re: new areas
I understand that oil rigs aren't pretty to look at. But they're what allow you the luxury of BEING a tourist.
Most new ocean rigs are a lot farther offshore. It's new offshore rigs I'm talking about in California that have been written out of the picture. Onshore, there are roads you can't drive more than two miles without seeing one of those "dipping bird" wells pumping away, but I have no idea how many of those are new wells.
This question would take a lot more study than I am willing to do for free. Just in the spattering of research I've done so far, I have found a study implying that there aren't as many restrictions on oil development of Federal land in the Rockies as I had understood there to be.