Truthseeker420
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Here are the annual totals, in barrels produced, going back to 2003:
2003: 2,073,453,000
2004: 1,983,302,000
2005: 1,890,106,000
2006: 1,862,259,000
2007: 1,848,450,000
2008: 1,811,817,000
2009: 1,956,596,000
2010: 2,000,521,000
2011: 2,065,366,000
The data shows that domestic oil production is in fact at its highest level in eight years. Obama campaign claims. Only one month of statistics is available for 2012. They show that in January, the U.S. produced 188.9 million barrels of oil, the largest monthly output since August 1998.
Although the numbers are rising, production levels actually have remained pretty stable over the last nine years. Last years output was only 14 percent higher than the lowest year during that span. So the increase the Obama campaign cites is not particularly dramatic. In addition, levels of production were typically higher from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Barack Obama ad says U.S. oil production is at eight-year high | PolitiFact Virginia
Allen West is an idiot.