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WASHINGTON, January 25, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new short-term nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards:

WASHINGTON, January 20, 2010 - American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard issued the following statement following discussion during the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing about the need for federal regulation of the practice of hydraulic fracturing:

WASHINGTON, January 15, 2010 – Total petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) for December inched up 0.6 percent from December 2008, reflecting an improved economy and possibly increased demand from colder weather. December deliveries, which averaged 19.3 million barrels per day, outpaced both four-quarter average deliveries of 19.0 million barrels per day and full-year average deliveries of 18.7 million barrels per day.

Monthly Statistical Report for December

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2010 – The estimated number of U.S. oil and natural gas wells and dry holes completed in 2009 – 39,068 -- was 37 percent lower than 2008, but fourth-quarter totals of 10,609 completions were 19 percent higher than the third quarter, which in turn had been up 6 percent from the second quarter, API’s fourth-quarter drilling estimates indicate.

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 – American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard delivered the following remarks at the United States Energy Association’s 6th Annual State of the Energy Industry conference in Washington, D.C.:

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today on EPA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the 2008 ozone standard:

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today on EPA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the 2008 ozone standard: