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WASHINGTON, March 11, 2011 — President Obama’s press conference on the administration’s energy policy options failed to address the most important energy challenges facing our nation, according to a statement by American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard:

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2011 – Warning that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is unnecessarily putting consumers at risk, API today was joined by nine other groups in filing a federal court challenge to the agency’s authorization to allow E15 in 2001-2006 model year vehicles.

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2011 – American Petroleum Institute Upstream Director Erik Milito today criticized the Obama administration for statements downplaying the impact of its policies on U.S. oil and natural gas production, saying some in the administration “live in a world unconnected to energy reality,” during a news conference.

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 – Marty Durbin, API executive vice president, applauded Members of the House Energy and Power Subcommittee who today approved the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, which would prevent EPA actions that could raise energy prices on American consumers and stifle the fragile economic recovery:

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2011 – API is hosting 18 American oil and natural gas workers from six states for meetings on Capitol Hill this week to discuss natural gas and hydraulic fracturing. Lawmakers will hear directly from the employees of several natural gas supplier and service companies.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 – A group of over 60 U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, Army and Navy veterans sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today expressing concern for America’s energy security and urging the State Department to expeditiously approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would bring Canadian oil to U.S. Gulf coast refineries.

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2011 – Marty Durbin, API executive vice president, applauded the bipartisan Energy Tax Prevention Act to be introduced by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), which would prevent EPA actions that could raise energy prices on American consumers and stifle the fragile economic recovery:

API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard today responded to the announcement by BOEMRE Director Bromwich approving one permit for one company to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico:

WASHINGTON, February 24, 2011 – A new study, showing important advantages to the U.S. economy and energy security, highlights the tremendous domestic energy resources waiting to be developed in Alaska’s outer continental shelf (OCS). These resources are a vital link to America’s future, according to the oil and natural gas industry.

WASHINGTON, February 17, 2011 — The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has completed the final requirement necessary to return to production in the Gulf, according to the American Petroleum Institute, with today’s news that the industry-led Marine Well Containment Company had completed testing.