Roughneck attaching drill pipe to be hauled up with a wench to the drilling rig floor at a West Texas well. Texas and Alaska are U.S.A. leaders in crude oil production. However Federal offshore leases produce much more, approximately one fourth of the U.S. total. Texas proved natural gas reserves represent about one fourth of the nation’s total

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