On the recordDecember 10, 2014
If we don't have a market in the United States for the crude oil at our refineries, if you can't export it, you keep it in the ground.
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congress.gov“If we don't have a market in the United States for the crude oil at our refineries, if you can't export it, you keep it in the ground.”
Barton argues that without a market for crude oil, it remains untapped.
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