What oil CEOs really think about Trump’s management of the oil sector: ‘Those who can are running for the exits’

business • 9/24/2025

"The uncertainty from the administration’s policies has put a damper on all investment in the oilpatch," one exec wrote in the quarterly Dallas Fed survey.

New data on Wednesday from the Dallas Fed Energy Survey, which polled oil and gas executives at 139 firms across Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico in mid-September, shows oil and gas activity slipped again in the third quarter of 2025... [3634 chars]