My friends at the American Petroleum Institute offered to fly me to Washington, D.C., and put me up in a hotel for a couple of nights so that I could have a front-row seat at a major event this morning. Unfortunately, a scheduling conflict prevented me from being able to accept their offer. I am, [...]
Watch ‘State of American Energy’ Speech Live (UPDATE)
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments
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Trade Group Cites Increase in Demand for Petroleum Products as Sign of Stronger Economy
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments
The Obama Administration has been anything but friendly to the oil and natural gas industry during the past two years; still, if a news release (below) received from the American Petroleum Institute this morning is any indication, people in the “oil patch” see an ever-so-slim sign of optimism in rising demand for their products: WASHINGTON [...]
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Obama Administration Snubs Jobs, Energy Security With De Facto Offshore Drilling Moratorium
December 2nd, 2010 · 6 Comments
Despite published reports that an offshore drilling moratorium would cost the United States 175,000 jobs per year through 2035 and despite the fact that 61 percent of voters favor offshore drilling, the Obama Administration decided yesterday to go the other way. Citing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as a chief reason, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar [...]
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Survey: 60 Percent of Americans Oppose Raising Taxes on Nation’s Oil and Natural Gas Industry
November 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments
By a decisive margin, Americans oppose raising taxes on America’s oil and natural gas industry, and most believe it could kill jobs, according to an election-night telephone survey commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute and conducted by Harris Interactive. Sixty percent of the voters surveyed oppose an increase in taxes on the industry (compared with [...]
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Oil and Natural Gas Group Files Suit Against EPA (Update)
November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Three months ago, I warned about Obama’s EPA Blending Politics and Science. One month ago, I reported on an EPA decision that could do more harm than good. Today, I’m backed up by the folks at the American Petroleum Institute, a group that represents more than 400 oil and natural gas companies. According to a [...]
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Ethanol Decision Could Do More Harm Than Good
October 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Two months ago, I warned you about President Barack Obama’s EPA blending politics and science. Now, according to an EPA news release issued Wednesday, the “blending” process appears to be complete: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 [...]
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National Media Ignore Energy Workers’ Job Rallies
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Thousands of America’s energy workers attended “Rally for Jobs” events in Houston, Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday, but members of the national news media refused to cover the events. Thankfully, event organizers at the American Petroleum Institute did the heavy lifting the national media outlets refused to do; they put together a video [...]
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