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WASHINGTON, February 14, 2013 ─ API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed the release of a letter from the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia today urging Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell to support energy development in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 13, 2013 – Sixty-nine percent of American voters favor building the Keystone XL pipeline, while 83 percent believe the pipeline would strengthen the nation’s energy security and 92 percent agree jobs are important when considering the project, according to a new Harris Interactive poll released today.

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2012 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed President Obama’s State of the Union call to invest in more domestic oil and natural gas, saying that more development will create jobs and help us become an energy superpower.

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2013 – America’s revolution in oil and natural gas development can help the administration create jobs and spur economic growth, Marty Durbin, API’s executive vice president, told reporters this afternoon.

WASHINGTON, February 6, 2013 ─ API CEO Jack Gerard congratulated Sally Jewell on her selection as President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior today.

WASHINGTON, February 4, 2013 – American’s revolution in oil and natural gas development has spurred economic growth and new job creation while turning the nation into an energy superpower, Karen Moreau, executive director of API’s New York State Petroleum Council, told reporters this afternoon.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 4, 2013 – Increasing the severance tax on shale energy in Ohio, as Gov. John Kasich has proposed, will slow development and cost high-paying jobs, the Ohio Petroleum Council (OPC) said today.

ALBANY, N.Y., February 1, 2013 – Karen Moreau, executive director of the New York State Petroleum Council (NYSPC), announced the launch of a new campaign to promote bringing safe natural gas development and thousands of reliable, well-paying jobs home to New York.

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2013 – EPA sent new fuel regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for final review that would raise costs, provide little or no environmental benefit, and actually increase carbon emissions, according to API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco.

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2013 – Oil and natural gas company stocks outperform all other asset classes in college and university endowments, API Chief Economist John Felmy told reporters this morning in discussing a study for API conducted by the economic consulting firm Sonecon.