Washington policymakers should, therefore, embrace the prominence of
the American oil and gas industry in the world market and enable American ingenuity to take advantage of our immense resources.
To run the Department of Energy, Trump chose former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who took the job «believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for
the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state.»
Not exact matches
Jack Gerard, president of the
American Petroleum Institute (API), the
oil and gas industry's biggest lobby, told Fortune in an interview at the Republican National Convention.
A report that year from the
American Petroleum Institute, the
industry's trade group, found that women accounted for 17 % of the workforce at
oil, natural
gas and petrochemical companies.
Perry said the energy
industry, leveraging the continent's substantial
oil and gas reserves, can create a North
American strategy that is powerful around the world.
But make no mistake, the prospect of
American energy independence makes life harder for Canada's
oil and gas industry.
The extraordinary cost reductions achieved by North
American oil and gas companies have likely reached their limit,
and any boost in profitability for much of the U.S. shale
and Canadian
oil sands
industries will have to come from higher
oil prices, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.
«It is not a coincidence that
American energy security has shown vast improvements at the same time that America's innovative energy
industry was able to ramp up
oil and gas production,» said Karen Harbert, president
and CEO of the U.S. Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy, which produces the annual report.
Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt The largest Russia - based manufacturer of steel pipes for the
oil and gas industry, TMK, upgraded its over-the-counter
American depositary receipt (ADR) program to the OTCQX International premier platform.
In our Special Energy Report: An
American Energy Renaissance, we highlight that just a few years ago investors were contemplating the supply constraints facing the petroleum
industry, but with the disruptive technology in shale
oil and gas in the U.S., we could now be looking at decades of drilling ahead.
«These states are seeing the benefits
and ability of the
oil and natural
gas industry to responsibly develop
American energy,» Moreau said.
«The
oil and gas industry has benefited from outdated royalty rates for leasing our public lands, while the
American people are forced to suffer the consequences of fossil fuel extraction,» he said.
«The larger point here is that Administrator Pruitt is saying it's OK for
industry to withhold basic information on pollution from
oil and gas operations from the
American people,» he told E&E News.
$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels
and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end
oil subsidies, promote natural
gas drilling, enhanced
oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural
gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing
and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and oil spill veto, natural
gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking
and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12
and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act
And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap
and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap
and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/
and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed
industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of
American Power Act, 5/11/10.
Since 1924, the
American Petroleum Institute has been a cornerstone in establishing
and maintaining standards for the worldwide
oil and natural
gas industry.
Higher
gas prices keep people on the job The
oil and gas industry is big business in the U.S.; the
American Petroleum Institute predicts that the number of jobs in the sector will increase by 1.3 million through 2030.
The myth of
American escapism
and the enduring draw of the open road are forever linked with our dependence on the
oil and gas industry.
Oil and gas production is so massive in the United States that over 2.5 million
American workers are employed by the petroleum
industry.
[17] Before joining the Bush White House, Philip Cooney who had spent years on the payroll of the
American Petroleum Institute where he worked as a leading lobbyist against regulation of the
oil and gas industry and served as the former «climate team leader» of API.
With the right energy policies, America's
oil and natural
gas industry could support as many as an additional 1 million
American jobs in 2025
and as many as 2.3 million by 2035.
As the
American Petroleum Institute pointed out earlier this week, in 2010 the U.S.
oil and natural
gas industry delivered $ 476 billion in benefits to the U.S. economy — more than three times the amount it earned.
According to the study, compiled by T2 & Associates for the
American Petroleum Institute, «the U.S. - based
oil and gas industry invested $ 165.4 billion... in end - use, fuel substitution, non-hydrocarbon,
and enabling technologies» that helped reduce emissions.
It was authored by Mark Perry of the
American Enterprise Institute — a free market - focused think tank funded in part by the
oil and gas industry.
A spokesman for the
American Petroleum Institute also said he did not know of anyone at the biggest trade association for the
oil and gas industry who had been asked to provide input for the report.
Energy Nation brings together the men
and women of the U.S.
oil and natural
gas industry to channel their frontline expertise to promote more U.S. energy development, energy
industry jobs
and a stronger, more independent
American energy future.
Energy Tomorrow is a project of the
American Petroleum Institute — the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America's
oil and natural
gas industry — speaking for the
industry to the public, Congress
and the Executive Branch, state governments
and the media.
This global leadership largely results from private investment
and innovation by the
oil and natural
gas industry, which has developed the advanced technologies needed to drive the
American energy renaissance of the past decade.
