White House asks U.S. oil-and-gas companies to help lower fuel costs -sources
Meanwhile, the industry’s response is largely summed up in these two paragraphs of this report —a report that almost entirely glosses over Joe Biden’s responsibility in all this :
Any call by the White House for an increase in U.S. production is likely to fall on deaf ears, according to one oil executive, who did not want to be identified criticizing the approach. The industry has also been unhappy with some of President Joe Biden’s earlier actions, including a temporary drilling halt on federal lands, that they see as an attack on the industry.
“By pursuing policies that restrict supply and make it harder to produce oil and natural gas here in America, Americans will have to pay more for their energy,” said Anne Bradbury, chief executive officer at the American Exploration and Production Council, which lobbies for independent oil-and-gas producers.