Posted on 10/28/2021 8:21:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The White House on Tuesday promised to put pressure on members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase production amid declining supplies and rising energy prices.
Press secretary Jen Psaki told reports at a press briefing that the president is “mindful” of the increased prices consumers are facing when it comes to their energy bills and that he “reserves a range of options,” to combat the situation.
Psaki said the administration is focusing on raising its concern with “supply issues as it relates to oil” on the international stage.
“There’s a power of the president of the United States engaging on that front,” she said. “That issue has been raised at [national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s] level, at a range of levels throughout government, but certainly the supply … and putting additional pressure on OPEC is something that certainly our national security team will continue to do.”
The administration is “concerned” over the high gas prices and has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the matter, Psaki said.
“I will also note that as it relates to gas prices, we remain concerned about trends we have seen where even as supply has increased at times over the last several months, we’ve still seen heightened prices,” she said. “We’ve asked the FTC to look into that.”
Jerry Simmons, president of the Domestic Energy Producer Alliance (DEPA), has blamed Biden administration policies for hindering U.S. oil and gas companies from producing energy commodities, and securing American energy independence and lower prices for American families.
DEPA is a nationwide collaboration of 39 coalition associations representing individuals and companies who engage in onshore oil and natural gas exploration and production in the United States.
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A little more than a year ago we were energy independent and exporting oil. Now we face a winter with supply uncertainty and higher costs of heating our homes and an ever increasing cost per gallon of gasoline. I hope all those”80 million” Biden voters are shivering in their homes this winter and wondering why they voted for this senile old fool.
Biden Admin: “Lets see, how can we keep oil prices down so as not to lose the election, and simultaneously phuk the American people?”
I would LOL if this wasn’t so serious and the solutions known.
It’s all on purpose.
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Why is he asking OPEC when we could increase our own production?
“White House Putting Pressure on OPEC to Increase Oil Production Amid ‘Supply Issues,’ Rising Energy Prices
how’d that work out for Jimmy? maybe dementia joe could threaten to fine them if begging doesn’t work ...
That is the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, the agency that regulates oil and gas drilling on Federal lands.
They were BLM before BLM was cool.
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