Bob McCarty Writes

Four months after announcing the formation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, the group’s leaders announced today they have written to senior members of Congress to encourage them to support tax policies that will protect and encourage the development of quality U.S. jobs, while at the same time fortifying our nation’s energy [...]

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When Rush Limbaugh mentioned Goldman Sachs’ prediction about the price of oil on his radio show today, I decided to share the statement American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued yesterday about the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2009 energy bill:
“As Goldman Sachs noted (Wednesday) when it raised its forecast for U.S. benchmark crude [...]

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Though the Florida House of Representatives voted in favor of it yesterday, a move to open state waters to offshore oil drilling appears to have run out of time in the legislative session, according to a Miami Herald report via Upstream Online.com.
American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today issued the following statement today about the [...]

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Most American voters support increasing access to domestic offshore oil and natural gas resources and would oppose any new laws or regulations that blocked development of those national resources, according to a poll released today.
The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, found that 61 percent of Americans who voted [...]

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“I do not believe at this point in time that there are any proposals being made to reinstate the moratoria across the board,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in response to a reporter’s question about his plans regarding a quarter-century-old ban on offshore oil and gas drilling that was lifted last year.

Hoyer’s statement, [...]

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