Western Lands, both in the Rocky Mountain and High Plains states, could be an increasingly active area for these oil drilling and production activities.

Those like Mitt Romney who claim that the United States can achieve energy "independence" by 2020 or any other near-term date are only fooling themselves, and perhaps some elements of the American public.

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I have no doubt that if there were any way to drill for oil beneath our national parks and protected wilderness areas, industry would seize the moment.