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How the 1973 oil embargo changed the way the U.S. thinks about energy

by Henry Epp
Sep 21, 2023
Fifty years ago this fall, Arab members of OPEC cut off their oil exports to the United States.
Above, an oil pumpjack in California. Then-President Richard Nixon, in a 1973 speech addressing the oil embargo, expressed the need for U.S. energy independence.
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Oil infrastructure limits ability of U.S. to quickly ramp up exports

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 16, 2019
Problems like shallow shipping channels are one reason the U.S., despite being the world's biggest oil producer, is not its biggest exporter.
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