Oil Executives Meet With Biden Officials on Texas Home Turf (1)

Oil industry executives are meeting with U.S. officials this week as surging energy prices and mounting national security concerns bring together two groups that have had a distant relationship since President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Department of Energyofficials including Secretary Jennifer Granholm will meet with representatives from Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell Plc and some shale producers on the sidelines of the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the meetings are private.

Jennifer Granholm

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Crude prices surged to more than $130 a barrel Tuesday, closing at the ...