Opponents claimed that lifting the ban would lead to the loss of oil refining jobs and would be bad for the environment.
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Oil producers including ConocoPhillips and Hess Corp. have lobbied Congress to lift the ban, established during the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, as the industry slashes more than 100,000 jobs to cope with a global crude glut and the lowest prices in seven years.
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“I am deeply concerned about the impact of lifting the oil export ban on our independent oil refiners, who employ thousands of hardworking, middle class Americans”, he said. “It will keep the price of gasoline lower at the pump for consumers because of more supply, and it will bolster national security through energy security”, Hoeven said.
In terms of exports themselves, the research note said not much is expected because the market is already oversupplied with crude oil. “That outlet requires exports”.
The world is awash in oil, driving down crude prices from more than $100 a barrel 18 months ago to the $30 range today.
USA oil exports are “not going to happen Monday, but within a week or two, you’re going to see contracts be developed and a system come into place”, Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican and the House’s chief advocate for ending the export restrictions, said in an interview Thursday.
“The reforms significantly increase the IMF’s core resources, enabling us to respond to crises more effectively, and also improve the IMF’s governance by better reflecting the increasing role of dynamic emerging and developing countries in the global economy”, said Lagarde in a statement. Oil Change International wrote the first report on the risk of lifting the crude export ban way back in 2013, and projected the increase in the price of oil in the USA that would result.
But shale producers have long argued the ban is outdated, and since oil prices have plunged, they have also said allowing exports would help support continued drilling activity. Martin Heinrich’s office, the deal that lifts the ban on oil exports includes a five-year retroactive extension of the Production Tax Credit through 2019, which supports wind energy, and a five-year extension of the Solar Investment Tax Credit.
In addition, Heitkamp said a provision in the bill that was originally in legislation she drafted was critical to reaching an agreement with Democrats.
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“I’m disappointed that the oil export ban was not a stand-alone piece of legislation and that the Obama Administration held it hostage all year”. “We’re providing you can actually enacts significant, long-term reforms-achieve conservative policy goals-and get them signed into law”.
