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WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 – Upon initial review, American Petroleum Institute (API) Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman recognized improvements in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final air rules for oil and natural gas production, including hydraulic fracturing operations, that allow for emission reductions while still allowing for production of oil and natural gas.

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) welcomed President Obama’s executive order establishing an interagency working group to “facilitate coordinated Administration policy efforts to support safe and responsible unconventional domestic natural gas development.”

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2012 – In remarks to reporters, API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman called for EPA to make “crucial” reforms to its proposed New Source Performance Standards for emissions from oil and natural gas development, including hydraulic fracturing operations, before the agency finalizes the rules next week.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2012 - Seventy-five percent of North Carolina voters favor more development of U.S. oil and natural gas resources, and more than ninety percent 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 by Public Opinion Strategies and Frederick Polls.

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2012 – The New Source Performance Standards for oil and natural gas production proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would significantly slowdown drilling, resulting in less oil and natural gas production, lower royalties to the federal government, and lower tax payments to state governments, according to a new study funded by the American Petroleum Institute.

Washington, D.C., March 5, 2012 – Eighty percent of North Dakota 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, D.C., March 5, 2012 – Seventy-three percent of Ohio 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, D.C., March 5, 2012 – Eighty percent of Virginia 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, March 1, 2012 - API Vice President for Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower issued a statement to reporters this afternoon calling on the White House to take the lead on coordinating the federal review of hydraulic fracturing.

WASHINGTON, February 9, 2012 - In response to the State Department Inspector General’s conclusion that there was no wrongdoing concerning the department’s review of Keystone XL pipeline, API asked what more evidence is needed to get this job creating project off the ground now?