Energy Boss Granholm Calls on Oil Companies to Increase Supply

Energy Boss Granholm Calls on Oil Companies to Increase Supply
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on May 11, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called on United States’ oil companies to increase production to try to help bring down the elevated prices Americans are paying at the pump.

Granholm’s comments came during a Nov. 23 White House press briefing, hours after President Joe Biden ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)—the largest ever release.