US crude exports could drop gasoline prices

摘要

Washington—Some analysts and proponents of current restrictions on US crude exports on Thursday questioned the new claim made by energy consultancy IHS that domestic gasoline prices would fall if more US crude was exported. The study’s gasoline price impact counters both the prevailing argument against a change in current US export policy and the key political hurdle to that change, but sources questioned the reliability of longrange gasoline price forecasts. They also pointed to numerous factors outside US export policy which could influence prices at the pump.