2026-08-31T10:04:39.277Z / 路透社
8月31日（路透社）——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普指责美国石油炼油商敲诈美国民众，呼吁司法部展开调查，并敦促这些企业利用丰厚收益降低油价——近期因美伊持续冲突，油价已大幅上涨。
周二，特朗普预计将在白宫宴请多家相关企业高管，以庆祝美方为确保市场供应充足所做的努力，希望借此将当前均价超过每加仑4美元的汽油价格拉低。
此次活动的筹备时间安排让企业高管陷入了罕见的两难境地。据知情人士透露，企业直到上周晚些时候才收到邀请，活动细节乃至其他与会者名单都寥寥无几，导致部分企业开始考虑：派出CEO参会是否会让这场传统的白宫会晤，演变成与行事难以预测的总统之间一场尴尬会面。
“你希望能参与对话，但也必须考虑到场后可能发生的状况。没人希望自己的CEO陷入尴尬境地，”一位负责为高管参会提供建议的公司官员说道。
另一位公司官员表示，外界对此次活动存在一些担忧，但此次聚会也为高管们提供了罕见的机会，可直接向特朗普提出行业关切问题，包括拜登政府的生物燃料政策以及《琼斯法案》——该法案会影响美国港口间燃料运输的成本与供应。
“外界确实对活动的视觉影响有所顾虑，但你也不想错过直接与总统就行业重要议题对话的机会，”该官员补充道。
谨慎行事确有必要。
今年1月的一场白宫会议上，埃克森美孚首席执行官达伦·伍兹因称委内瑞拉当前局势“不适合投资”而触怒特朗普。特朗普随后表示他“倾向于将埃克森美孚排除在委内瑞拉业务之外”，指责该公司“耍小聪明”。
据消息人士透露，按产能计算为美国第三大炼油商的埃克森美孚并未受邀参加周二的会议。白宫未就与会者名单置评，埃克森美孚也未回应置评请求。
据知情人士透露，受邀企业涵盖整个炼油行业，从大型综合石油公司到规模较小的独立燃料生产商，其中包括马拉松石油、Delek US Holdings、雪佛龙、PBF Energy以及瓦莱罗能源。
所有受邀企业均未回应有关是否担忧参会的置评请求。
扩大炼油产能
白宫表示，此次会议将聚焦于扩大美国炼油产能，并称多年来的民主党政策导致炼油厂关闭，阻碍了对新设施及扩建项目的投资。一位白宫官员称，美国当前炼油产能利用率已接近100%，因此政府正专注于“切实可行的短期举措”以提升产能，最终为消费者降低汽油价格。
该官员透露，此次会议召开之际，政府正致力于增加委内瑞拉原油流向美国炼油厂的数量。
特朗普将廉价能源作为其经济议程的核心议题，但随着油价持续高企，他对炼油商的批评日益尖锐，指责他们牟取暴利——尽管他仍在争取他们对其扩大美国能源生产整体计划的支持。
今年多数时间汽油价格都居高不下，2月底美伊冲突爆发后油价大幅上涨，并于春季突破每加仑4美元。临近劳动节周末之际，油价达到了同期历史最高水平，美国汽车协会表示，8月有望成为有记录以来汽油价格最贵的8月。
由于汽油和柴油利润率飙升，加之全球供应中断导致海外买家转向美国采购燃料，美国炼油商第二季度利润丰厚。据路透社报道，美国三大炼油商马拉松石油、菲利普斯66和瓦莱罗能源第二季度总利润达126亿美元。
曾担任华盛顿能源说客、并为企业高管参与总统相关政治活动提供咨询的斯蒂芬·布朗表示，考虑到特朗普近几个月对该行业的态度，他不会建议企业派出CEO参会。
“这场活动就是为电视镜头准备的，纯粹是作秀，只会让企业难堪，”布朗说道。
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Trump to host oil executives after accusing refiners of gouging consumers
2026-08-31T10:04:39.277Z / Reuters
Aug 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has accused U.S. oil refiners of gouging Americans, called for a Justice Department investigation and urged companies to use their bumper earnings to bring down gasoline prices that spiked amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.
On Tuesday, he is expected to host many of those companies at the White House to celebrate efforts to keep the market well supplied in hopes of managing gasoline prices currently averaging over $4 a gallon.
The timing has created an unusual calculation for executives. Companies received invitations only late last week, with few details about the event or even who else would attend, according to people familiar with the plans, leaving some to consider whether sending their CEOs could turn a traditional White House meeting into an uncomfortable encounter with an unpredictable president.
“You want to be at the table, but you also have to think about what could happen once you’re there. You don’t want your CEO to be embarrassed,” said one company official involved in advising what executives would attend.
Another company official said there were some concerns about the event, but the gathering also offered executives a rare opportunity to raise issues directly with Trump, including the administration’s biofuel policy and the Jones Act, which can affect the cost and availability of fuel shipments between U.S. ports.
“There are certainly concerns about the optics, but you also don’t want to miss an opportunity to have a direct conversation with the president about issues that are important to the industry,” the official said.
There is reason for caution.
At a White House meeting in January, Exxon
CEO Darren Woods drew Trump’s ire by calling Venezuela “uninvestable” in its current form. Trump later said he was “inclined to keep Exxon out” of Venezuela, accusing the company of “playing too cute.”
Exxon, the nation’s third-largest refiner by capacity, was not invited to Tuesday’s meeting, according to sources. The White House did not comment on the attendee list, and Exxon did not respond to requests for comment.
Invited companies span the refining industry, from large integrated oil companies to smaller independent fuel makers. They include Marathon Petroleum
, Delek US Holdings
, Chevron
, PBF Energy
and Valero Energy
, according to people familiar with the plans.
None of the companies responded to requests for comment about any concerns over attending the meeting.
EXPANDING REFINING CAPACITY
The White House says the meeting will focus on expanding U.S. refining capacity, arguing years of Democratic policies led to refinery closures and discouraged investment in new facilities and expansions. The U.S. is operating at nearly 100% of its existing refining capacity, a White House official said, leaving the administration focused on “concrete, near-term steps” to increase capacity and ultimately lower gasoline prices for consumers.
The meeting comes as the administration works to increase flows of Venezuelan crude to U.S. refineries, the official said.
Trump has made cheaper energy a centerpiece of his economic agenda, but has increasingly trained his ire on refiners as pump prices have remained elevated, accusing them of profiteering even as he courts their support for his broader push to expand U.S. energy production.
Gasoline prices have remained elevated throughout much of the year, surging after the Iran conflict began in late February and climbing above $4 a gallon in the spring. Heading into the Labor Day weekend, prices are at their highest level ever for this point in the year, with the American Automobile Association saying August is on track to be the most expensive for that month on record.
U.S. refiners enjoyed bumper profits in the second quarter as gasoline and diesel margins surged and overseas buyers turned to the U.S. for fuel as global supplies were disrupted. Marathon, Phillips 66
and Valero — three of the largest U.S. refiners — reported a combined $12.6 billion in second-quarter profits, according to Reuters.
Stephen Brown, a former Washington energy lobbyist and consultant who has advised CEOs on presidential politics, said he would not recommend sending a CEO to the event given Trump’s treatment of the industry in recent months.
“This event is a made-for-TV moment, strictly performative, that can only embarrass the company,” Brown said.
Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Nathan Crooks and Chris Reese
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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