The announcement, according to individuals briefed on the plan, is just the first in a series of decisions the Interior Department will make in the coming week that will affect the state’s oil and gas production. The department will also put part of the Arctic Ocean off limits to drilling as part of a five-year leasing plan it will issue this week and is considering whether to impose additional limits on oil and gas production in parts of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
That seems convenient to OPEC. Not saying Obama is helping OPEC, but he's helping OPEC.
Also, that link was off-topic as hell.
EDIT: after re-reading the whole thing, are you still on Obama's side of that move? Cause, just... damn, man. He just cut Alaska's throat.