{"id":1516888,"date":"2022-06-15T09:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516888"},"modified":"2022-06-15T09:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:19:48","slug":"after-a-year-of-discouraging-domestic-production-biden-now-threatening-oil-companies-to-boost-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-year-of-discouraging-domestic-production-biden-now-threatening-oil-companies-to-boost-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"After a Year of Discouraging Domestic Production, Biden Now Threatening Oil Companies to Boost Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-a-year-of-discouraging-domestic-production-biden-now-threatening-oil-companies-to-boost-supply%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\u00a0FOX Business host Charles Payne slams President Joe Biden over his oil policies and provides insight on the stock market on &#8216;Making Money with Charles Payne.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden may resort<\/a> to using emergency powers if American oil companies don&#8217;t increase output at their refineries, the president told oil CEOs in a series of letters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s statement blames oil companies for running &#8220;historically high profit margins&#8221; even as Americans experience surging gas prices. Biden has recently faced criticism for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/biden-inflation-plan-fed-reserve-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a lack of executive action<\/a> aimed at curbing inflation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no question that Vladimir Putin is principally responsible for the intense financial pain the American people and their families are bearing,&#8221; Biden wrote. &#8220;But amid a war that has raised gasoline prices more than $1.70 per gallon, historically high refinery profit margins are worsening that pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/931\/523\/BIDEN-SUPPLY-CHAIN-6-10-22.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Biden speaks at the Port of Los Angeles\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Biden delivers remarks aboard the Battleship USS Iowa Museum at the Port of Los Angeles on June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles.<\/span><span> (Mario Tama\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Your companies and others have an opportunity to take immediate actions to increase the supply of gasoline, diesel and other refined product you are producing,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;My administration is prepared to use all reasonable and appropriate Federal Government tools and emergency authorities to increase refinery capacity and output in the near term, and to ensure that every region of this country is appropriately supplied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/biden-roasted-gas-price-blame-game-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN ROASTED FOR ONGOING PRICE BLAME GAME: \u2018DON\u2019T TELL ME&#8217; THIS IS BECAUSE OF PUTIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/931\/523\/Gas-Prices-Record-Highs.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A California gas station is seen in May\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A gas tank driver delivers 8,500 gallons of gasoline at an ARCO gas station in Riverside, Calif., Saturday, May 28, 2022.\u00a0<\/span><span> (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden sent letters to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marathon Petroleum Corp<\/a>, Valero Energy Corp, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Chevron, BP and Shell.<\/p>\n<table class=\"stock-fundamentals\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"ticker\">Ticker<\/th>\n<th class=\"security\">Security<\/th>\n<th class=\"last\">Last<\/th>\n<th class=\"change\">Change<\/th>\n<th class=\"percent\">Change %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=VLO\">VLO<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">VALERO ENERGY CORP.<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">133.78<\/td>\n<td class=\"change pos\">+2.23<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent pos\">+1.70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=MPC\">MPC<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP.<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">102.67<\/td>\n<td class=\"change pos\">+0.44<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent pos\">+0.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=XOM\">XOM<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">EXXON MOBIL CORP.<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">96.11<\/td>\n<td class=\"change pos\">+0.32<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent pos\">+0.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=PSX\">PSX<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">PHILLIPS 66<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">104.18<\/td>\n<td class=\"change pos\">+2.74<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent pos\">+2.70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=CVX\">CVX<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">CHEVRON CORP.<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">167.49<\/td>\n<td class=\"change pos\">+0.07<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent pos\">+0.04%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=BP\">BP<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">BP PLC<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">30.85<\/td>\n<td class=\"change neg\">-0.37<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent neg\">-1.19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=SHEL\">SHEL<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">SHELL PLC<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">54.94<\/td>\n<td class=\"change neg\">-0.98<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent neg\">-1.75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/biden-responds-5-dollar-gas-ukraine-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN RESPONDS TO $5 GAS: \u2018OUTRAGEOUS WHAT THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS CAUSING\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letters represent Biden&#8217;s latest attempt to use executive action to curb inflationary pressure. Inflation currently sits at a 40-year high of 8.6% and shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>The letters come one day after Biden ordered the sale of another 45 million barrels of crude oil from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/watters-bidens-strategic-petroleum-reserve-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s letter does not offer a timeline for when his administration would resort to emergency powers, threatening only to do so in the &#8220;near term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oil companies<\/a> have yet to publish a response to Biden&#8217;s letter Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0FOX Business host Charles Payne slams President Joe Biden over his oil policies and provides insight on the stock market on &#8216;Making Money with Charles Payne.&#8217; President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1516888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}