The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (LMOGA) joined 26 other industry trade groups signing a letter on June 23 that urges President Biden to visit American energy sites before a planned trip to Saudi Arabia next month. In addition to LMOGA, the letter is signed by organizations from Alaska to Texas, as well as the American Petroleum Institute, the oil and gas industry’s biggest lobbying group. The letter implored him to visit oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico, Permian Basin or Kern County, Calif., before making the trip. It also suggests he visit U.S. refineries and the Colonial Pipeline, a 5,500-mile fuel artery that stretches from Texas to New Jersey. “(W)e hope you will consider taking another look at made-in-America energy,” the letter read. Biden is set to travel to the Middle East between July 13-16, according to the White House. He goes to Saudi Arabia after visits to Israel and the West Bank. U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House Republican whip, has decried the trip as “lunacy.” (Source: The Advocate 06/24/22) Louisiana oil group signs letter urging Biden to visit U.S. energy sites before Saudi Arabia trip | Business | theadvocate.com
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