U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein described the refusal of the country's shale investors to ramp up drilling as 'un-American' in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.
U.S. Senior Advisor for Energy Security Amos Hochstein speaks after meeting with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
"I think that the idea that financiers would tell companies in the United States not to increase production and to buy back shares and increase dividends when the profits are at all-time highs is outrageous," the White House's chief energy adviser told the FT, adding, "It is not only un-American, it is so unfair to the American public"."You want to pay dividends, pay dividends. You want to pay shareholders, pay shareholders. You want to get bonuses, do that, too.
It is distributing more cash to shareholders than it is investing in new production - $30 billion between share buybacks and dividends this year. However, the company has kept its annual capital investment range of $20 billion-$25 billion out to 2027 unchanged.The oil industry's high profits this year have attracted the attention of U.S. President Joe Biden, who has accused the sector of war profiteering and said Exxon was making "more money than God".
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