ONLY 42% APPROVE AND 57%
DISAPPROVE.
>> Carley: THANK YOU.
LET’S BRING IN KATHLEEN SCOTT OF
WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE
PRESIDENT.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU TODAY TO
BREAK DOWN THIS LETTER THE
PRESIDENT SAID ENERGY COMPANIES
WHERE HE SCOLDED THEM.
ONE THING HE SAID IS THAT
REFINERIES, THE COMPANIES THAT
TURN CRUDE OIL INTO GASOLINE,
ARE NOT DOING THAT AT HIGH
ENOUGH RATE BECAUSE THEY ARE
CHARGING MORE TO TURN A PROFIT.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> NO, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
REFINERS AND PRODUCERS DO NOT
HAVE CONTROL OVER THE PRICE OF
OIL ON THE WORLD MARKET.
RIGHT NOW REFINING CAPACITY IS
DOWN A MILLION BARRELS BECAUSE
OF SEVERAL YEARS.
IT IS BECAUSE OF PRESSURE ON
CLIMATE CHANGE PRESSURE,
PRESSURE TO GET AWAY FROM FOSSIL
FUELS.
MANY REFINERS SHIFTED FROM OIL
TO RENEWABLES.
WE HAVE LOST CAPACITY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> THE OTHER THING THE PRESIDENT
SAID YESTERDAY THAT I THOUGHT
WAS AMAZING, I AM PREPARED TO
USE ALL TOOLS AS APPROPRIATE TO
ADDRESS BARRIERS PROVIDING
AFFORDABLE SECURE ENERGY SUPPLY.
THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING HE’S ALL
IN AND WILLING TO DECREASE GAS
PRICES.
WHAT ARE THINGS THE PRESIDENT
CAN DO TODAY TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN?
>> WELL, WE KEEP HEARING HE’S
WORKING LIKE THE DEVIL TO BRING
DOWN ENERGY PRICES AND THAT IS
ANYTHING, BUT THE TRUTH.
CONTINUE TO PUT IN PLACE
ROADBLOCKS TO AMERICAN ENERGY
PRODUCTION, THEY WILL NOT BACK
DOWN ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND
REGULATION MEANT TO SUPPRESS OIL
DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS DESPRAT
BECAUSE HE’S CONCERNED, THEY ARE
BLAMING HIM FOR THE THINGS HE’S
DONE SINCE SHUTTING DOWN
KEYSTONE TO STOPPING LEASES AND
ALL KIND OF THINGS HE’S DONE TO
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO
PRODUCE AMERICAN ENERGY AND NOW
HE’S FEELING THE HEAT FROM
VOTERS AND TRYING TO BLAME US.
>> Carley: WHEN THE PRESIDENT
SAYS THIS, FACT-CHECKING
SEGMENT, PROVIDING THE FACTS
HERE TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS
SAYING, WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS
THERE ARE 9000 UNUSED LEASES AND
PERMITS AND OIL COMPANIES ARE
NOT DRILLING BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO KEEP THE OIL IN THE GROUND SO
THEY CAN CHARGE HIGHER PRICES,
IS THAT TRUE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THEN HE
SHOULD TALK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS THEY KEEP SETTLING WITH
BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 5900
LEASES THAT WE CAN’T DEVELOP ON,
NOW WE HAVE 3000 PERMITS THE
GROUPS ARE SUED ON BECAUSE THEY
DON’T WANT PERMITS TO MOVE
FORWARD AND DRILLING TO TAKE
PLACE.
HE SAYS THESE THINGS, BUT THE
ACTIONS ARE MEANT TO STOP
PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL LAND AND
WATERS.
>> Carley: HOW LONG DO YOU THINK
GAS PRICES WILL STAY AT RECORD
HIGHS WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW?
>> I CAN CANNOT PREDICT PRICES,
TOO MANY FACTORS GLOBALLY AND
REHAVE REFINING CAPACITY
CONSTRAIND AND PRICES ARE HIGH
PARTICULARLY FOR DIESEL.
THERE IS A SHORTAGE BECAUSE
REFINING CAPACITY IS DOWN.
THERE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
THAT ARE AFFECTING PRODUCERS AND
REFINERS, WE DO NOT SET THE
PRICE OF OIL GLOBALLY.
WE’RE TRYING TO INCREASE
PRODUCTION AND BRING IT DOWN AND
THE AMERICAN PRODUCER HAS
INCREASED PRODUCTION, STILL
THERE ARE ROADBLOCKS AND IN THE
PAST UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, WE WERE ABLE TO
PRODUCE AND HAD A POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE COULD, THIS
TIME TOO MANY OBSTACLES AND
LAYER AND TOP THE SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES THAT WE’RE FACING AND IT
IS CAUSING A PINCH FOR CONSUMERS
AND WE’RE TRYING TO BRING PRICES
DOWN.
IT IS DIFFICULT IN THIS
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
>> Carley: THE PRESIDENT YELLED
AT OIL AND GAS COMPANIES
YESTERDAY IN A STRONGLY WORDED
LETTER.