a third coming from Texas.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: energy; oil
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1 posted on 07/10/2013 4:26:48 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Long Live “The Republic of Texas”

TT


2 posted on 07/10/2013 4:33:51 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Hojczyk; TheMom; Eaker; penelopesire; BuckeyeTexan; NYTexan; humblegunner; mylife; onyx; ...

God bless Texas. Drill, baby, drill! And please continue arresting Obama’s fascist federal goons anytime they trespass on Texas sovereign soil.


3 posted on 07/10/2013 4:36:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Hojczyk

As soon as Obama finishes destroying America’s coal industry he will turn his attention to the troublesome oil producers who are undermining his strategies to keep America dependent on OPEC.


4 posted on 07/10/2013 4:38:26 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.)
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To: Jim Robinson; Hojczyk; TheMom; Eaker; penelopesire; BuckeyeTexan; NYTexan; humblegunner; mylife; ...

God bless Texas! Woo Hoo!


5 posted on 07/10/2013 4:40:09 PM PDT by RedMDer (When immigrants cannot or will not assimilate, its really just an invasion. Throw them out!)
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To: Jim Robinson; humblegunner

You should see the amount of natural gas Gunner is producing.


6 posted on 07/10/2013 4:45:17 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Hojczyk

I’m sure Alaska could easily compete if the stupid feds would open the land to drilling.


7 posted on 07/10/2013 4:56:25 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (I have a copy of the Constitution! And I'm not afraid to use it!)
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To: mylife; humblegunner; Eaker

Yes, we saw that the other day on that video. Just like William Wallace. Humblegunner’s seven feet tall. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he’d consume the enemy with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.

Oh, wait a minute. Those were fireballs they were shooting AT him.


8 posted on 07/10/2013 4:57:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

LOL

Yup, Ive seen him break wind on both ends simultaneously.


9 posted on 07/10/2013 4:59:58 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Jim Robinson

You betcha!!

Texas is leading the way!


10 posted on 07/10/2013 5:47:36 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: Iron Munro
As soon as Obama finishes destroying America’s coal industry he will turn his attention to the troublesome oil producers who are undermining his strategies to keep America dependent on OPEC.

I think if Hussein tried to stop Texas oil production, that might be the last straw for Texas. Don't know what Texas would do, but don't think we would stand for that. Our State District Attorney Abbott has already put his foot in Hussein's throat vowing to arrest any of his henchmen the first step they take across our border and that had to do with guns. Trying to stop our oil would be worse.

11 posted on 07/10/2013 5:47:51 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: Jim Robinson
That's all well and good...but I'll be happier when we stop importing oil AND the price of gasoline goes way down!
12 posted on 07/10/2013 6:20:30 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: Hojczyk

And gas in the US is $4.00 a gallon?


13 posted on 07/10/2013 6:26:59 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: NYTexan

***** “ That’s all well and good...but I’ll be happier when we stop importing oil AND the price of gasoline goes way down! “ *****

That ain’t gonna happen, the FED Tax and the cost of getting the Raw Product (via Alphabet Govt agencies) and the restrictions on the Refineries from same Alphabet Govt Agencies insure High Pump Prices.

TT


14 posted on 07/10/2013 6:45:28 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: NYTexan

Do you understand that the reason our domestic production is climbing is the relatively high price of oil (and therefor gasoline)?

If that price drops significantly, so will our domestic drilling. Those tight formations like shale are not cheap like the easy wells of the past.


15 posted on 07/10/2013 6:54:31 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: TexasTransplant; thackney
I'm holding out for Mr. Fusion!


16 posted on 07/10/2013 7:04:36 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: Jim Robinson
"God bless Texas!" Amen!
17 posted on 07/10/2013 7:06:15 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: NYTexan

Filled up tonight at my local station in TEXAS at a cost of $.10 more per gallon than last week. Fortunately I live in the suburbs because I noticed it’s up by $.25 a gallon in the city. I remember paying only $.25 a gallon total - just doesn’t seem possible.


18 posted on 07/10/2013 7:17:02 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Grams A

I’d be happy enough if we just stopped sending money to the Arabs!


19 posted on 07/10/2013 7:41:50 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: Hojczyk

I drove through Three Rivers today, gas is the same price as San Antonio and New Braunfels. Filled up in Corpus where the refineries are, no difference.

Drill baby drill doesn’t do a damn thing for our prices.


20 posted on 07/10/2013 7:49:03 PM PDT by DaGman
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