Monitoring output for several oil and gas production wells in West Texas. 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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