[plain talk]

I'll defer to “thackney” since this is his expertise but I “think” oil companies pay the market price for oil but it certainly is cheaper to transport oil off our coasts & on shore to American refineries than shipping it from the middle east.

Nope. Cheaper to import. Ever worked on an oil rig? Apparently not.

[kellynla]

“Nope. Cheaper to import. Ever worked on an oil rig? Apparently not.”

apples & oranges...ya don't have to have “worked on an oil rig” to know that ME oil is cheaper to drill... we all KNOW it is cheaper to drill in the ME than in America...my point was it is cheaper to transport within America than from ME...

and of course, that $600 Billion that we are spending annually on foreign oil would certainly be better served staying in America, not to mention the jobs that we so desperately need.
And finally, I know my fellow Marines would be happy when we don't have to go to the ME to keep the flow of oil that we presently need coming.

Good day.