Doesn't look to me like...

[usta in Portland]

we are seriously underexploiting our oil drilling-at a 25 year high on a rig count basis according to this. I suppose the government could interfere and demand more oil drilling so that the price of oil drops and then it (oil) can suffer the same fate as natural gas

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/16/energy-natgas-rigs-idUSL2E8EG9OY20120316