Energy Tomorrow Blog

Taking the Energy Conversation to the Campus

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Dean Foreman
Posted April 26, 2018

During recent visits to three universities, my goal was to have conversations with students who might be part of the next generation of the energy workforce – talking with them about energy, global markets, the potential for rewarding careers and the advanced technologies we use to safely and responsibly develop the energy our country needs to grow its economy and increase its security.

I visited with 110 graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania, Tulane (photo below) and Rice universities – many of whom hope to work in the energy industry, and others who recognize the ways energy affects careers in manufacturing, finance, trading and other fields. 

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Hoops - Higher, Faster, Better Thanks to Energy

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Mary Schaper
Posted March 12, 2018

College basketball’s big event tips off this week in arenas across the country, all leading up to the NCAA Championship game April 2 in San Antonio. Along the way, underdogs will show some bite and favorites will fall, busting brackets all across the country. Enjoy!

Through it all, one of the MVPs won’t be a star on the tournament’s top-seeded team or someone who hits a buzzer-beater that takes “Cinderella” deep into the Big Dance. The unsung MVP during the madness that is the NCAA tournament will be natural gas and oil.  

Let’s look at a number of the roles petroleum plays in almost every aspect of this great game and event.

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Powering Life All Around Us

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Mark Green
Posted February 26, 2018

Where do you want to go today, what do you want to do? Natural gas and oil get you there, and there’s a great chance they’ll be a part of whatever you’ve got planned – from the routine to the extraordinary. As fuels and as the essential elements in so many products, large and small, natural gas and oil help Americans power past the seemingly impossible every day.

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Energy Makes State of Our Union Strong

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Mark Green
Posted January 31, 2018

So, there was scant, direct mention of energy during Tuesday night’s State of the Union. We’re glad the president devoted some time to the country’s need for more infrastructure – just look at New England! – and he also talked about a new era of embracing American energy, also good. At the same time, we’d argue virtually everything the president highlighted during his speech involves energy in some way. The economy, national security, bettering the lives of Americans – all of these are connected to natural gas and oil and/or its development. Which is what we’ve been saying: energy is everything, and energy is powering Americans past impossible.

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New Ad: Natural Gas Goes Above and Beyond

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Mark Green
Posted June 15, 2017

API’s new advertisement communicates some of the ways natural gas plays an integral role in our daily lives: recreation, jobs, a cleaner environment, time efficiency and invention. And more – much more than we can depict in a 30-second ad. “Natural Gas Doesn’t Just Cook Dinner.” No, indeed.

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America’s Summer of Energy

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Mark Green
Posted May 22, 2017

Summer – like every other season of the year – also is about energy. Natural gas and oil are integrally involved in making our summers cooler, more accessible, safer and better in ways too numerous to count. But we can start with 50. This week we will launch a series of posts – “America’s Summer of Energy” – that shows how energy brings us summer, through the lens of the 50 states.

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Energy Colors Our World

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Mark Green
Posted May 15, 2017

Since its launch in February, API’s Power Past Impossible communications campaign has highlighted the many ways natural gas and oil play important roles in our every-day lives. Sure, they fuel our vehicles – everyone knows that. But they’re also involved in things that aren’t so apparent, ranging from space exploration to fashion and art. A new motion picture, "Lowriders," illustrates.

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The Right Stuff for Space Exploration – And More

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Mark Green
Posted February 8, 2017

API’s first-ever Super Bowl ad, announcing the launch of our new “Power Past Impossible” communications campaign, had a few folks online questioning the ad’s connection between oil and space exploration – questions we’ll show are off-base later in this post.

Confusion by some about oil and space flight actually points to the main thrust of the ad and the campaign: Natural gas and oil are much, much more than just fuels. Oil and gas are all around us – in paint, makeup, the components in bionic parts, life-saving medical technology, clean fuels, space suits and … rockets. When you start thinking about it, the list is virtually endless.

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Oil and Natural Gas – Powering Past Impossible

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Mark Green
Posted February 6, 2017

The Super Bowl ad and the national communications campaign it launches are a big deal for API and the more than 600 companies that belong to our trade association. The campaign (see the website, here) will underscore how natural gas and oil are a vital part of the everyday lives of American consumers … how they make the impossible achievable. It also will convey our industry’s self-view: relevant, empowering and futuristic. 

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Energy is All Around the Holidays

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Mark Green
Posted December 22, 2016

Everywhere you go, whatever you do, energy – anchored by abundant U.S. oil and natural gas – is making life warmer, easier, healthier and more enjoyable. Let’s mark the holidays with a look at just a few of the gifts we enjoy, from the energy that’s all around us.

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