Why is Texas's oil industry likely to continue to be a major force in the state and national economies?

a. Texas still possesses just under a quarter of all U.S. reserves of crude oil

b. Refineries in the Houston area make up the largest refining complex in the country.
c. Texas's Gulf Coast refineries account for more than a quarter of the nation's refining capacity.
d. Texas has about 28 percent of all the country's producing wells.
e. All of these are reasons why Texas is likely to remain a major force.

e