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WASHINGTON, December 22, 2011 — The American Petroleum Institute urged President Obama to follow Congress' lead and approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

WASHINGTON, December 22, 2011 – Total petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) fell 1.1 percent in November compared with November a year ago, pulled down by a 1.8 percent decline in motor gasoline demand to an 11-year low for the month. Deliveries of distillate fuel and jet fuel were strong, with distillates up 4.3 percent and jet fuel up 7.5 percent.For the first 11 months of 2011, total petroleum deliveries were down 0.7 percent from the same period in 2010.

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2011 – Jack Gerard, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, and General Jim Jones, former U.S. National Security Advisor in the Obama administration, presented remarks to reporters this morning about the Keystone XL pipeline.

Washington, D.C., December 15, 2011 – Seventy-eight percent of Nevada voters favor more development of U.S. oil and natural gas resources, and similar numbers believe more oil and natural gas development would provide major benefits to the nation, including more U.S. jobs, according to a new poll released today.

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2011— Erik Milito, API's group director of upstream and industry operations, today issued a statement on the federal government's lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, the first oil and natural gas lease sale in the Western Gulf since August 2009

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2011 - American Petroleum Institute supports The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act to reauthorize the nation's pipeline safety program.

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2011—API Group Director of Upstream and Industry Operations Erik Milito highlighted the oil and natural gas industry's significant and ongoing commitment to safe and responsible operations, following the release of a report today on recommendations for offshore drilling by the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council.

WASHINGTON, December 6, 2011— In testimony before the Interior Department today, API called on the department to move quickly to finalize the 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program and draft a more robust plan that would get our energy and economic future back on track.