This includes everything from tapping our offshore oil supplies and vast natural gas reserves, to doubling down on clean energy resources like wind and solar power, to developing new technologies that help us use less energy altogether.

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But Repsol has threatened to sue to try to keep Big Oil from tapping into what it considers illegally appropriated assets.

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Tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help offset rising oil prices is another way to keep prices stable, albeit short term.

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As the price of oil climbs, speculators are interested in drilling new wells and tapping old ones throughout the area.

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We want to encourage production of oil and gas, and make sure that wherever we've got American resources, we are tapping into them.

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