POLITICO NEWSROOM

As fuel prices remain high, Big Oil is reporting record profits

Episode Summary

Exxon Mobil and Chevron said their quarterly earnings skyrocketed because of high oil prices, just one day after congressional Democrats said they would push legislation to increase the Federal Trade Commission's power to investigate allegations of price gouging.

Episode Notes

Exxon Mobil and Chevron said their quarterly earnings skyrocketed because of high oil prices, just one day after congressional Democrats said they would push legislation to increase the Federal Trade Commission's power to investigate allegations of price gouging.

 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.