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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, October 6, 2011 - The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) – a not-for-profit organization that establishes requirements for U.S. standards setting organizations to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. businesses – has reaccredited the American Petroleum Institute's standards program after an audit last year and revisions to program procedures.

PITTSBURGH, October 4, 2011 — A two-day hydraulic fracturing workshop began today in Pittsburgh for oil and natural gas industry experts, academics, federal and state officials and regulators. Attendees will discuss industry best practices, regulation, and information sharing related to hydraulic fracturing, a technology indispensable to shale oil and natural gas development.

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2011 – Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania Associate Director Joe Leighton said Governor Corbett's Marcellus Shale agenda is a positive step for the state's economic future:

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, August 18, 2011 – API and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) are creating pipeline safety performance improvement Leadership Teams. The teams supplement ongoing performance improvement processes, which have significantly reduced hazardous liquid pipeline accidents over the past decade. The first seven AOPL-API Leadership Teams are developing better solutions for:

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 – The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has significantly improved offshore safety, stated Erik Milito, the group director of upstream and industry operations at API, in testimony he delivered to the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard today. Milito said that safety and offshore energy development in the Gulf can go hand in hand.

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, May 18, 2011 – API’s Executive Vice President Marty Durbin said Senator McConnell’s offshore production and safety bill (S.953) is pushing the nation’s energy debate in a more constructive direction: