Despite getting public support from one of the biggest names in oil, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has work to do, reports found. At a keynote address at a North Dakota energy conference this year, Trump said the United States would become “totally independent” from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in part by removing obstacles standing in the way of further exploration. Speaking at the nominating convention in July, Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm said total U.S. crude oil production would double under a Trump presidency. Comments from Trump, published by energy news service Argus , show the candidate may be flexible at the local level when it comes to potential state or municipal restrictions on hydraulic fracturing, the drilling practice in part […]