new way of tapping into horizontal drilling. tapping into natural gas reservoirs underneath the ground. and also oil exports. the congress basically forced president obama to lift the oil export ban. and that s paying big dividends. crude oil exports have doubled over the last six years. it s really a sea change. and it s incremental policy win of the kind that pays dividends over time. a lot of conservatives timed well, the export ban wasn t sufficient to justify a deal. but, we re really seeing the economic results of that right now. paul: that s helped american producers find new markets, bill. right. paul: which is crucial because with oil prices falling in half, a lot of them might have gone out of business, drillers, if we didn t have this new exmort market. exmort export market.
new way of tapping into horizontal drilling. tapping into natural gas reservoirs underneath the ground. and also oil exports. the congress basically forced president obama to lift the oil export ban. and that s paying big dividends. crude oil exports have doubled over the last six years. it s really a sea change. and it s incremental policy win of the kind that pays dividends over time. a lot of conservatives timed well, the export ban wasn t sufficient to justify a deal. but, we re really seeing the economic results of that right now. paul: that s helped american producers find new markets, bill. right. paul: which is crucial because with oil prices falling in half, a lot of them might have gone out of business, drillers, if we didn t have this new exmort market. exmort export