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BlueIdaho

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27. So they will Pump More and Raise Prices?

Reply to PatrickforB (Original post)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 01:43 PM

Feb 2022

Time to crank up regulations on the energy sector.

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Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion to Push for More Drilling [View all] PatrickforB Feb 2022 OP

All while their profits are going thru the roof. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #1

Go Fuck Yourselves n/t Cheezoholic Feb 2022 #2

My first thought exactly! Welcome Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #36

No, no, no. Magoo48 Feb 2022 #3

Wall Street is buying up oil like its going out of fashion Mr. Sparkle Feb 2022 #4

Right now, we need to increase OUR production & get OPEC to incase theirs. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #5

Europe screwed up by allowing Russian energy RussBLib Feb 2022 #11

Another option is to temporarily suspend the ban on Iranian oil. Lonestarblue Feb 2022 #13

If the oil companies would cooperate and sell their product to the US and Western Europe, PatrickforB Feb 2022 #18

At the end of the day it still boils down to supply & demand. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #24

OK, but there is one bit of malfeasance that falls directly in the laps PatrickforB Feb 2022 #33

Can't imagine a fight over the Sun. rickford66 Feb 2022 #6

Screw big oil and gas, duforsure Feb 2022 #7

Thank you, oil companies... tonekat Feb 2022 #35

REmove the oil sanctions Old Crank Feb 2022 #8

VZ doesn't have the capability to produce much more due to incompetence. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #19

So your theory is that Venezuela is going to take action to harm their ally, Russia? mathematic Feb 2022 #23

There are a lot of "free Venezuela!" posts lately. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #31

I remember when we could only buy gas on odd or even days. marie999 Feb 2022 #9

Everyone who doesn't need to drive, boat or fly SouthernDem4ever Feb 2022 #10

Didn't they just slow down production to drive up the price? Emile Feb 2022 #12

saw that here a few times Blues Heron Feb 2022 #14

We will never be independent without nuclear. Its folly to think otherwise. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #21

cool story bro Blues Heron Feb 2022 #26

OK, "bro", here's your facts. Disagree with reality all you like. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #29

I thought they said all the frackers would come back online when oil surged past $70 a barrel bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #15

Apparently those wells can't just be turned on with the flip of a switch oldsoftie Feb 2022 #20

Yes, for competitive reasons, oil companies plug wells with cement when abandoned bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #22

Wow, I didn't know they went to THAT extreme!! oldsoftie Feb 2022 #25

It may be part environmental regulation bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #28

Typical psychotic Corporate CEOs Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #16

The world makes me sad. I had hoped for better. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #17

So they will Pump More and Raise Prices? BlueIdaho Feb 2022 #27

I Want All Their Supporters To Invest All Their Assets modrepub Feb 2022 #30

A solution Bayard Feb 2022 #32

Ah, an opinion after my own heart. Well said, Bayard!!! n/t PatrickforB Feb 2022 #34