1 million barrels a day is the present out put of the Gulf of Mexico - according to a story about what happens with a shut down of the LA refiners. This is 25% of our daily use, so this one area added to the gulf would give up 50% and Texas still provides more than the gulf.
this story give you hope that a number of sources will soon change how we run America - nuke, clean coal, gas and ANWAR.