据道琼斯1月14日消息,康菲石油公司CEO Ryan Lance表示,美国总统奥巴马可能通过行政命令的方式取消美国原油出口禁令,而不会等待立法行为。Lance周三在华盛顿的战略和国际研究中心听证会上发表了上述看法,并强调他认为禁令已经不合时宜,该禁令是在1970年代美国面临能源短缺的情况下出台的。他表示:“我们应该将原油与其他任何出口商品等同待之,放开原油出口市场。” Lance指出:“如果不能进入新的市场,那么美国能源的繁荣将受到威胁,美国能源产业的繁荣已经创建了近1000万个工作岗位,同时贡献了8%的GDP。到2020年,我们将需要出口150万桶-200万桶/天的原油。”
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U.S. Ban on Oil Exports Outdated, Conoco CEO Says
President Obama could lift the US ban on crude-oil exports through an executive order and not wait for legislative action, ConocoPhillips (COP) CEO Ryan Lance said. Mr. Lance spoke today to an audience at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, and stressed that he believes the ban -- which dates to the 1970s when the US faced energy shortages -- is outdated. "We should treat crude like any other export product we have," he said. "Open the market to normal trade flows." Without access to new markets, the American energy boom, which supports nearly 10M jobs and 8% of GDP, is threatened, Mr. Lance said. "By 2020 we'll need to be exporting 1.5 million to 2 million barrels a day."