Apparently we are still importing a lot of oil from Russia.
Ukraine: Joe Manchin slams 'hypocritical' White House for buying 500k Russian oil barrels a day | Daily Mail Online
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Manchin, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said it was hypocritical to ask other countries to do 'what we can do for ourselves' – and demanded the administration halt the imports, which he noted exceed 500,000 barrels a day of oil and other petroleum products.
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Biden admin response is weak. The US government can certainly (or highly encourage) where US market sells or acquires oil & gas. WTF do you think sanctions do?
Yes, gas prices will go up. Yes, it'll be a negative to mid-terms. But it is the right thing to do. Go find more oil & gas somewhere else.
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'As it relates to Russian gas, the U.S. government doesn't dictate where the U.S. market sells our own oil and gas products nor where it acquires crude or refined products from for domestic consumption. This is all up to the private sector, other than exceptions like countries under sanctions, she said.
'So, the U.S. refiners currently importing Russian products are largely legacy refinery operations tooled in Hawaii and Alaska for certain supplies because of geography; and imports to the Gulf, both of certain refined products and of crude, as refiners in the Gulf mix crude supplies to meet the needs of their particular refinery designs,' she added. She said the U.S. applauds private companies who made their own announcements, and wouldn't rule out further action.
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