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Crude Oil Quotes

The commodity behind every gas price.

These are practical, policy-minded quotes — no new refineries built domestically since 1976, arguments over whether crude should be exported as a bulk commodity, and the blunt fact that most of what you pay at the pump traces back to crude itself.

The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place.

Quotes by Timothy Noah

When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some...

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some...

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, close to 100 ethanol refineries have been built.

Quotes by John Shimkus

Able Quotes

Public-policy-wise, if you want to be consistent, crude oil is a bulk commodity, and you should be able to export it. I would rather the crude go to U.S. refineries to get refined and then export the refined product because...

Quotes by John Shimkus

About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90...

Quotes by John S. Watson

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a...

Quotes by Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy...

Quotes by Gary Miller

The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By...

Quotes by Gary Miller

About Quotes

Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China.

Quotes by Gary Miller

Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings and sell it on the world market.

Quotes by Gary Miller

Growth in U.S. real imports slowed to about 3 percent in 2006, in part reflecting a drop in real terms in imports of crude oil and petroleum products.

Quotes by Ben Bernanke

The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.

Quotes by Anthony Foxx

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these 'Crude Oil' quotes cover?
Practical energy policy — hoarding versus exporting crude, refinery capacity, and how much of the price at the pump actually traces back to crude oil itself.
Why search for quotes on crude oil specifically?
They're useful shorthand for the supply-side arguments that come up constantly in energy and gas-price debates, stated plainly by people who work in the industry or policy space.
Is there a quote about refinery capacity?
Yes — one notes that no new crude oil refineries have gone up domestically since 1976, even as roughly a hundred ethanol refineries were built in the same span.
Do any quotes address gas prices directly?
One breaks it down clearly: by some accounts, close to three-quarters of what you pay for gas traces straight back to crude oil's own price.
Are these quotes technical or accessible?
They're written in plain language, more explanatory than jargon-heavy, which makes them useful even without a policy background.

It's a useful primer on the supply-side arguments that show up in every energy debate, told in the words of the people actually making them. See more About quotes on policy and public life.