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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, 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 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 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.

WASHINGTON, October 11, 2011 – API Executive Vice President Marty Durbin said the interim report by the president's jobs council overlooks potential jobs in the oil and natural gas industry, one of the country's strongest job creators.

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 7, 2011 – U.S. oil and natural gas policy changes could generate more than 1.4 million new jobs, $800 billion in additional government revenue, and 10 million barrels worth of added daily oil and natural gas production by 2030, according to a study by Wood Mackenzie released today by API. New jobs could be added in every state.

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2011 ─ API is encouraged to see the administration move the ball forward on the Keystone XL pipeline decision. The State Department is now entering the final phase of its environmental assessment and will schedule public hearings in several states along the pipeline route in September.