US Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergham said on the 14th that even if the US bans oil or fuel exports, it will be difficult to change the situation where domestic oil prices remain high in the US. While attending a G20 energy conference in Houston, Texas, on the same day, Bergham told media reporters: “If we think that imposing an export ban might lower oil prices, we will consider it, but this is not the case.” According to him, if an export ban is imposed on US oil, gasoline, or diesel products, it may cause other countries to take retaliatory measures to stop exporting energy to some US states, which will hurt consumers in these states at that time. Citing California as an example, he secretly criticized the Democrat-run state for shutting down several local refineries and relying more on imported energy, causing its fuel prices to rank among the highest in the US.

US Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergham said on the 14th that even if the US bans oil or fuel exports, it will be difficult to change the situation where domestic oil prices remain high in the US. While attending a G20 energy conference in Houston, Texas, on the same day, Bergham told media reporters: “If we think that imposing an export ban might lower oil prices, we will consider it, but this is not the case.” According to him, if an export ban is imposed on US oil, gasoline, or diesel products, it may cause other countries to take retaliatory measures to stop exporting energy to some US states, which will hurt consumers in these states at that time. Citing California as an example, he secretly criticized the Democrat-run state for shutting down several local refineries and relying more on imported energy, causing its fuel prices to rank among the highest in the US.