Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 17, 2011 – API’s Executive Vice President Marty Durbin welcomed the result of the procedural vote on the S.940 tax bill. He said it should provide an opportunity for Congress to now move in a more …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, May 17, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute today issued the following statement regarding Senators Claire McCaskill and Charles Schumer's letter to the Federal Trade Commission review of …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, May 16, 2011 – American Petroleum Institute Upstream Director Erik Milito today urged the U.S. Department of Energy to rely upon the robust best practices already in place for natural gas and …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, May 14, 2011 – American Petroleum Institute Upstream Director Erik Milito said President Obama’s weekly address could have gone further to capitalize on the opportunities available for American …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 13, 2011 – API’s Vice President of Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower criticized a study issued by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee that claims raising taxes on the U.S. oil and …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011 – Jack Gerard, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, said the Senate oil and natural gas company CEO hearing today focused on a failed policy prescription that would move …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON May 12, 2011 ─ API today voiced support for an amendment by Texas U.S. Representative Mike Conaway (R-TX) to repeal Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 that could …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said the legislation proposed by Senator Menendez and others to increase taxes by billions of dollars a year on U.S. oil and natural gas companies would …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 – More than 20 American refinery workers from at least a dozen states are on Capitol Hill this week to meet with policymakers about the critical importance of America’s refineries to the …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, April 28, 2011 – As U.S. oil and natural gas companies begin to report their first quarter earnings this week, API President and CEO Jack Gerard said critics should put the information into perspective, …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON, April 22, 2011 ─ API today welcomed thesupport from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the state's two U.S. Senators James Inhofe (R) and Tom Coburn (R) for the Keystone XL pipeline. The officials …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON, April 21, 2011 ─ The latest U.S. State Department environmental analysis to the Keystone XL project is a positive indicator for eventual approval of the project. The analysis found “no new issues of …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, April 21, 2011 – Steadily rising fuel costs during the first quarter of 2011 appear to have had little impact on total U.S. petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand). First quarter deliveries rose by …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011 – Oil and natural gas drilling remains below 2009 levels. According to API’s 2011 Quarterly Well Completion Report: First Quarter, an estimated 10,431 oil wells, natural gas …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 – In commenting on President Obama’s 2011 budget remarks today, API President and CEO Jack Gerard said U.S. oil and natural gas industry could play a major role in helping secure a strong …
Bill Bush | 202.682.8114 | bushw@api.org WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 – Today API awarded its 2010 Distinguished Award for Outstanding Safety and Environmental Performance to Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. This is API’s highest safety and environmental …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 – API praised the leadership of Chairman Upton and other members of Congress from both parties who voted to stop EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. …
Carlton Carroll | 202.682.8114 | carrollc@api.org WASHINGTON, April 6, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard applauded members of Congress who today voted to preserve American jobs by blocking EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Gerard noted that …
Reid Porter | 202.682.8114 | porterr@api.org WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute today supported the call by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) for a lease sale off Virginia’s coast, with revenue from the lease to be shared with …
Sabrina Fang | 202.682.8114| fangs@api.org WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 – API today announced the addition of Carrie Melvin Domnitch to its government relations team as Director of Federal Relations focusing on upstream issues. “Domnitch comes to API with a …
