Officials give opinion on oil

By Ed Sterling

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Houston, and Christi Craddick, a member of the Texas Railroad Commission, co-wrote an opinion piece published Sept. 25 by the Houston Chronicle. McCaul and Craddick voiced their opposition to the federal ban that prevents the exportation of crude oil.

They called on President Obama to lift the ban. Doing that, they said, would “allow energy powerhouse states like Texas, for whom oil and gas contributes to more than 40 percent of its total economy, to fully drive the U.S. toward reaching its true oil-producing potential.