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Industry & Government Changes Post Macondo - A presentation by Executive Director, Center for Offshore Safety, Charlie Williams, to Oil Spill Commission Action. April 2012
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The administration’s backward energy policy is not helping to reduce gasoline prices and the proposed $85 billion tax increase on America’s oil and natural gas industry could result in less oil and natural gas for consumers, higher energy costs and the stifling of job creation while increasing the volatility of gasoline markets. This document demonstrates how the administration’s counter-productive approach to energy policy is at odds with the administration’s own “all-of-the-above” statements.
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These best practices are developed by industry experts in a variety of areas of technology and operations
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This study by Wood Mackenzie examines the impacts of opening access to key U.S. regions which are currently closed to development, as well as assessing a return to historical levels of development on existing U.S. producing areas (including onshore U.S., the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska). The economic impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline and other potential Canada to U.S. oil pipelines are also considered.
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From time to time in this section of API’s web site, we will present information about some of these resource plays, and how investment, technology and environmentally sound operations are providing Americans with the energy we need.
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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.
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Want to learn more about increased production, decreased imports, and the cars and homes that could be powered by untapped U.S. resources?
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This standard provides environmentally sound practices, including reclamation guidelines, for domestic onshore oil and gas production operations.
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In response to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) incident, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry launched a comprehensive review of offshore safety. Four Joint Industry Task Forces (JITFs) were assembled to focus on critical areas of GOM offshore activity: the Joint Industry Offshore Operating Procedures Task Force, the Joint Industry Offshore Equipment Task Force, the Joint Industry Subsea Well Control and Containment Task Force, and the Joint Industry Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Task Force.
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Deepwater permits in the Gulf of Mexico are currently being issued at less than half the rate compared with pre‐moratorium levels, and shallow water permits are being issued at rates 40 percent lower.
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This standard contains practices for isolating potential flow zones, an integral element in maintaining well integrity.
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Gasoline prices are higher today at least in part because government has neglected to pay sufficient attention to the importance of producing more of our own oil and natural gas.
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We are hearing a lot about the Administration’s leadership in driving oil production up. The fact is that production on federal offshore and onshore areas is down.
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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.
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Facts About Non-Producing Leases
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The development of America’s vast domestic oil and natural gas resources that had been kept off-limits by Congress for decades could generate more than $1.7 trillion in government revenue, create thousands of new jobs and enhance the nation’s energy security by significantly boosting domestic production, a study released Monday shows.
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Explore the interactive leasing timeline to learn more about the industry's path to resources.
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Learn about the oil and natural gas exploration market's benefits for you.
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Oil and natural gas from federal lands and waters is critical to meeting the nation’s energy needs, providing approximately 30 percent of all oil and 38 percent of all natural gas produced in the United States. In terms of future production potential:
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In an energy interdependent world, we need common sense energy policies that provide access to conventional energy supplies, encourage energy efficiency, and promote continued development of new energy technologies.
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See the latest claims and facts surrounding non-producing federal leases.
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Does the government receive revenue from oil and gas development on public lands?
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Increasing access to domestic resources will mean more jobs, more revenues to help cash-strapped local, state and federal governments and greater energy security. With our economy in trouble, we need to take action now. API has assembled this fact sheet to highlight the need for access to America's domestic reserves.
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The brief reports linked here will illustrate how the oil and natural gas industry takes many steps to assure that exploration and production operations offshore, onshore or in the Arctic can take place with very little environmental impact.
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America needs a balanced energy policy that promotes energy efficiency, conservation and greater supplies of all forms of energy, including domestic oil and natural gas.
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API has assembled a primer to show the safety and efficiency of developing America's vast oil and natural gas resources.
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More energy, good jobs and increased state revenue can be produced safely in offshore Virginia.
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