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WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013 – The administration can do more to help America’s economy by supporting energy policies that encourage America’s oil and natural gas revolution, API Group Director for Upstream and Industry Operations Erik Milito told reporters this morning.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 ─ Legislation introduced today by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Mary Landrieu is an important step toward an all-of-the-above energy strategy said API Director of Upstream & Industry Operations Erik Milito.

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 - President Obama’s proposed Energy Security Trust misses a key opportunity, API Group Director for Upstream & Industry Operations Erik Milito said today.

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 ─ API Executive Vice President Marty Durbin welcomed Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and U.S. Representative Lee Terry’s (R-Neb.) continued efforts to get the Keystone XL Pipeline built.

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 – New TV ads show Americans don’t support higher taxes on the oil and natural gas industry, API Executive Vice President Marty Durbin told reporters in a briefing this morning.

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 – The nation’s new Cabinet appointees can help America’s energy revolution produce jobs, energy and economic growth by encouraging sensible energy policies, API President and CEO Jack Gerard told reporters this morning.

HARTFORD, Conn., March 5, 2013 – Seventy-five percent of Connecticut voters favor increased access to domestic sources of oil and natural gas, and only thirteen percent oppose it, according to a new poll released today. A full ninety percent said energy security and increased domestic production are very important.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said that Gina McCarthy’s nomination as President Obama’s next EPA administrator comes at critical moment as America is poised to become a global energy superpower.

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2013 – Exporting some U.S. natural gas in the form of LNG would be an unequivocal plus for American workers and the economy, API’s group director for upstream and industry operations Erik Milito told reporters this afternoon just before API submitted its second round of comments on the issue to the U.S. Department of Energy.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 19, 2013 – The Ohio Petroleum Council (OPC) applauded Governor Kasich’s third State of the State address and said that Ohio’s burgeoning oil and natural gas industry is well positioned to advance the administration’s goals of continued economic growth and job creation.