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WASHINGTON, March 11, 2009 – American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement by President Jack Gerard today regarding the Department of Interior’s decision to host four regional public meetings in April to present Interior’s findings on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy resources and potential environmental impacts from their development:

WASHINGTON, Febrary 26, 2009. – American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today issued the following statement on provisions included in the FY 2010 budget submitted to Congress aimed at imposing new taxes on the oil and natural gas industry:

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2009 – Larry Nichols, chairman of the American Petroleum Institute, told the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee that allowing development in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that had been off-limits for 27 years would generate much-needed revenues to federal, state and local governments and add well-paying American jobs

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2009 – American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today issued the following statement on Virginia Governor Tim Kaine’s letter asking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to postpone a proposed lease sale scheduled for 2011 offshore Virginia:

WASHINGTON, February 24, 2009 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard on President Obama’s speech:

WASHINGTON, February 23, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement from its President Jack Gerard regarding the energy summit held in Washington, D.C. today, hosted by Senator Harry Reid and the Center for American Progress Action Fund:

WASHINGTON, February 23, 2009 - Most American voters support increasing access to domestic offshore oil and natural gas resources and would oppose any new laws or regulations that blocked development of those national resources, according to a poll released today.

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2009 – Total U.S. refined oil product demand continued to fall in January though the month’s 3.1 percent year-on-year decline was more moderate than 2008’s six-percent annual fall, according to API’s Monthly Statistical Report.