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Sept 20, 2011

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2011 - On this third anniversary of the State Department's consideration of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, the American Petroleum Institute said this should be one of the shovel ready projects the president considers as part of his jobs program.

WASHINGTON, September 13, 2011—Erik Milito, director of the American Petroleum Institute's upstream group, offered the following comments regarding BOEMRE's announcement on workplace safety in offshore oil and gas operations:

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2011—The American Petroleum Institute today welcomed legislation introduced by Virginia Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb calling for a lease sale off Virginia’s coast with lease revenue to be shared with the state.

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2011—Today API welcomed passage of bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Gene Green (D-Tex.) that would reduce uncertainty in the Environmental Protection Agency’s air permitting process for exploration drilling in all regions of the Outer Continental Shelf except for the western and central Gulf of Mexico, which are permitted through the Department of the Interior:

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute yesterday urged BOEMRE to adopt an alternative for future leasing in the western Gulf of Mexico that will lead to more oil and natural gas, more jobs and more government revenue.

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 –The American Petroleum Institute today welcomed action by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act with bipartisan support which would provide an orderly and consistent permitting process for oil and gas exploration in the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 – America’s oil and natural gas industry is working hard to ensure the highest level of safety in offshore drilling operations, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard told a Portland, Oregon audience on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2011 ─ API today welcomed thesupport from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the state's two U.S. Senators James Inhofe (R) and Tom Coburn (R) for the Keystone XL pipeline. The officials sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for the expeditious approval of a cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2011 ─ The latest U.S. State Department environmental analysis to the Keystone XL project is a positive indicator for eventual approval of the project. The analysis found “no new issues of substance” and “does not alter the conclusions reached in the draft EIS regarding the need for and the potential impacts of the proposed Project.”