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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 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 6, 2011—American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard told the 20th World Petroleum Congress in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday that the industry needs to get back to full production in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON, November 30, 2011 - The American Petroleum Institute expressed support today for the North American Energy Security Act to increase U.S. investments in Canadian oil sands by expediting the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

WASHINGTON, November 18, 2011 - API strongly supports the American-Made Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, calling it a bill to expand U.S. offshore energy production that will create millions of American jobs.

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2011 – American Petroleum Institute Senior Tax Advisor Brian Johnson called on Congress and the Super Committee to not target the more than 9 million U.S. jobs supported by the oil and natural gas industry.