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Industry & Government Changes Post Macondo - A presentation by Executive Director, Center for Offshore Safety, Charlie Williams, to Oil Spill Commission Action. April 2012
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The administration’s backward energy policy is not helping to reduce gasoline prices and the proposed $85 billion tax increase on America’s oil and natural gas industry could result in less oil and natural gas for consumers, higher energy costs and the stifling of job creation while increasing the volatility of gasoline markets. This document demonstrates how the administration’s counter-productive approach to energy policy is at odds with the administration’s own “all-of-the-above” statements.
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The economic impacts of developing shale gas resources are revolutionary. Hydraulic fracturing will account for nearly 70 percent of natural gas development in the future. Find out more in this Q&A.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a suite of regulatory requirements designed to reduce air emissions from the oil and natural gas industry. EPA has proposed new standards for several processes associated with oil and gas production that have not previously been subject to federal regulation.
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The United States is at an historic turning point for the country and its energy policies. But many Americans lack a full understanding of the oil and natural gas industry. API has assembled this oil and gasoline primer to encourage a constructive public policy debate that leads to a new fact-based comprehensive energy policy.
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The American people want an energy policy to develop our domestic oil and natural gas resources in an environmentally responsible way to power our nation’s economy, create jobs, and enhance our nation’s energy security, not just messaging.
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The United States and Canada enjoy the largest trading partnership across the longest peaceful border in the world. Getting more U.S. energy from a friendly North American neighbor would reduce U.S. reliance on energy resources from less stable regions, create American jobs, while enhancing domestic energy and national security.
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This paper examines the proposed implementation of section 1504 of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Act”). The Securities Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) has issued a request for comment in advance of developing a final rule. See Energy Tomorrow Blog podcast notes for "The Impacts of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act" and EnergyTomorrow Blog article: "For Fair Disclosure."
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These best practices are developed by industry experts in a variety of areas of technology and operations
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America’s oil and natural gas industry considers safety its top priority and is committed to developing the technologies, standards and best practices, and programs needed to help ensure that workplace safety is at the forefront of our activities.
Also, see API's latest Issue Papers which provides information on topics from access to offshore oil and natural gas to fuel prices and the impact of taxes on the industry.
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The oil and natural gas industry is the primary energy source for transportation and the production of other goods and services.
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This study by Wood Mackenzie examines the impacts of opening access to key U.S. regions which are currently closed to development, as well as assessing a return to historical levels of development on existing U.S. producing areas (including onshore U.S., the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska). The economic impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline and other potential Canada to U.S. oil pipelines are also considered.
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See how your federal legislators voted on issues of importance to the oil and natural gas industry this Congress.
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