Lift the Ban
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn: Lift the Oil Export Ban
The Texas Tribune | Tuesday, September 1, 2015 This December marks 40 years since Congress passed the crude oil export ban - an antiquated law created in response to disruptions in global supply in the 1970s. Fortunately, the world looks very different, and our country's […]
The Economist: Nafta naphtha – A long-overdue easing of a protectionist export ban
The Economist | Saturday, August 22, 2015 | Editorial Board WHEN the economics textbooks of the future are written, America’s ban on crude-oil exports will be a fine example of the perverse effects of protectionism. Similarly, a decision by Barack Obama’s administration on August 14th […]
Alex Epstein: The Energy Liberation Plan
Forbes - Opinion, Wednesday, August 19, 2015 by Alex Epstein Thanks to American ingenuity, this country has the potential to become the energy engine of the world—jumpstarting our economy, guaranteeing our energy security, helping billions to pull themselves out of poverty, and creating millions of […]
Heitkamp Statement on Successful Push to Loosen the U.S. Oil Exports Ban
Senate.gov, Friday, August 14, 2015 Heitkamp and Murkowski Urged Commerce Dept to Authorize Oil Swaps With Mexico in February – Which the Administration Today Heeded – as Part of Her Broader Push to Lift the U.S. Oil Exports Ban BISMARCK, N.D. – U.S. Senator Heidi […]
IHS REPORT: US CRUDE OIL EXPORTS WILL INCREASES WAGES, GDP
A new IHS report, Unleashing the Supply Chain, finds that lifting the 40-year old crude oil export ban will have a dramatic positive impact across the US on supply chain jobs, income, and government revenue. IHS finds that lifting the export ban would support nearly 1 million additional […]
WSJ Editorial by John Deutch: Amplify the Oil Boom by Liberating U.S. Exports
The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, August 11, 2015 by former Undersecretary of the Department of Energy John Deutch With U.S. oil production on a long-term uptick, the long-standing ban on direct exports of crude should be abolished. Bills in both houses of Congress propose to […]
WaPo Editorial Board: Lifting the export ban on crude oil would be a boon to the U.S. economy
Washington Post, Sunday, August 2, 2015 IMAGINE THERE were a simple policy that would spur economic growth, lower gas prices and please international allies. This policy exists: removing the United States’ irrational and outdated ban on exporting domestically produced crude oil. A bill lifting the […]
NOIA Applauds Senate Passage of OPENS Act
For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 30, 2015 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s passage of the OPENS Act, which will open new areas of the […]
Letter to the Editor: Lift U.S. Ban on Oil Exports
Lift US Ban on Oil Exports | Letter to the Editor, July 28, 2015 By Nicolette Nye, via Connection Newspapers To the Editor: Forty years ago, at the height of the 1970s energy crisis, Congress passed a law banning exports of oil from the lower 48 […]
Barton & Cuellar: The Growing Case for Ending the Crude Oil Export Ban
Roll Call, Monday July 6, 2015 The advantages of lifting the ban on crude oil exports are not just theoretical talking points discussed in the halls of Congress, but rather supported by a large and growing body of research by government agencies, academic institutions and […]
