Exporting Fossil Resources : Obama Says No!

The question now is why not export fossil resources seeing that we have such huge reserves? Why do we continue to support hostile Arab countries by importing their oil? What is it with our government that sides with our enemies and while shunning our friends?


Why would our government want to make the enemies of America stronger, making them more capable of doing us harm? What is the thinking of Mr Obama? He stands in the way of oil exports and he refuses to allow the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to be built?


What does Mr Obama believe is the right thing to do to bring prosperity to America? Is national security a factor?


Lifting the Oil Export Ban Would Increase Energy Production
Source: Lloyd Bentsen, "The Case for Lifting the Crude Oil Export Ban," National Center for Policy Analysis, March 18, 2015.


March 20, 2015

The United States is running out of room in its crude oil storage facilities and the question is ― where does the crude go now? As domestic crude oil production continues to rise, it has no place to go due to an obsolete ban on the exportation of crude oil in the United States.


The International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report that U.S. supply shows no signs of slowing down, an assessment that pushed the price of crude below $57 a barrel and lowered gas prices at the pump. Low gas prices led to record amounts of driving in 2014, culminating in a record-breaking December, new federal data shows.


With the United States now producing more oil and natural gas than Russian and Saudi Arabia, over 11 million barrels a day (55 percent increase from five years ago), lifting the U.S. oil export ban would:

• Add over $1 trillion in government revenues by 2030.
• Create 300,000 more jobs a year.
• Increase current U.S. production from 8.2 million B/D currently to 11.2 million B/D.
• Cut the U.S. oil import bill by an average of $67 billion per year.
• Lower gasoline prices by an annual average of 8 cents per gallon.
• Save U.S. motorists $265 billion for during the 2016-2030 period.

Despite the fact that oil imports are at the lowest level since 1985, the United States still imports 33 percent of its oil from foreign sources. A broad view by the public is that U.S. oil should stay at home will test export proponents.


A majority of voters, 53 percent, oppose exporting oil. At present, the current policy is discouraging additional crude oil supplies from being brought to market, which actually makes gasoline prices higher than they otherwise would be. The increased economic activity resulting from the rise in crude production would support an average of 394,000 additional U.S. jobs over the 2016-2030 period, with a peak of 964,000 jobs in 2018.