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    Home » The US gas price is over $4 per gallon, so these oil CEOs took home more than $20 million
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    The US gas price is over $4 per gallon, so these oil CEOs took home more than $20 million

    By Lockie TicknerApril 27, 2022Updated:April 27, 20224 Mins Read
    The US gas price is over $4 per gallon, so these oil CEOs took home more than $20 million

    Fuel prices for the average American citizen have turned into a huge burden, at $4 dollars per gallon, while chief executive officers for oil companies are enjoying hefty rises in their salaries. The CEOs of the largest oil companies like Shell and Marathon Petroleum received around $45 million dollars extra in combined total, according to reports.

    Payout was in lieu of the “significant personal contributions … in delivering the strategic progress of 2021”

    The sharp rise in fuel prices has brought in massive earnings for these fuel establishments. Gas prices have increased by over 50% in 2021, an all-time high since 2014. Fuel prices only continue to get higher, with the average price ranging around $4.12 dollars per gallon over the course of the past few months.

    Twenty-eight of the largest oil and gas establishments in the US including Shell, Exxon, BP, and Marathon Petroleum gave out a total salary of around $400 million dollars to their CEOs, reflecting the humongous profits on the earnings of these companies. The profits of Shell rose four times, while the profits for BP soared to an eight-year high. Exxon’s profits were at an all-time high since 2017 in the last quarter of 2021.

    Gas Prices skyrocket

    Michael Hennigan, CEO of Marathon Petroleum received $5 million dollars more than in 2020, resulting in a total payout of around $21 million dollars. CEO of Exxon Darren Woods received around $23 million dollars, a total of $7 million dollars more than he did in 2020. Curtis Smith, Head of Americas Media Relations at Shell explained that the rise in the salaries of the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer was in lieu of the “significant personal contributions … in delivering the strategic progress of 2021”. Ben Buerden, the boss at Shell, saw his salary rise by $2 million dollars last year.

    Kyle Herrig, president of government watchdog Accountable, who was responsible for producing the report said that American citizens would not forget the struggle to fill up their vehicles with gas. “Americans will not soon forget that when they were struggling to fill their tanks, oil and gas companies made record profits and decided to give that money to wealthy industry executives and shareholders rather than stabilising gas prices,” -he stated.

    “They are causing people to have to choose between putting food on the table and putting gas in the tank. And that’s a choice that people shouldn’t have to make,” argued Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog.

    Biden blames Putin, Republicans blame Biden

    President Biden and the Democratic party place all the blame for skyrocketing fuel prices on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Last month, Biden accused Putin of “hitting Americans at the pump” and warned that gas prices could rise further as the Ukraine war rages on. This is due, in part, to the United States’ ban on Russian oil imports, which aims to hit Putin’s most lucrative industry. Prior to the ban, Russia supplied only about 8% of all petroleum products imported into the United States; Canada is the largest exporter of such products to the United States. The Democrats also bring oil companies into the blame game, accusing them of prioritising profits.

    Trump Biden

    Republicans on the other side of the aisle blame the problem on the cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and a moratorium on new drilling leases on federal lands. They claim that Biden’s energy policies have resulted in lower oil production, resulting in a reduction in overall supply and higher prices. While domestic oil production is lower today than it was before the pandemic, it’s unclear how much of that can be attributed to Biden’s policies. Last June, a federal judge overturned the president’s drilling moratorium.

     

     

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