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$FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. The Biden administration has approved thousands of drilling permits since taking office despite a campaign pledge to end fracking on federal land. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)$

UAE to urge OPEC to boost oil output

Associated Press

Fuel trucks line up in front of storage tanks at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

OPEC, allies weigh oil output amid high prices, Russian war

By Cathy Bussewitz - Associated Press

The price-per-gallon sign is illuminated at a gasoline station, Feb. 11, 2022, in Denver, Colorado, USA. Saudi Arabia is signaling it isn’t willing to pump more oil and won’t push for changes to an agreement forged with Russia and other producers that has kept a lid on oil production levels. This has Washington concerned as gasoline prices rise at the pump and tensions over Ukraine fuel market uncertainty. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Saudi Arabia keeps lid on oil output as U.S. gas prices rise

By Aya Batrawy and Abdullah Al-Shihri - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020, file photo, the sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, USA. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Oil at 7-year high after OPEC+ decides on cautious increase

By David McHugh and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Biden's War on Energy Pipelines Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden handcuffs America’s energy potential

By Tom Magness

Illustration on sustainable energy, greenhouse gas emissions and Biden policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s two-faced energy policies

By William F. Shughart II

President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drug prices and his "Build Back Better" agenda from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Stay out of the way’: Oil states urge Biden to uncork U.S. drilling instead of turning to OPEC

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, June 29, 2021, file photo, the prices per gallon are displayed on the pump on a sign at a gasoline station in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ** FILE **

Biden admin. calls on OPEC to increase oil production as gas prices rise

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about his "Build Back Better" agenda from the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Pathetic and embarrassing’: Biden asks OPEC to up oil output while limiting U.S. energy production

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 6, 2020 file photo, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and non OPEC members at OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and other allied producing countries resumed talks on Monday, July 5, 2021, amid a standoff with the United Arab Emirates over how much to raise production levels with demand still hampered by threats from new variants of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

OPEC oil alliance at impasse between Saudi Arabia and UAE

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi minister urges caution on oil production levels

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, March 6, 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, people stand outside the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, in Vienna, Austria. Members of oil producer cartel OPEC and allied countries are meeting online Thursday March 4, 2021, considering a possible increase in production now that prices have recovered to near their pre-pandemic levels. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, FILE)

OPEC, Russia send oil price up with deal to contain output

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 1973, file photo, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the Saudi Arabian oil minister is pictured at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, the nationalization its state energy company and later found himself kidnapped by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in London. He was 90. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Seagulls fly as a man rides his bicycle in front of the Port on the Red Sea, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudis take on burden of oil output cut to support price

Associated Press

OPEC, allies adjourn meeting over oil production levels

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, the advertising label of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, shines at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Leaders of the OPEC cartel are meeting virtually to decide how much oil their countries should produce as the coronavirus stifles demand for fuel. They’re expected to extend production cuts into the new year in an effort to boost prices. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

OPEC talks on production hit snag as pandemic clouds outlook

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, the advertising label of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, shines at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Leaders of the OPEC cartel are meeting virtually to decide how much oil their countries should produce as the coronavirus stifles demand for fuel. They’re expected to extend production cuts into the new year in an effort to boost prices. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

OPEC talks on oil production to go into second day

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019 file photo, participants watch Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on a screen during his speech at the Future Investment Initiative Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The minister said Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, that global energy producers have the ability to tweak an agreement on production cuts that could be extended through the end of 2022, signaling the anticipation of continued weakened demand for crude as the coronavirus pandemic impacts consumption and grounds air travel for many. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Energy leaders leave door open to more cuts as virus spikes

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

OPEC and allies to ease cuts, allow more oil production

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, Texas, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

OPEC, allied nations extend nearly 10M barrel cut by a month

By JON GAMBRELL and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press