House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats said Wednesday they are launching an investigation into whether oil companies colluded with OPEC to fix fuel prices.
Ranking member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) said Democrats on the committee are seeking communications from seven oil companies between their current or former employees involved in developing oil production plans and representatives of the oil production cartel OPEC+.
They also want a list of meetings between each company and representatives of OPEC+ and a list of meetings between each company and competing U.S. oil producers.
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The companies include Occidental Petroleum, BP America, Shell USA, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum, Devon Energy and Hess.
