Republicans are brainwashed by political propaganda. Their Dear Leader Bush signed EO-12777 in 1991 banning most of our offshore drilling for 20 years.
Under Obama coal plants gained more revenue streams by capturing & selling CO2 to Oil Producers.
"Enhanced Oil Recovery" creating a major demand for Carbon Dioxide from Coal Power Plants. There was no war on Coal. Natural Gas is cheaper than coal & that competition cut coal fired energy demand. Carbon Dioxide from Coal Power Plants is unlocking more oil for customers & profits for Oil Producers.
Under Obama horizontal drilling boundaries & setbacks were eliminated for "ECO Pad Drilling" to lower environmental damage from drillers. "ECO Pad Drilling" lowered oil drilling cost over $15 per barrel & created a US oil production boom.
Environmentally Cleaner oil sands extraction regs lowered oil production to $25/barrel from Utah oil sands. This low priced competition killed Koch Brothers Canadian oil sands disaster & need for XL leg of Keystone pipeline. That's why Koch spends big to brainwash Repubtards to hate Obama.
The facts are Democrats Carter & Obama had domestic energy policies that increased US oil production. Republicans Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush 1 & Bush 2 destroyed US oil production. Read it & weep!