The U.S. economy is a very strong economy; if there is a sudden cutoff of Saudi oil, and Americans suddenly have to pay a lot more to get gasoline, we'll do it. -Amy Myers Jaffe

 

The U.S. economy is a very strong economy; if there is a sudden cutoff of Saudi oil, and Americans suddenly have to pay a lot more to get gasoline, we'll do it.


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The industry wasn't 100 percent convinced that prices would stay high. We're just now at the point where they're starting to spend more.

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In a way, the left is controlling that agenda. They're just implementing it at the community and state level.

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The second we get close to $80, speculators will drive up the price just to get there. Clearly, $80 is achievable in this marketplace.

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Owning reserves doesn't change the price. If the price of oil goes to $125 a barrel, and China owns a field in Sudan, the price for them is still $125.

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We haven't gone up in decades. It's very important, not only to the companies but to the United States.

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