The oil and natural gas industry shares a keen interest in the policy issues arena. As demand for energy to keep our homes, vehicles, and businesses running continues to increase, so does our advancement in technology, allowing us to provide safe, reliable, and affordable energy. While serious challenges face our nation on a variety of fronts, oil and natural gas industry representatives remain actively engaged with government leaders to ensure informed decision making so the energy needs of tomorrow are met. 

The United States is at an historic turning point for the country and its energy policies.  In order to encourage a constructive public policy debate that leads to a new fact-based comprehensive energy policy, API has assembled the primer: Policies for America’s Future: Restoring Our Economic Strength and Shaping Our Energy Future. Now more than ever – in this time of financial crisis -- our nation needs to move away from the energy politics that have failed so badly over the past decades and get to work putting our nation’s own resources to work for American consumers.

Global Climate Change
The climate is complex and always changing. U.S. oil and natural gas companies are committed to playing a constructive and positive role in addressing the long-term challenge of climate change.

Exploration and Production
Exploration for and production of oil and natural gas are the first steps in delivering gasoline to your car, heat to your home, raw materials to business and industry, fertilizer to farmers' fields, and for many other aspects of daily life.  Many people are unaware of the important role that oil and gas exploration and production play in their daily lives.  Without successful exploration and continued production, our nation’s energy security and the economic prosperity that goes along with it will be compromised. More...

Fuels
For decades, the oil and natural gas industry has been making affordable fuels that have simultaneously improved the standard of living for American families and contributed to a cleaner environment.
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Tax and Trade
The amount and complexity of taxes imposed by government bodies can have a large impact on the ability of America's oil and natural gas companies to remain competitive internationally.
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Homeland Security
The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has long operated globally, often in unstable regions overseas where security is an integral part of providing for the world’s energy needs. After September 11th, 2001, the industry partnered with federal and local authorities to reevaluate and strengthen our domestic security.
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