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WASHINGTON, August 26, 2010 — Erik Milito, head of the American Petroleum Institute’s upstream group, wholeheartedly agrees with the Bipartisan Policy Center’s conclusion that new rules issued in June by the Interior Department provide an “adequate margin of safety to allow the resumption of deep-water drilling.”

WASHINGTON, August 25, 2010 - API’s director of Upstream Erik Milito and its director of Global Industry Services John Modine delivered testimony today to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling on industry efforts to improve offshore safety.

WASHINGTON, August 23, 2010—The American Petroleum Institute announced it would provide free online public access to a large group of key industry standards, including a broad range of safety standards.  This expands the number of API standards that will be available for free.  A smaller number are now available to the public for free on API’s website while others can be reviewed in person in government agency offices.

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2010 – API Upstream Director Erik Milito said that the announcement from the Department of the Interior that it will require more extensive environmental reviews for deepwater projects (limiting use of categorical exclusions) could delay development and job creation:

WASHINGTON, August 12, 2010 – API Upstream Director Erik Milito told a joint committee of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council today that the U.S. oil and natural gas industry is improving industry standards to strengthen deepwater development safety

WASHINGTON, August 10, 2010 — Nationwide, an underground utility line is damaged during a digging project once every three minutes.  Take a moment tomorrow August 11th – or 8/11 – to remember to dial that number – 811 – whenever you plan to dig.

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2010—The American Petroleum Institute welcomes today’s announcement that a new rapid response system to protect the Gulf of Mexico is under way from ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell.

WASHINGTON, July 12 –The Interior Department’s new moratorium on deepwater drilling is not necessary for safety and will cost jobs, harm the Gulf region and weaken our nation’s energy security.  API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard offered this reaction to the new policy:

WASHINGTON, July 12 – API called for an early return to deepwater Gulf drilling in testimony delivered in New Orleans today at the first meeting of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.  API senior policy advisor Andy Radford told the commission, “we must work to get the Gulf deepwater industry – and the tens of thousands of people it employs – fully up and running again with as little delay as possible.”

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2010 – Senate proposals to place an unattainable level of insurance coverage on domestic energy production from the Outer Continental Shelf will cost the U.S. in terms of jobs, economic growth, and place our energy security at risk, according to the American Petroleum Institute.