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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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 6, 2012 - The American Petroleum Institute today hosted a “Missouri Energy Symposium” at the National World War I Memorial to discuss the job-creating impact of new U.S. energy production and the resulting manufacturing prospects for Missouri, as part of its national energy conversation “Vote 4 Energy.”

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) welcomed legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, entitled the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, that would create a real U.S. energy policy to increase production of the domestic oil and natural gas that America needs.

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 – American Petroleum Institute (API) Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman said new EPA rules for flares and process heaters at refineries would substantially raise costs and threaten the refining industry without providing significant environmental benefits.

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.

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2012—API Upstream Director Erik Milito issued the following statement regarding the International Energy Agency (IEA) report “Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,” released today, which recognizes API as a global leader in U.S. oil and natural gas industry standards and best practices.

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied the American Petroleum Institute’s (API’s) request to eliminate mandates for biofuels that do not exist, and the agency continues to fine refiners for not using them.

Bismarck, ND, May 23, 2012 ─ At the 20th Annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, API President and CEO Jack Gerard, who was a keynote speaker, said North Dakota is an energy juggernaut that has risen above the country’s economic challenges to produce thousands of new American jobs and help provide the energy to fuel America’s future.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 – API Chief Economist John Felmy told reporters this afternoon that more oil and natural gas development is important to meeting America’s future energy needs and keeping downward pressure on gasoline prices. He also outlined steps consumers could take to use gasoline more efficiently, which could also help address prices.