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Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance

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Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance

Mayor Karen Bass signs an LA ordinance placing 2,000+ oil wells on a 20-year phaseout timeline under authority reaffirmed by AB 3233.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund+13.9% 30d

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+12.1% 30d

    Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services ETF+2.0% 30d

    VanEck Oil Services ETF: it holds drilling and oilfield-service firms. Linked by “drilling” (oilfield services) in this story.

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings+13.4% 16d

    ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • CVX Chevron+15.7% 30d

    Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • COP ConocoPhillips+8.3% 30d

    ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • SHEL Shell+0.1% 13d

    Shell (crude petroleum and natural gas): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • SLB Slb N.V+3.8% 30d

    Slb N.V (oil and gas field services): drillers get more work when oil companies spend more. Linked by “drilling” (oilfield services) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USO-1.54%-1.29%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XLE-0.51%-2.20%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
OIH-2.14%-0.61%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XOM-1.45%-2.77%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
CVX-1.54%-2.69%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
COP-1.71%-3.24%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
SHELNo price data for this ticker———————
SLBNo price data for this ticker———————

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance westsidecurrent.com

Source: westsidecurrent.com

Price since this story was published: United States Oil Fund (USO)

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Conocophillips (COP)three days earlier-3.24%final price
Conocophillips (COP)five days earlier-1.71%final price
Chevron (CVX)three days earlier-2.69%final price
Chevron (CVX)five days earlier-1.54%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)three days earlier-0.61%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)five days earlier-2.14%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days earlier-1.29%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)five days earlier-1.54%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days earlier-2.20%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)five days earlier-0.51%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)three days earlier-2.77%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)five days earlier-1.45%final price

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Companies in energy around United States Oil Fund (USO)

Companies mentioned with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 31 Oct 2026 story “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance.” Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • OIH Vaneck Vectors Etf

    Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 31 Oct 2026 story “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance.” Reason on file: VanEck Oil Services ETF: it holds drilling and oilfield-service firms. Linked by “drilling” (oilfield services) in this story

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    In “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance,” ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • CVX Chevron

    In “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance,” Chevron (CVX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • SLB Slb

    Slb (SLB) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 31 Oct 2026 story “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance.” Reason on file: Slb N.V (oil and gas field services): drillers get more work when oil companies spend more. Linked by “drilling” (oilfield services) in this story

  • COP Conocophillips

    Conocophillips (COP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 31 Oct 2026 story “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance.” Reason on file: ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • HAL Halliburton

    Halliburton (HAL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 31 Oct 2026 story “Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance.” Reason on file: Halliburton (oil and gas field services): drillers get more work when oil companies spend more. Linked by “drilling” (oilfield services) in this story

How energy news reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

“Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance” (31 Oct 2026) reaches United States Oil Fund (USO) through Energy.

For United States Oil Fund (USO), the reason on file says United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

Also listed, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE): Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

Dates and price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)

OIH traded between 367.58 and 412.72 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 409.20. USO traded between 141.82 and 171.80 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 168.83. XLE traded between 62.06 and 70.15 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 70.00.

What the saved facts support for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Neighborhood Oil Drilling Faces 20-Year Phaseout Under New LA Ordinance” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.