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WASHINGTON, October 23, 2012 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said today that the latest report by IHS Global Insight shows development of America’s unconventional oil and natural gas resources could create nearly 2 million new jobs over the next two decades, reawaken American manufacturing, and provide massive revenues to the government.

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2012 – API Director of Upstream Erik Milito told reporters this morning that results from recent USGS water quality testing in EPA monitoring wells at Pavillion, Wyoming raise serious questions about the adequacy of EPA practices in drilling monitoring wells and testing water samples.

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2012 – Development of America’s shale industry in recent years is one reason the U.S. oil and natural gas industry has been able to create 100,000 jobs since the recession began, API Chief Economist John Felmy said today.

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2012 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said that the “Empower States Act” introduced in the Senate would benefit jobs and energy production by strongly encouraging continued responsible state regulation of hydraulic fracturing.

Albany, NY, September 13, 2012 – Voters in New York state support hydraulic fracturing, with 81 percent saying that development of the state’s shale energy resources will create jobs, according to a new poll released today.

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2012 – API senior policy advisor Stephanie Meadows told reporters this morning that more collaboration was needed on EPA’s study on hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2012 – API Executive Vice President Marty Durbin applauded North Carolina’s Legislature, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) for enacting a law that allows for hydraulic fracturing to develop the state’s natural gas resources.

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2012 – API’s Executive Vice President Marty Durbin applauded the North Carolina Senate for passing legislation today that would open the door for use of hydraulic fracturing in developing the state’s natural gas resources.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 – API’s Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman told reporters this morning that a URS study prepared for API and the American Natural Gas Association showed that methane emissions from natural gas production were half what had been previously estimated by EPA. He called the new data the most robust the nation now has on this important subject.

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 - API welcomed the U.S. release of the International Energy Agency (IEA) report “Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,” noting that the report’s proposals are based on API’s standards and leadership on hydraulic fracturing best practices.