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America’s oil and natural gas industry is at the forefront of breakthrough technology that will help deliver the energy that Americans need today and tomorrow while also reducing the environmental impact.

The U.S. economy could suffer a severe blow if federal regulators demand duplicative oversight of hydraulic fracturing, a commonly used well-stimulation and completion technology already regulated by the states, part two of a three-part study by IHS Global Insight has found.

Clean burning natural gas is critical to American manufacturing jobs, to farmers for fertilizer, to households for heating and cooking, to businesses for electricity and fuel for transportation needs, and to society to help address climate change concerns because of its low carbon-content.

Hydraulic fracturing helps free up more energy. Read this primer to learn more.

API has compiled a Fact Sheet to explain the case and the implications of the decision if the court’s decision were left standing and the views of those who filed the lawsuit were to prevail.

This study estimates the economic impacts of current and future Marcellus development activity.

The oil and natural gas industry is the backbone of the American economy.