Forbes | Drillers give tepid response to record US offshore lease sale Reuters U.S. crude oil and natural gas output is already smashing records thanks to improved drilling technology that has opened up cheaper onshore reservoirs, and Brazil and Mexico are also competing for drilling investment in their own deepwater acreage ... The US Oil Boom May Be About To Expand Beyond The Permian Gulf Oil Sale No Turning Point for Offshore Drilling Oil companies bid on 1 percent of available Gulf of Mexico tracts |