Obama Pushes for Increase in Domestic Oil Production | Truthout

Obama Pushes for Increase in Domestic Oil Production | Truthout:

"U.S. oil pro­duc­tion rose from 4.95 mill­ion bpd in 2008 to 5.36 mill­ion bpd in 2009, fol­lowed by 5.5 mill­ion bpd last year, even with the BP dis­ast­er in the Gulf of Mexico. The En­er­gy In­for­ma­tion Ad­ministra­tion forecasts U.S. pro­duc­tion to hold at that level this year and rise again next year, to 5.54 mill­ion bpd."