Donald Trump's promise to "drill, baby, drill" probably won't change much -- least of all in Texas [View all]

BY CARLOS NOGUERAS RAMOS
AUG. 15, 2024

ODESSA — Former President Donald Trump has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” on Day One of his next administration. He wants, as his website says, for the U.S. to be “the dominant energy producer in the world, by far!”

It already is — thanks to Texas.

Earlier this year, the state’s leading oil and gas association reported that Texas supplied 42% of the nation’s oil in 2023. Texas broke records last year when operators drilled nearly 2 billion barrels of oil and 12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

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No other country comes close to producing the amount of oil the United States does.

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Yeah Texas! Now we have earthquakes and possibly contaminated the Ogallala Aquifer.

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