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WASHINGTON, November 17, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute, together with the American Exploration & Production Council, the Independent Producers Association of America, the International Association of Drilling Contractors, the National Ocean Industries Association and the U.S. Oil & Gas Association sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Full and Subcommittee, asking Congress to provide additional resources to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement to increase staff, training and inspectors. API President and CEO Jack Gerard commented:

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2010 — Erik Milito, director of the American Petroleum Institute’s upstream group, offered the following comments on the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council’s preliminary findings on the Deepwater Horizon incident:

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2010 – API responded to the guidance issued today by the EPA on its Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for state and local permitting authorities as they implement the Clean Air Act permitting programs for regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  According to API’s Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Howard Feldman:

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2010 – API’s Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Howard Feldman, issued the following statement regarding EPA’s final rule on greenhouse gas reporting requirements for the petroleum and natural gas industries:

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2010 - API today filed a lawsuit with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's E15 waiver decision.

WASHINGTON, November 5, 2010 — The U.S. Interior Department in three separate announcements over the last month said it distributed more than $4 billion to states and Native American tribes as part of their share of receipts from onshore and offshore energy production during Fiscal Year 2010.

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2010 – After slumping in 2009, U.S. oil and natural gas drilling is on the upswing in 2010. An estimated 11,297 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes were completed in the third quarter of 2010, a 45 percent jump from last year’s third quarter, according to API’s newly released 2010 Quarterly Well Completion Report: Third Quarter.

WASHINGTON, October 19, 2010—David J. O’Reilly, who retired as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation in 2009, is the recipient of the American Petroleum Institute 2010 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2010 – API held its annual meeting on October 18 in Atlanta, Georgia. Leaders representing the oil and natural gas industry convened to review the events of the past year, assess opportunities and industry challenges ahead, and elect new members to its board of directors.