Greg Upton, Director of the LSU Center for Energy Studies joined WWL’s Tommy Tucker to discuss concerns Americans may have about how this conflict so far away might impact their bottom line at home.

Dr. Upton studies how different conflicts around the world could impact prices at the pump back home. He says he was expecting the markets to reflect President Trump’s decision to bomb nuclear ...

That’s not surprising,” Upton said. “Uncertainty leads to volatility.” Without a sustained increase in prices, oil producers in Louisiana are unlikely to boost production, Upton said.

Dr. Upton says increased production of oil in the United States over the past decade, along with diversification of supply, have caused the shockwaves following a geopolitical conflict to have ...