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Copyright © 2000, Congressional Information
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1 CIS H 52148
TITLE: Solutions to
Competitive Problems in the Oil Industry
CIS-NO: 2001-H521-48
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Mar. 29, Apr. 7, June 28, 2000
LENGTH: v+368 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO:
1020-A; 1020-B
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:106/127
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SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 127.
Hearings to examine petroleum industry competition problems and strategies to
reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, in light of recent increases in retail
gasoline prices resulting from OPEC actions which constrict
supplies of crude oil.
Supplementary material (p. 295-368)
includes submitted statements and correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Petroleum industry competition, US
foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and gas price
increase issues
DESCRIPTORS:
PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; ENERGY
PRICES; ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES; RETAIL
TRADE; WHOLESALE TRADE; FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS; ENERGY REGULATION; ENERGY
SECURITY; COMPETITION; GASOLINE
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Congressional Testimony
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
MURKOWSKI, FRANK H. ((Sen, R-Alaska), p. 7-10)
CAMPBELL, BEN NIGHTHORSE ((Sen, R-Colo), p. 10-14)
GILMAN, BENJAMIN A. ((Rep, R-NY), p. 14-19)
SANDERS, BERNARD ((Rep, I-Vt), p. 19-23)
MARKEY, EDWARD J. ((Rep, D-Mass), p. 24-28)
WEYGAND, ROBERT A. ((Rep, D-RI), p. 29-31)
STATEMENTS:
Suggestions to reduce U.S. dependence on
foreign oil.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum
industry competition, US foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and
gas price increase issues
01-H521-48
TESTIMONY NO: 2 Mar. 29, 2000 p. 32-51
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
PARKER, RICHARD G.
(Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC)
FISHER, MIKE
(Attorney General, Pennsylvania)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Review of recent antitrust enforcement efforts involving
the petroleum industry.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum industry competition, US foreign oil dependence
reduction strategies, and gas price increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE; FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; ANTITRUST LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Mar. 29, 2000 p.
51-70
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
SPENCER, TODD (Executive Vice President, Owner-Operator
Independent Drivers Association)
PIKRALLIDAS, SUSAN (Vice
President, Public and Government Relations, AAA)
CHRETIEN,
LARRY (Executive Director, Boston Oil Consumers Alliance)
LOVE, JAMES (Economist, Center for the Study of Responsive
Law)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Adverse
effects of recent increases in fuel prices; concerns about
economic concentration in the petroleum industry.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Petroleum industry competition, US foreign oil
dependence reduction strategies, and gas price increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
OWNER-OPERATOR
INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION; FUEL
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 4 Apr. 7, 2000 p.
74-90
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GEE, ROBERT W. (Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, DOE)
BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD (Attorney General, Connecticut)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of
Administration policies to ensure availability of an affordable energy supply;
views on policy actions needed to address gasoline price
increases.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum
industry competition, US foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and
gas price increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE; DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 5
Apr. 7, 2000 p. 91-130, 321-342
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
PATMON, WILLIAM (Councilman, Cleveland, Ohio,
City Council)
LITTLEFIELD, ROY E. (Executive Vice
President, Service Station Dealers of America and Allied Trades)
COLUMBUS, R. TIMOTHY (attorney, representing Society of
Independent Gasoline Marketers)
ZIMMERMAN, EDWIN
(attorney)
JORDAN, JERRY (President, Jordan Energy;
representing Independent Petroleum Association and National Stripper Well
Association)
SEGAL, SCOTT (attorney, representing Valero
Energy Corp)
LASHOF, DANIEL (Senior Scientist, Natural
Resources Defense Council)
CALLAGHAN, LISA (Policy
Analyst, Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Concerns about oil refiner zone pricing
policies in which oil companies control the retail price of
gasoline in local markets; explanation and reasons for use of zone pricing in
the distribution of gasoline; strategies to address petroleum industry
competition problems.
Causes of gasoline
price increases, with recommendations; views on U.S. dependence
on foreign oil and appropriate policy response.
INSERTION:
-- Maryland Attorney General's Office, "Antitrust --
Legality of "Zone Pricing' by Oil Companies Under the Gasoline Divorcement Law
and the Robinson-Patman Act" legal opinion, Jan. 28, 1994 (p. 332-342).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum industry
competition, US foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and gas
price increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
SERVICE STATION DEALERS OF AMERICA AND ALLIED TRADES;
ANTITRUST LAW
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 6
June 28, 2000 p. 137-156
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
THOMPSON, TOMMY G. (Governor,
Wisconsin)
RYAN, GEORGE H. (Governor, Illinois)
COLLINS, MICHAEL A. (Rep, R-Ga)
STABENOW, DEBBIE (Rep, D-Mich)
HALL,
TONY P. (Rep, D-Ohio)
HOEKSTRA, PETER (Rep, R-Mich)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Concerns about
the rising price of gasoline, with specifics on
price increases in the Midwest; recommendations for policies to
address concerns about energy price increases.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum industry competition, US
foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and gas price
increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 7 June 28, 2000 p. 157-212
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
PARKER,
RICHARD G. (Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC)
PERCIASEPE, ROBERT W. (Assistant Administrator, Air and
Radiation, EPA)
KENDERDINE, MELANIE A. (Acting Director,
Office of Policy, DOE)
BARRETT, THOMAS M. (Rep, D-Wis)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Possible causes
of rising gasoline prices, especially in the Midwest, with
review of related policy response; assertions that costs associated with
environmental regulations requiring production of reformulated gasoline (RFG) do
not account for gasoline price increases in Chicago, Ill. and
Milwaukee, Wis. areas.
Overview of Administration policies
to ensure that oil supply problems do not adversely impact energy security;
explanation of policy challenges related to mitigation of energy use adverse
environmental effects; perspectives on RFG program cost issues.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum industry competition, US
foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and gas price
increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION;
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION; CHICAGO, ILL.;
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
01-H521-48 TESTIMONY NO: 8
June 28, 2000 p. 213-293
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
CAVANEY, RED (President and CEO,
American Petroleum Institute)
SLAUGHTER, BOB (General
Counsel, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association)
VAUGHN, ERIC (President and CEO, Renewable Fuels
Association)
ICHORD, BILL (Vice President, D.C. Office,
Unocal Corp)
HAUTER, WENONAH (Director, Critical Mass
Energy and Environmental Program, Public Citizen)
SNOWDEN,
JANE (Director, Madison, Wis. program, Meals on Wheels)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Factors contributing to
high gasoline prices, including prices in the
Midwest; perspectives on petroleum industry competition; implications of
reformulated gasoline program and other environmental regulations for energy
prices; need for energy policies to encourage use of renewable
alternative fuels (related graphs, p. 234-235).
Recommendations for energy policies to protect consumers
from high energy prices (related tables, p. 245-249); concerns
about rising gasoline prices.
INSERTION:
-- "First Quarter 2000: Corporate Scoreboard" corporate
sales, profits, and returns, tables by industry, Business Week, May 15, 2000 (p.
254-270).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Petroleum
industry competition, US foreign oil dependence reduction strategies, and
gas price increase issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE; CONSUMER PROTECTION; ENERGY
CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL DATA: ENERGY; CORPORATIONS; STATISTICAL DATA: INDUSTRY
AND COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION; FUELS
LOAD-DATE: May 23, 2001 
