(彭博社) 管道运营商 Williams Cos 的高管表示，对于美国石油和天然气项目的建设来说，国会的举措可能比白宫的政策更为重要。
首席执行官艾伦·阿姆斯特朗在与分析师的电话会议上表示：“实际上，我认为更加关注国会的结果和立法方面，实际上是一个更大的推动力，因为我们实际上可能会看到一些法律改革，以使我们能够建设所需的管道基础设施。”
周二，副总统卡马拉·哈里斯 (Kamala Harris) 任命明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·沃尔兹 (Tim Walz) 为她的竞选搭档，与唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 角逐总统大选。哈里斯一直反对海上钻井和水力压裂，这意味着如果她 11 月入主白宫，她将成为石油行业的激烈反对者。
阿姆斯特朗说：“我必须提醒人们，即使在前任特朗普执政期间，我们的重大项目也曾被叫停，因为各州可以阻止它们，而联邦政府却几乎无能为力。”
(Bloomberg) – Moves from Congress are likely to be more important to building out U.S. oil and gas projects than policy from the White House, according to the top executive at pipeline operator Williams Cos.
“I actually think paying more attention to how Congress turns out, and the legislative front, is actually a bigger push because that’s actually where we might see some reform in the law in a way that allows us to build out the pipeline infrastructure that we need,” Chief Executive Officer Alan Armstrong said on a call with analysts.
His comments came Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in her presidential campaign bid against Donald Trump. Harris has a track record of opposition to offshore drilling and fracing, suggesting she’d be a fierce oil-industry antagonist if she were to win the White House in November.
“I have to remind people this that even during the prior Trump administration, we had major projects get stopped” because states can block them and the federal government can do little to intervene, Armstrong said.
