Jean-Pierre on drilling more in the US: 'We don't need to do that'

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shot down calls to increase oil drilling in the U.S. Thursday, saying the country doesn't need it.
Jean-Pierre made the comments in response to questions from Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy. Doocy pressed Jean Pierre to explain why President Biden's administration is seeking to alleviate skyrocketing gas prices by calling on oil companies to increase productivity at refineries instead of calling for more drilling.

Jean-Pierre argued that oil companies cut refinery capacity at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have yet to increase that capacity back to pre-pandemic levels. Biden argues this, combined with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is causing the increase in gas prices.

"Why not just drill more here in the U.S., though?" Doocy asked.

"Because we don't need to do that," Jean-Pierre responded. "What we need [oil companies] to do is, with the oil that's out there, we need them to refine that oil so that the capacity can go up and that prices would go down."

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We are running at 92% capacitance on our refineries. We normally run at 92-94% capacitance in June and July. We need to drill more and produce more oil and that would drive the price of oil down no mater what oil expert Jean-Pierre says.
 
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Phantasmal said:
She’s right! They need to ramp up production, first.
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Nope it takes months to explore and drill we need to start drilling now. Our oil production is declining. The summer driving surge will be over soon and we will have even more capacitance. Can't have a bunch of refinery workers doing nothing. And when is the last time you went to a station and they had no gasoline to sell?
 
ExpressLane said:
Nope it takes months to explore and drill we need to start drilling now. The summer driving surge will be over soon and we will have even more capacitance. Can't have a bunch of refinery workers doing nothing.
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Again, they cut production and all they need to do immediately is ramp up production, then they need to start exploration and drilling on their leases.
 
Phantasmal said:
Again, they cut production and all they need to do immediately is ramp up production, then they need to start exploration and drilling on their leases.
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Link to "they cut production". The "leases' are USELESS UNDER CURRENT PRES.MORON ADM. REGULATIONS.
 
Here we have more evidence that the WOKE Revolution does not care about performance, does not care about quality, just look at how badly she sucks at her job.
 
Phantasmal said:
Again, they cut production and all they need to do immediately is ramp up production, then they need to start exploration and drilling on their leases.
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You very obviously don't understand how the oil industry works. Go educate yourself and join an intelligent conversation with the rest of us.

Here is a question for you. If you drill a well in the Gulf how are you going to get that oil to a refinery if you strike oil? Give me an intelligent answer to that question and you can stay.
 
Here’s a clip from Energy Sec Gresholm. I’m not an energy person but to my limited understanding oil drilling investments take a lot of money and a lot of time. It’s not something that produces immediate results. So to me as a layman I can understand why one would be hesitant to make a massive new investment if you feel it could get shut down in the not too distant future.


https://twitter.com/x/status/1537214216989552641
 
cawacko said:
Here’s a clip from Energy Sec Gresholm. I’m not an energy person but to my limited understanding oil drilling investments take a lot of money and a lot of time. It’s not something that produces immediate results. So to me as a layman I can understand why one would be hesitant to make a massive new investment if you feel it could get shut down in the not too distant future.


https://twitter.com/x/status/1537214216989552641
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BINGO
 
https://guides.loc.gov/oil-and-gas-industry/upstream


Onshore

In onshore drilling facilities, the wells are grouped together in a field, ranging from a half acre per well for heavy crude oil to 80 acres per well for natural gas.16 The group of wells are connected by carbon steel tubes which sends the oil and gas to a production and processing facility where the oil and gas are treated through a chemical and heating process.17 Onshore production companies can turn on and off rigs more easily than offshore rigs to respond to market conditions.18



Note the word onshore everywhere in this statement from them?
 
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Demand will slow if green energy options increase. The markets will determine if oil is shut down. Ten years is a long ways away. Oil companies aren’t going to quit producing oil even if the threat is shutdown in 10 years, they are just going to make it painful, so they can make the money before demand drives up. The smart ones are diversifying and going green.
 
evince said:
https://guides.loc.gov/oil-and-gas-industry/upstream


Onshore

In onshore drilling facilities, the wells are grouped together in a field, ranging from a half acre per well for heavy crude oil to 80 acres per well for natural gas.16 The group of wells are connected by carbon steel tubes which sends the oil and gas to a production and processing facility where the oil and gas are treated through a chemical and heating process.17 Onshore production companies can turn on and off rigs more easily than offshore rigs to respond to market conditions.18
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So how do they get the natural gas from the well head to onshore.
 
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