On July 29, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released a report on the potential benefits of domestic crude oil exports to the Great Lakes region in support of her efforts to end the current ban on U.S. crude oil exports.
The report is the first in a series entitled, “In the National Interest: U.S. Oil Exports and the Great Lakes Region”. To read the report, click here.
In addition, Senator Murkowski has sponsored the Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act, which would fully repeal the general prohibition on exporting oil. To read the proposed legislation, click here.