Finally, a Ship Loaded with U.S. Crude Leaves Port

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Jan. 4, 2016

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Media Highlight

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Marketplace World

"'If more oil comes out of America, it may well displace oil coming from somewhere else that's produced under less favorable environmental conditions,' said economist Alan Krupnick of the think tank Resources for the Future."

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Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow; Director, Industry and Fuels Program

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

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