White House Issues Muted Call for Oil Companies to Ramp Up Production

White House Issues Muted Call for Oil Companies to Ramp Up Production
A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, on June 9, 2016. Richard Carson/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

A White House official said on March 1 that U.S. oil and gas companies can and should boost domestic production, while dismissing the idea that the Biden administration’s energy policies were preventing companies from doing so.

Bharat Ramamurti, who serves as deputy director of the National Economic Council, told Bloomberg that crude oil prices are high, and “if folks want to produce more, they can and they should.”
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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