What led to Obama’s gasoline tax decision?

Amid the oil and gas industry’s loud cries of outrage, the basic question remained this: What was the president thinking on Feb. 4 when he decided to propose a $10/bbl tax on crude oil? . . .
Feb. 19, 2016

Amid the oil and gas industry’s loud cries of outrage, the basic question remained this: What was the president thinking on Feb. 4 when he decided to propose a $10/bbl tax on crude oil? . . .

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Nick Snow

Nick Snow

NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020. 

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