Onshore Access to Oil and Natural Gas Resources
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. The industry has proven it can develop these resources safely and in an environmentally responsible manner in all regions, including on non-park federal lands.
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Offshore Access to America’s Oil and Natural Gas Resources: An API Primer
On October 1, 2008, Congress lifted the federal ban on offshore drilling that had kept 75 percent of U.S. coastal waters in the lower 48 states off limits to development for nearly three decades. Another 10 percent of the U.S. coastal waters remains off limits in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Policymakers and consumers alike have many questions about offshore drilling, so API has to foster an informed, constructive public policy debate and to demonstrate how the safe, efficient and environmentally conscious development of America’s vast oil and natural gas resources will help meet our growing energy needs, create new jobs, provide more revenue to federal and state governments and enhance our energy security.
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Court ruling on Offshore Leasing Program could cost jobs and weaken energy security: An API Fact Sheet
A recent U.S. Appeals Court decision “vacated” and remanded the 2007-2012 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program for 2007-2012, and ordered the Interior Department to conduct a more compete environmental analysis and assessment of its leasing program. API has compiled a 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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Increasing Access to Domestic Reserves
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.
Recent Access News Release
API chairman: Expanded access yields jobs, revenueWASHINGTON – Larry Nichols, chairman of the American Petroleum Institute, told the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee that allowing development in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that had been off-limits for 27 years would generate much-needed revenues to federal, state and local governments and add well-paying American jobs.
See the latest claims and facts surrounding non-producing federal leases.
Leasing, Exploration and Development Process
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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 government revenue, create new jobs and significantly boost domestic production. Want to learn more about increased production, decreased imports, and the cars and homes that could be powered by untapped U.S. resources? The enables you to explore resources and regions to understand the benefits of increased energy exploration.
Federal lands and waters hold enough oil to fuel 65 million cars for 60 years, and enough natural gas to heat 60 million homes for 160 years. The 2008 decision by Congress to lift the federal ban on offshore leasing and development in most areas was the . Explore the interactive leasing timeline to learn more about the industry's path to resources.
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