Mark Boudreaux Quotes (10 Quotes)

We sympathize with consumers paying high gasoline prices. We are trying to help public-policy makers understand what makes prices high.

Its unfortunate that we are dealing with this criticism of our industry. We are doing our part to invest in new oil and gas projects to provide supplies to our customers.

Prince William Sound is healthy. It's robust. It's thriving. There are no unanticipated harms that were caused by the spill that would not have been anticipated at the time of the (lawsuit) settlement.

The 4.5 billion punitive damages ordered by Judge H. Russell Holland is not a debt that is owed. Rather, they represent a windfall well in excess of the amount the jury found necessary to compensate the plaintiffs for their losses.

We are increasing our capital expenditures by 41 percent this year, as part of a long-term plan.

So we disagree with claims we're not giving back to communities where we operate, and we think that claims with regard to the war situation are just untrue.

It was a bad idea back in the '80s, and it's a bad idea today. It's something that's been tried and failed.

As big as we are, we are only 3 percent of the crude oil production in the world.

We were given an unrealistic time frame in which to participate. Exxon Mobil was asked to participate in this hearing with four business days notice. ... We could not make participation work with such short notice.

We take these issues very seriously. We realized that we needed to do a better job of explaining how the industry works.