{"id":17988,"date":"2023-11-08T18:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T23:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=17988"},"modified":"2023-11-08T18:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T23:35:42","slug":"merkley-wyden-join-colleagues-in-letter-demanding-ftc-to-immediately-investigate-record-breaking-oil-deals-protect-americans-from-increased-prices-at-the-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-join-colleagues-in-letter-demanding-ftc-to-immediately-investigate-record-breaking-oil-deals-protect-americans-from-increased-prices-at-the-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Wyden se unen a sus colegas en una carta exigiendo a la FTC que investigue de inmediato los acuerdos petroleros sin precedentes y proteja a los estadounidenses del aumento de los precios en los surtidores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Las megafusiones de las grandes petroleras involucran a algunas de las compa\u00f1\u00edas petroleras m\u00e1s grandes del mundo, lo que reduce la competencia y obliga a las familias estadounidenses a pagar m\u00e1s en el surtidor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, DC \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, se unieron al l\u00edder de la mayor\u00eda Chuck Schumer (D-NY) y a 20 de sus colegas del Senado en una carta dirigida a la presidenta de la Comisi\u00f3n Federal de Comercio (FTC), Lina Khan, exigiendo que la Comisi\u00f3n proteja consumidores estadounidenses investigando fusiones r\u00e9cord de grandes petroleras. Los senadores est\u00e1n llamando la atenci\u00f3n sobre los da\u00f1os anticompetitivos que presentar\u00edan estas fusiones, que potencialmente podr\u00edan aumentar los precios para los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n en el surtidor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ExxonMobil (Exxon) ha propuesto una adquisici\u00f3n de Pioneer Natural Resources (Pioneer) por $60 mil millones, mientras que Chevron est\u00e1 llevando a cabo una propuesta de adquisici\u00f3n de Hess Corporation (Hess) por $53 mil millones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAl permitir que Exxon y Chevron integren a\u00fan m\u00e1s sus extensas operaciones en importantes yacimientos de petr\u00f3leo y gas, es probable que estos acuerdos perjudiquen la competencia, poniendo en riesgo un aumento de los precios al consumidor y una reducci\u00f3n de la producci\u00f3n en todo Estados Unidos. A nivel regional, los acuerdos amenazan con perjudicar a los peque\u00f1os operadores y reducir los salarios. La Comisi\u00f3n Federal de Comercio (FTC) debe considerar cuidadosamente todos los posibles da\u00f1os anticompetitivos que presentan estas adquisiciones\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>escriben los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Estas fusiones son dos de las mayores adquisiciones petroleras en la historia de Estados Unidos y dos de los mayores acuerdos petroleros del siglo XXI.<sup>calle<\/sup>siglo. Estas adquisiciones propuestas podr\u00edan ser desastrosas para los consumidores estadounidenses: reducir\u00edan en gran medida la competencia y har\u00edan subir los precios de la gasolina en el surtidor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLas operaciones downstream de Exxon y Chevron les permitir\u00edan redirigir el suministro de crudo de Pioneer y Hess hacia ellos mismos, lejos de (y posiblemente en detrimento de) sus competidores midstream. Esta nueva din\u00e1mica del mercado podr\u00eda dar lugar a aumentos de precios para los clientes intermedios, y esos costos adicionales a menudo se trasladan a los clientes minoristas, incluidos los conductores de las estaciones de servicio\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>Contin\u00faa la carta de los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Con los precios del gas sin precedentes del verano pasado potencialmente causados por la especulaci\u00f3n de precios por parte de las compa\u00f1\u00edas petroleras \u2013que ha continuado este a\u00f1o\u2013 una mayor consolidaci\u00f3n de las grandes compa\u00f1\u00edas petroleras s\u00f3lo har\u00e1 que los consumidores estadounidenses paguen m\u00e1s en el surtidor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&quot;Corresponde a la FTC revisar de cerca las adquisiciones de Exxon-Pioneer y Chevron-Hess y tomar las medidas apropiadas en caso de que dichas revisiones descubran cualquier posible efecto anticompetitivo permitido por las adquisiciones&quot;.&nbsp;<strong>concluye la carta.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de Merkley, Wyden y el l\u00edder Schumer, esta carta tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 firmada por los senadores Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tina Smith (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D -MI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT) y Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El texto completo de la carta se puede encontrar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Letter%20to%20FTC%20re%20Exxon-Pioneer.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Oil mega-mergers involve some of the largest oil companies in the world, reducing competition and forcing American families to pay more at the pump Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 20 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to the Chair of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-17988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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