Oil production is up over the last 8 years due to advances in technology and production on private and state land. Obama has nothing to do with this. 

Exploration in NPR-A started many years ago. Again, the wheels to this were set in motion before he came into office. 

Were it not for democrats in congress and a veto by Bill Clinton, we could be producing from ANWR now and probably not in such a budget mess as we are now.