Shale CEOs Meet With U.S. Officials Amid Surging Oil Prices

After more than a year of little to no dialogue with the U.S. oil industry, officials from the Biden Administration are set to meet with shale executives this week to discuss oil supply and energy security in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the plans. U.S. officials from the Department of Energy, including Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, will be meeting with executives from several shale companies, as well as from ExxonMobil and Shell, during this week’s energy conference in Houston,…