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What percentage of U.S. oil comes from offshore rigs?

April 26, 2017comes Offshore Oil PERCENTAGE rigs

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What percentage of U.S. oil comes from offshore rigs?

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According to the Minerals Management Service, offshore drilling in U.S. territorial waters accounted for 30.2 percent of U.S. oil production in 2009 (379 million barrels of oil), and 11.4 percent of U.S. natural gas production (1.6 trillion cubic feet or about 12 trillion gallons).