Last night's presidential debate marked the most specificity from Republican nominee Mitt Romney on whether oil and natural gas tax breaks would be eliminated as part of a broader budget deal, putting at least some of the incentives "on the table" as a trade-off for a lower corporate tax rate. Oil industry supporters were quick to defend their favorable tax treatment, with one representative indicating today that the trade-off Romney envisions could reduce the level of oil and gas development in the United States.