[gandalftb]

Hmmmm. Would you support a ban on the importation of foreign oil in say, 25 years? How about a minimum import fee per barrel to guarantee domestic producers that foreign oil could never get dumped below profitable levels?

When I was in Anadarko they were capping many wells as soon as they were established because of fear of a glut and no pipelines to refineries, trucking was too expensive, refineries were way off in Borger, TX. Many are still capped.

[thackney]

Would you support a ban on the importation of foreign oil in say, 25 years? How about a minimum import fee per barrel to guarantee domestic producers that foreign oil could never get dumped below profitable levels?

No, I'm not in favor of such "absolute" type legislation as a ban. I would prefer tariffs on imports, perhaps based upon a gradual increasing amount to discourage it but not leave us in a bind during an upset condition.