And used to be they couldn't export the oil, but oil companies lobbied Congress to allow them to build export platforms so they could take American oil offshore. It wasn't that many years ago this started happening, and if memory serves me correct it may have even been when America was still importing oil.
They predicated the export platforms on the premise of exporting LNG, but I seriously doubt that last longer than the time it took to build them.
I can remember the company I worked for trying to get the employees to contact their Congressmen to make sure the law passed. I knew then it would screw Americans.
And used to be they couldn't export the oil, but oil companies lobbied Congress to allow them to build export platforms so they could take American oil offshore. It wasn't that many years ago this started happening, and if memory serves me correct it may have even been when America was still importing oil.
They predicated the export platforms on the premise of exporting LNG, but I seriously doubt that last longer than the time it took to build them.
I can remember the company I worked for trying to get the employees to contact their Congressmen to make sure the law passed. I knew then it would screw Americans.
They still used the world market price,before it was changed.