WASHINGTON, October 8, 2015 ─ New editions of API’s hydraulic fracturing standards provide the latest technical direction for operators working to continuously improve well integrity, groundwater protection, and environmental safety. Last updated in 2011, …
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2015 – API expressed disappointment in the administration’s failure to support legislation, scheduled for a House vote Friday, which would lift 1970s-era restrictions on crude exports, boosting the U.S. economy and global energy …
COLUMBUS, October 7, 2015 – The American Petroleum Institute’s Ohio Division today welcomed passage of an Ohio Senate resolution calling for removal of the federal ban on crude oil exports. Allowing U.S. producers to access global markets is expected to …
DENVER, October 7, 2015 ─ The recently released proposed rules covering oil and natural gas operations in Colorado will be judged based on their impact on investment, development and job creation, according to the Colorado Petroleum Council. “The industry …
DENVER, October 1, 2015 – Congress must move legislation to slow EPA’s rush to further tighten regulations on ozone that could be the costliest regulation ever imposed on Coloradoans, even as current standards are already improving air quality, according …
Industry shares PHMSA’s pipeline safety goal of zero incidents WASHINGTON, October 1, 2015 – API Midstream Group Director Robin Rorick said industry shares the goal of zero incidents that is intended by the new hazardous liquids pipeline proposed rule by …
WASHINGTON, October 1, 2015 – Congress must move legislation to slow EPA’s rush to further tighten regulations on ozone that could be the costliest regulation ever imposed on the American public, even as current standards are already improving air quality, …
WASHINGTON, October 1, 2015 ─ Bipartisan legislation approved today by the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee could save consumers money and create jobs by lifting 1970s-era restrictions on crude exports, said API. “Bipartisan …
WASHINGTON, September 30, 2015 ─ Bipartisan legislation approved today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee will strengthen U.S. energy security by streamlining the approval process for exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), promoting infrastructure …
WASHINGTON, September 29, 2015 – EPA has made substantial improvements in the final refinery sector rule over the proposal, but EPA’s new regulations on refineries could still cost up to $1 billion, according to API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco. “ …
WASHINGTON, September 23, 2015 – API today criticized the Department of the Interior’s decision to finalize flawed land use plan amendments that could lead to negative investment impacts across several industries, including oil and natural gas, grazing and …
WASHINGTON, September 23, 2015 – The oil and natural gas industry is leading the way to reduce methane emissions in a cost-effective manner, and new regulations could threaten America’s energy renaissance, API told EPA Wednesday in a series of public …
DENVER, September 23, 2015 – The oil and natural gas industry is leading the way to reduce methane emissions in a cost-effective manner, and new regulations could threaten Colorado’s energy renaissance, Tracee Bentley, executive director of the Colorado …
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2015 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said Hillary Clinton’s anti-Keystone XL pipeline position demonstrates an unwillingness to follow the will of American voters who strongly support the project. “Hillary Clinton’s decision …
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2015 – A plan to raise taxes on energy and pick winners and losers in the marketplace released Tuesday by Senate Democrats is backward-facing and could threaten America’s energy revolution and harm consumers, according to API …
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2013 ─ A new study shows that private investments by the oil and natural gas sector are the driving force behind major greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions in the United States, a trend that will continue without government …
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2015 – API today welcomed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision regarding protection of the greater sage-grouse and supports a science-based approach to managing public lands in the American West. “This decision is based on …
WASHINGTON, September 18, 2015 – New data from EPA show that states are having trouble meeting the current ozone NAAQS standards, casting more doubt on their ability to meet even tighter standards as proposed by the agency, according to API Senior Director …
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2015 – Total petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) in August rose by 0.8 percent from August 2014 to average nearly 19.6 million barrels per day, according to API’s Monthly Statistical Report for August 2015. August crude oil …
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2015 ─ The American Petroleum Institute welcomed bipartisan legislation approved today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee that will promote U.S. energy leadership by lifting a 70s-era ban on crude exports. “There’s a …
