Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON JULY 26, 2011 ─ API reiterated its support of the bipartisan North American-Made Energy Act to speed up the permitting process for the Keystone XL Pipeline to transport Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, July 25, 2011 - The economic benefits provided to the nation by America's oil and natural gas industry far outstrip its earnings - and even rival the dollar value of the administration's 2009 …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114 | fangs@api.org WASHINGTON, July 22, 2011 ─ API is encouraged to see the administration move the ball forward on the Keystone XL pipeline decision. The State Department is now entering the final phase of its environmental …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, July 22, 2011 – Total petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) rose in June compared with May and with June a year ago and were up 1.9 percent for the first six months of 2011 over the same period in …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 – The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has significantly improved offshore safety, stated Erik Milito, the group director of upstream and industry operations at API, in testimony he …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, July 19, 2011 – EPA’s proposed new ozone standards would damage America’s economy and eliminate millions of jobs, API President and CEO Jack Gerard said at a Business Roundtable press conference today. …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTION, July 15, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard today called on EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to stop the agency’s out-of-cycle ozone review that could seriously set back our economic …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTON, July 15, 2011 – Oil well drilling activity increased in the second quarter 2011. According to API’s 2011 Quarterly Well Completion Report: Second Quarter, an estimated 6,595 oil wells were …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, July 6, 2011—The American Petroleum Institute today welcomed legislation introduced by Virginia Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb calling for a lease sale off Virginia’s coast with lease …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, July 1, 2011—API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard today issued the following statement on the decision by the New Jersey legislature to issue a statewide ban on the use of hydraulic fracturing: " …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, July 1, 2011—API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard criticized the recommendation by the Department of Environmental Conservation to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow hydraulic fracturing in the state …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON, June 24, 2011 ─ Jack Gerard, API President & CEO, today calls for the White House to commit to a long term energy policy that will put thousands of Americans to work. "The raiding of the …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, June 22, 2011—Today API welcomed passage of bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Gene Green (D-Tex.) that would reduce uncertainty in the Environmental …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON JUNE 16, 2011 ─ Today API strongly backed the bipartisan North American-Made Energy Act that requires the Administration to make a decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline by November 1. The vote by the …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 –The American Petroleum Institute today welcomed action by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act with bipartisan support which would …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 – API Policy Advisor Allison Nyholm today issued the following statement regarding the United States Department of the Interior’s announcement for an advanced notice of proposed …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 – America’s oil and natural gas industry is working hard to ensure the highest level of safety in offshore drilling operations, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON, MAY 23, 2011 ─ The bipartisan, North American-Made Energy Act, that would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline by November 1, is an important driver of U.S. economic growth and job creation, according to …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 20, 2011 – A strong increase in distillate fuel demand this April over a year ago drove an overall rise in petroleum product demand. Distillate demand was up 15.2 percent while overall petroleum …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 18, 2011 – API’s Executive Vice President Marty Durbin said Senator McConnell’s offshore production and safety bill (S.953) is pushing the nation’s energy debate in a more constructive direction: …
