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WASHINGTON, November 15, 2011 - A new poll by Public Opinion Strategies and Frederick Polls, commissioned by API, finds that getting the economy moving and creating jobs were the two most important issues to Iowa's general election voters and Republican caucus goers.

WASHINGTON, November 15, 2011 - API Upstream and Industry Operations Group Director Erik Milito said in a briefing today that the Department of the Interior's newly proposed offshore five-year plan for oil and natural gas development would greatly limit where such development can occur over the next five years.

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute blasted the White House for delaying the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, putting an indefinite hold on the creation of 20,000 new jobs next year.

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2011 – After three years of thorough review by the Obama administration, the American Petroleum Institute again calls on the President to approve the Keystone XL pipeline by the end of the year and put 20,000 Americans to work.

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2011 - New Hampshire voters strongly agree that increased access to domestic oil and natural gas resources would lead to more American jobs, bolster the country's economic growth and increase America's energy security, according to a statewide poll by Public Opinion Strategiesand Frederick Polls for API.

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2011—BOEM's announcement of a proposed 2012-2017 five-year Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program and the associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement was welcomed by API Group Director of Upstream and Industry Operations Erik Milito.

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2011—API President and CEO Jack Gerard today announced a new advertising campaign to encourage Michigan lawmakers on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to continue to focus on job creation and revenues to the government through economic growth rather than punitive tax increases. The industry currently supports more than 160,000 jobs in Michigan.

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2011 - API President and CEO Jack Gerard today announced a new advertising campaign to encourage lawmakers on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to continue to focus on job creation and revenues to the government through economic growth rather than punitive tax increases.

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2011 - API President and CEO Jack Gerard today announced a new advertising campaign to encourage lawmakers on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to continue to focus on job creation and revenues to the government through economic growth rather than punitive tax increases. The industry currently supports more than 275,000 jobs in Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2011 ─ A significant majority of American voters would like our country to rely more on oil from Canada to meet our needs, rather than from other countries, according to a poll by Harris Interactive for API.