Dear Mr. President: As CEO of Canary, LLC, one of the nation’s largest independent oil field services companies, I would first like to thank you for your leadership through this unprecedented challenge our country is facing. Your administration has led an exemplary effort in its respo
If President Donald Trump is not the most significant player in global oil markets today, he’s at least its biggest wild card. Tweets savaging OPEC, U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, and a precarious trade policy that threatens the health of the global economy can push energ
Warnings against protectionism often cite the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, which implemented tariffs on more than 20,000 imported goods to boost domestic production during the Great Depression. The legislation failed miserably – prices rose, consumption plummeted and production fell even
Two years ago, then-candidate Donald Trump laid out an “America First” energy plan, stating that under his presidency, “American energy dominance will be declared a strategic, economic and foreign policy goal of the United States. It’s about time.” Making good on that promise two mont