Sentences with phrase «natural gas industry contributes»

The oil and natural gas industry contributes about $ 70 million a day, on average, to the federal government in revenue from taxes, rents and royalties.

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Reform groups including Citizen Action New York gathered in Albany on Monday to protest the outsized influence of the natural gas industry on the state legislature's approach to hydrofracking, noting that the industry has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to state legislators in an effort to buy support for the controversial practice.

The severe contraction in natural gas prices over the past year likely contributed to Pride's desire to exit the industry as well.

The U.S. oil and natural gas industry provides energy security and economic benefits to our nation, supporting more than 9.8 million jobs and contributing $ 1.2 trillion in added value to the economy.

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.»

IHS estimates that investments in building, maintaining and updating the oil and natural gas industry's transportation and storage infrastructure could contribute, on average, $ 120 billion to the economy per year.

And by multiplying 16.7 percent by the small percentage of total methane emissions attributable to the U.S. natural gas industry -LRB-.012), they arrive at the conclusion that «U.S. natural gas industry emissions contributed to about 0.2 % of radiative forcing in 2016.»