Wall Street Journal | End of Oil-Export Ban Provides Blueprint for Bipartisan Compromise Wall Street Journal Congress abolished the 40-year ban on oil exports this past week, a victory for oil companies and conservatives that few thought conceivable until recently. One thing made it possible: supporters absorbed the lessons of the Keystone XL pipeline, whose ... America lifts its ban on oil exports United States lifts 40-year-old ban on oil export US spending bill lifts 40-year ban on crude oil exports |