An article from It's Time To End The Crude Oil Export Ban Published May 18, 2015 post share post print email license DanDeChiaro Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AL), the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has announced that she will introduce a bill to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil. Recommended Reading It’s Time To End The Crude Oil Export Ban Breaking Energy purchase licensing rights