Claim: The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
Fact-check: Obama says the U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs" and "more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world"
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Amy Sherman
Date published: 2012-03-01T00:00:00