John Felmy, chief economist for the
American Petroleum Institute, the
oil industry's main trade group, told InsideClimate News that targeting stable
and profitable investments in coal,
oil and gas could backfire.
As the premier lobbying organization for the
oil and gas industry, the
American Petroleum Institute has spent over $ 33 million on lobbying in the last five years (2008 - 2012, quarter 3).
And it has been critical in facilitating North American energy integration, which enhances U.S. energy security, supports millions of American jobs in the oil and natural gas industry, contributes to the U.S. economy, and helps make energy more affordable.&raq
And it has been critical in facilitating North
American energy integration, which enhances U.S. energy security, supports millions of
American jobs in the
oil and natural gas industry, contributes to the U.S. economy, and helps make energy more affordable.&raq
and natural
gas industry, contributes to the U.S. economy,
and helps make energy more affordable.&raq
and helps make energy more affordable.»
The main trade group representing the
oil and gas industries, the
American Petroleum Institute,
and representatives for Exxon
and Shell did not respond on Tuesday to messages seeking comment on the lawsuits.
Following is a summary of the major legal battles pitting Exxon
and the
oil and gas industry against
American states
and cities,
and environmentally inspired young people against the government.
The
American Petroleum Institute, the trade group for the
oil and natural
gas industry, is trying to re-write history by claiming that it has remained «neutral» about U.S. climate legislation.
Documents on climate change prepared for or by
industry groups including the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. Oil & Gas Association and the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Asso
industry groups including the
American Petroleum Institute, the U.S.
Oil &
Gas Association
and the International Petroleum
Industry Environmental Conservation Asso
Industry Environmental Conservation Association.
The
American Petroleum Institute has represented the US
oil and gas industry for nearly a century.
«They have said
oil and gas is important in the future, but all the decisions have been delay, delay, delay,» said Denise McCourt, the
industry relations director for the
American Petroleum Institute.
FracFocus's operational costs are paid for by the
oil and gas industry lobbying groups American Petroleum Institute (API) and America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANG
gas industry lobbying groups
American Petroleum Institute (API)
and America's Natural
Gas Alliance (ANG
Gas Alliance (ANGA).
API's 2015 State of
American Energy provides the
oil and natural
gas industry's perspective on policies
and issues impacting America's energy future.
Because domestic energy is more abundant,
Americans have renewed mobility — literally, in the form of cheaper gasoline that's largely the result of U.S. crude
oil impacting global markets
and economically, because of
oil and natural
gas industry - supported job creation
and investment,
and a manufacturing renaissance spurred by affordable fuels
and feedstocks.
During this season of gift - giving
and receiving,
Americans should give thanks for the gifts of plentiful domestic
oil and natural
gas, modern technologies to harness them
and an
industry robust
and innovative enough to bring the two together, resulting in surging, home - grown production.
Momentum is in part coming from a recent NBC / Wall Street Journal poll that found
Americans to be quite receptive to this kind of legislation, where 74 % of
Americans support «eliminating tax credits for the
oil and gas industries.»
Members of
Americans for Prosperity, a group founded
and largely financed by
oil industry interests, filed a lawsuit this week seeking to end New York State's participation in the 10 - state Regional Greenhouse
Gas Initiative.
The
oil and natural
gas industry and the refiners who help fuel America want to make sure that
Americans get the fuels they need
and want.
«WHY should
American taxpayers continue to fund dysfunctional wind energy,» — Why should
American taxpayers continue to fund the
oil and gas industry by a factor 10 X's that of wind energy?
According to the group's website, the company has a history of providing services
and reports for the
oil and coal
industries (
American Electric Power Company, Chesapeake Energy, Energy Corporation of America, Peabody Energy, Washington
Gas Company, Affordable Power Alliance, National Coal Council, to name a few).
The
American Petroleum Institute (API) is the primary trade association of the
oil and natural
gas industry, whose membership includes the major fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips,
and many others.
The
oil and gas industry, led by the
American Petroleum Institute, strongly opposes the proposal.
As of November 2011, a large majority of
Americans (70 %) also opposed federal subsidies for the fossil fuel
industry (coal,
oil,
and natural
gas), including majorities of Republicans, Democrats,
and Independents:
Brian Straessle, a spokesman for the
American Petroleum Institute, which represents much of the
oil and gas industry in Washington, D.C., said the
industry «is highly regulated at the state
and federal level,
and there are strong standards in place to govern the pipeline infrastructure that helps fuel our economy.
However, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that fewer than 200,000 people were employed in the
oil and gas extraction
industry as of May 2016, indicating that the
industry employs far fewer
Americans that Mr. Trump suggests.