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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, December 1, 2011 –API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman said in a briefing today that EPA's proposed new source performance standards for oil and natural gas operations should be significantly revised in order to create practical, cost-effective rules.

WASHINGTON, November 30, 2011 — Claiborne Deming, who retired in 2008 as president and chief executive officer of Murphy Oil Corporation after a nearly three decade career, is the recipient of the American Petroleum Institute 2011 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement, API's highest honor.

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 18, 2011 – Total petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) rose 2.5 percent in October compared with October a year ago. While motor gasoline demand slipped by 0.3 percent, distillate deliveries showed robust growth, increasing 12.3 percent over October 2010. Jet fuel deliveries were also up. Residual fuel deliveries fell 45 percent against October a year ago.

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.

DANSVILLE, NY, November 16, 2011 – In a statement prepared for today's New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) hearing, API Manager of External Mobilization Jon Shore said the "American public and all New Yorkers deserve an accurate and complete analysis of the environmental impacts of high volume hydrofracturing."

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 today announced the launch of Motor Oil Matters (MOM)—an industry-wide initiative to promote the importance of using, supplying, distributing and installing quality motor oils.