Refiners seek to modify US Jones Act

摘要

Washington—Petroleum marketers and refiners are planning a substantial effort to get Congress to change the Jones Act, a nearly century-old law they claim is driving up motor fuel and heating oil prices and severely inhibiting the flow of crude between US ports amid the ongoing domestic oil boom. Many in the industry would love to repeal the law, but it enjoys overwhelming support within the US shipbuilding industry and its allies in Congress. So instead, they will push to weaken Jones Act.