The Odessa Development Corporation (ODC) launched this week ‘The Permian Fuels America’ task force to protect the U.S. industry from oil market manipulation initiated by other countries, convince refiners to buy American oil, and retain the oil workers during this downturn. Odessa, at the heart of the largest shale producing basin in the United States, the Permian, has been feeling the pinch from the low oil prices and the demand crash in the COVID-19 pandemic. The mission of ‘The Permian Fuels America’ task force is “to stop this roller coaster ride in oil pricing once and for all by asking our government and American refineries to honor a pledge.” The task force is asking U.S. refiners to consider purchasing American crude oil over foreign imports when given the opportunity and to acknowledge that “domestic oil production and its workforce are important to the national security of the United States […]