White House Quietly Calls On US Oil Companies To Increase Production

White House Quietly Calls On US Oil Companies To Increase Production

Post by Tyler Durden | Witten by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com

  • Short of an official request, the White House is now encouraging U.S. drillers to produce more crude.
  • The White House has received a lot of pushback in recent days for not tapping what many see as at least a partial solution to the headache that is high oil prices – U.S. shale.

In a move that likely angered his environment-conscious base, the White House has issued a muted request for U.S. oil companies to increase crude oil production in the wake of high crude oil and gasoline prices.

Though words are different than deeds—and President Joe Biden’s deeds have been decisively anti-fossil fuel expansion—a White House official told U.S. oil companies on Tuesday that they could increase production if they want.

“Prices are quite high, the price signal is strong. If folks want to produce more, they can and they should,” White House National Economic Council Deputy Director Bharat Ramamurti said in an interview today.

While the words fell short of an official request to U.S. oil companies to increase production, it is decidedly different from ignoring U.S. oil companies’ production plans altogether while asking OPEC+ to do the heavy lifting when it comes to oil production—to no avail, no less.

Ramamurti also dispelled the notion that the U.S. Administration was somehow curtailing crude oil production.

But U.S. oil companies have long held that while the Administration hasn’t directly restricted U.S. output, the energy policies flowing out of the White House have put a damper not only on the attitude involving crude oil production but has made it far more difficult for oil companies to ramp up.

The White House has received a lot of pushback in recent days for not tapping what many see as at least a partial solution to the headache that is high oil prices—U.S. shale.

Oil companies such as Devon Energy have said they have been perplexed that the White House has not called on them directly to ramp up oil production. And Ramamurti’s comments today still do not rise to the level of asking U.S. producers for more oil.

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1 Comment on White House Quietly Calls On US Oil Companies To Increase Production

  1. High gas prices is democratic demon move. Pushing for green energy vehicles. It will back fire. Middle class can not afford financially their stupid ideas. They are setting up the NWO idea and people know it. They will rebel. Total stupidity on their part. People are awakening. Midterm elections are around the corner. Can’t cheat anymore either we are awakened to that too. A country wide revolution war is on the horizon. High gas prices. High food prices, chain supply shortages record high inflation? People have had enough of these Satanic government communists.

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