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WASHINGTON, January 26, 2012 - API's Upstream Director Erik Milito welcomed the Interior Department announcement of a June 2012 lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico, which would be the first lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico since March of 2010.

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2012 – API's President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed the U.S. Energy Information Administration's new projection that the U.S. will increase domestic production of both oil and natural gas by 2035.

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2012 – Jack Gerard, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, presented remarks to reporters this morning commenting on an expected statement from the president in his state of the union address this evening supporting more domestic energy development.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 – Seventy percent of American voters favor increased access to U.S. oil and natural gas resources, and similar numbers believe more oil and natural gas development would provide major benefits to the nation, including more U.S. jobs, according to a new poll released today.

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2012 – Seventy-eight percent of South Carolina voters favor more development of U.S. oil and natural gas resources, and similar numbers believe more oil and natural gas development would provide major benefits to the nation, including more U.S. jobs, according to a new poll released today.

WASHINGTON, January 11, 2012 — The American Petroleum Institute along with more than a hundred industry organizations from across the country sent a letter to President Obama urging him to swiftly approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

Albany, NY, January 11, 2012 — Michael Doyle, executive director of the New York State Petroleum Council, a division of API, urged that the state of New York permit hydraulic fracturing to proceed and allow for responsible development of oil and natural gas and job creation in the state.

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2012 - The 2010 moratorium and continued slow pace of oil and natural gas project-permitting in the Gulf of Mexico are harming investment in new oil and natural gas projects and eliminating thousands of jobs, a study released today by API concludes.

WASHINGTON, January 4, 2012 - API President and CEO Jack Gerard announced API's "Vote4Energy" campaign to encourage voters to make energy an important issue in this year's elections and to get U.S. energy policy on the right track.