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WASHINGTON, June 10, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines issued the following statement on U.S. Representative Rick Larsen’s resolution to recognize today, June 10 - the tenth anniversary of the 1999 Bellingham pipeline explosion - as National Pipeline Safety Day:

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2009 – American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement on the introduction of the American Energy Act in the House:

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2009 - Women working for America’s oil and natural gas companies in 11 states are on Capitol Hill this week to meet with policymakers and discuss their concerns on major issues affecting their industry. Geologists, petrophysicists, land professionals, refinery workers and others from Louisiana, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas, Alaska and beyond - all active, contributing members of their communities and their states, are using the opportunity to talk about how legislation under consideration would affect them, their communities and all American consumers.

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2009 - American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement on 13 to 10 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee vote in favor of adopting the opening the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for additional oil and natural gas leasing.

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement on the impending mark-up of the oil and gas title of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee bill

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard regarding the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate on The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009:

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2009 – American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement on a Monmouth University Mid-Atlantic coastal community survey, which found that 46 percent of coastal residents in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia support oil and natural gas drilling off their coasts, compared with 37 percent who are opposed and 12 percent who have no opinion. Two years ago, coastal resident support for drilling in the Atlantic stood at 33 percent, opposition at 40 percent and no opinion at 24 percent. Moreover, the majority of residents in tourism-rich coastal Maryland (65 percent), Delaware (52 percent), and New Jersey (51 percent) support drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2009 – American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement on oil and gas title of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee energy bill, released today.

The joint statement said that increased shale gas development must be a major component of a comprehensive, multi-pronged approach to meeting U.S. energy challenges.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute today launched the EnergyTomorrow blog to provide information and engage in a dialogue about energy issues.