In advance of President Barack Obama’s energy speech at Georgetown University, a top oil and natural gas industry leader called on the Obama Administration to abandon its policies “to defer, delay and deny access to domestic resources of oil and natural gas.” In a statement to reporters during a media conference call this morning, American [...]
Obama Administration Whitewashing Government Inaction Regarding Oil and Natural Gas Leases
March 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Presidents, Pensions and Energy Prices
March 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
Every day, I receive news releases from organizations hoping I’ll pass along important news about their organizations to you, my readers. Today, however, was one of those days when I simply had no time to write anything for immediate consumption. As a result, I opted to share a few tidbits from my “news release” file. [...]
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Proposed SEC Rule Puts U.S. Firms at Disadvantage
January 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment
Does President Barack Obama does not understand basic business principals or, even worse, does. In case it’s the former (which I doubt), I offer some basics: Anyone who’s running a U.S.-based business that competes with foreign companies on a global scale understands that, in order to win contracts and maintain a competitive advantage, you must [...]
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Pipeline ‘Matter of Critical National Interest’
January 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments
One can hardly blame leaders of the nation’s oil and natural gas industries for feeling the need to be aggressive when it comes to combating the Obama Administration’s all-out war against fossil fuels exploration. Today, officials at the American Petroleum Institute called on the U.S. Department of State to approve the Keystone Pipeline Project as [...]
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API: ‘President can do more to create jobs’
January 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Even before President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address tonight, the good folks at the American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard had issued a strong rebuttal, saying, “The President can do more.” The complete text of that rebuttal appears below: “The American people spoke loud and clear in the last [...]
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Future of Drilling in Gulf of Mexico in Jeopardy
January 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Long-term Gulf of Mexico deepwater development could be seriously jeopardized if permitting timelines are extended, according to a new analysis by Wood Mackenzie. The study projects nearly one-third of U.S. deepwater production could be rendered uneconomic, which could significantly impact deepwater production, resulting in less energy production, less investment and less revenue to government. “The [...]
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‘Big Oil’ Urges Washington to Promote Energy Policies That Will Aid Recovery, Reduce Debt
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments
Earlier today, I encouraged my readers to Watch ‘State of American Energy’ Speech Live. Below, I share the text of an API news release about the important speech delivered moments ago by Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.: “U.S. oil and natural gas companies are [...]
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