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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1532138" data-attributes="member: 12952">Obama has little to no control over private and state lands. He does, however, have control over federal lands where oil production has been faltering. The U.S. Energy Information Administration notes that “crude oil production from federal lands decreased 11% between FY 2003 and FY 2013.”Obama took office in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, crude oil production fell from 1.8 million barrels per day to 1.7 million barrels per day, according to the Congressional Research Service. All the while, private and state lands saw oil production go up from 3.5 million barrels per day to 5.6 million barrels per day thanks to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.Obama’s remarks on low gas prices are also ironic, given that just two years ago the president said the U.S. could not drill its way to lower gas prices.</blockquote>