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<script type="text/javascript"> var imgCount = 8; var dir = 'https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451/http://www.arescotx.com/bgimages/'; var randomCount = Math.round(Math.random() * (imgCount - 1)) + 1; var images = new Array images[1] = "01.jpg", images[2] = "02.jpg", images[3] = "03.jpg", images[4] = "04.jpg", images[5] = "05.jpg", images[6] = "06.jpg", images[7] = "07.jpg", images[8] = "08.jpg", document.getElementById("rotator").style.backgroundImage = "url(" + dir + images[randomCount] + ")"; </script> <div class="container content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 recent" style="margin-top:18px;"> <div class="vc_row wpb_row row"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-9"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-013.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>Of all of the horizontal wells that have been drilled in the last five years, 99% are in the United States. Of all the wells that have ever been drilled, three quarters are in the United States.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: Peter Zeihan</span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-001.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>The exponential increase in Texas oil output over roughly the last three years has completely reversed the previous 23-year decline in the state’s oil production that took place from 1986 to 2009.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: AEI Ideas</span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-002-1.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>In mid-2009, Texas was producing less than 20% of America’s domestic crude oil. The recent gusher of unconventional oil being produced in the Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin areas of Texas, thanks to breakthrough drilling technologies, has recently pushed the Lone Star State’s share of domestic crude oil above 30%.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: AEI Ideas</span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-003.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>At the current rate of increase in crude oil output in Texas, the state is on track to possibly produce almost 3 million barrels of oil per day by the end of 2013, which could move the state all the way up to No. 8 in the world for oil output by December.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: AEI </span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-004.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>In 2012, almost 1,500 new jobs were created in the Lone Stare State each business day, and many of those jobs were directly or indirectly related to the state’s booming oil and gas industry.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: AEI Ideas</span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-005.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>If Texas were a country it would be one of the top 15 largest oil producers in the world, on a par with the likes of OPEC members Venezuela, Kuwait, and Nigeria.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: oilprice.com</span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-006.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>Oil was first detected in Texas in 1543 when Spanish explorers saw oil floating on the water in the Galveston Bay, near Port Arthur, Texas. The first economically significant oil discovery in Texas did not happen for another 300 years.<br/> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Source: Texas Almanac</span></em></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left"> <figure class="wpb_wrapper vc_figure"> <div class="vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey"><img width="403" height="403" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170930164451im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-quick-facts-007.gif" class="vc_single_image-img attachment-full" alt=""/></div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <p>No discovery had as great an impact on Texas’ oil production than the discovery of oil at the Spindletop well located south of Beaumont. 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