“Now that we have leveled the playing field, the United States finally has an opportunity to compete and realize our nation’s full potential as a global energy superpower”, said George Baker, head of Producers for American Crude Oil Exports, a group that formed previous year to press lawmakers to open the trade. US refiners still import a large amount of foreign oil to produce gasoline and other fuels, so lower prices for worldwide oil should translate into lower prices at the gas pump. Oil is bought and sold in a global marketplace, and it made no sense that Iran could export its oil but Texas producers could not.
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But Democrats and activists had been defending the export ban as a way to limit Big Oil.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called removal of the export ban the most important change in US oil policy in more than a generation.
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“The petroleum sector has been an enormous contributor to North Dakota’s economy and employment base for decades, leading to lower tax rates for residents and lifting salaries and income across the board”, said Ness.
First imposed in 1975 after the Arab oil embargo, the crude restrictions came under attack amid the recent surge in shale oil output. If the spending legislation passes both the House and the Senate, President Barack Obama to sign the bill despite his opposition to several provisions including the oil export ban.
Pearce said that schools, roads and hospitals throughout the state will see benefits with the increased oil and gas production associated with exportation.
Democrats are cheering five-year extensions of tax credits for wind and solar energy producers and renewal of a conservation fund that protects parks, public lands, historic sites and battlefields. This ban should have been lifted in a more responsible way a long time ago, but president Obama prevented that. In addition, US crude isn’t significantly cheaper than worldwide grades at the moment.
Late on Tuesday evening congressional negotiators wrapped up a sprawling deal to keep the US government operating through September. That lessens the possibility that sending US oil into the world market would hurt the USA economy or endanger its national security.
Opponents, including many Democrats in the Senate, say it would put oil refining and ship building jobs at risk and more drilling would harm the environment and increase the number of trains carrying crude oil.
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This week, crude prices fell below $35 per barrel, down from more than $100 per barrel in June of past year. However, the president would still have the ability to prohibit crude oil exports in certain circumstances, such as those involving sanctioned countries, national emergencies and/or allocations under worldwide energy programs.
