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WASHINGTON, August 4, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today following the announcement by the United Steelworkers that they have ended their participation in important efforts that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board recommended be undertaken to improve the safety of workers in the industry.

WASHINGTON, August 4, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard on the climate hearing by the Senate Finance Committee:

WASHINGTON, August 3, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute today told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that there is no scientific basis for its proposed short-term nitrogen oxide (NO2) national ambient air quality standard. In testimony at an EPA public hearing in Arlington, Virginia, Howard Feldman, director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, said API supports maintaining the current annual NO2 NAAQS of 53 parts per billion because it fully meets the requirement to protect public health.

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement following a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that leasing under the 2007-2012 leasing plan in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) could move forward uninterrupted. In May, the court remanded and vacated the Department of Interior’s 2007-2012 Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan. API on May 12 asked the court to change the remedy from “vacate and remand” to “remand.” API specifically argued to the court that the decision should not apply to the GOM or to any lease sales that have already occurred in any area, including Alaska. The Interior Department had sought similar relief from the court. On Tuesday, the court clarified that the decision only applies to areas in offshore Alaska and that the decision to vacate and remand is delayed until Interior reassesses its environmental sensitivity rankings and the leasing schedule for Alaska.

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2009, – The U.S. economy could suffer a severe blow if federal regulators demand duplicative oversight of hydraulic fracturing, a commonly used well-stimulation and completion technology already regulated by the states, part two of a three-part study by IHS Global Insight has found.

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today concerning the Renewable Fuels Association’s call for approval of E12 gasoline blends (gasoline with up to 12 percent ethanol). RFA claims an API study, which evaluates the volatility characteristics of ethanol blends, helps confirm that increasing the ethanol blend limit from 10 percent to 12 percent would be safe and effective:

African Americans working for America’s oil and natural gas companies in 10 states went to Capitol Hill in mid-July to meet with policymakers and discuss their concerns on major issues affecting their industry.

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2009 - U.S. petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) plummeted nearly six percent for the first half of 2009, to the lowest level for the January-to-June period in more than a decade, as the sluggish economy continued to stifle oil consumption.