Energy Tomorrow Blog

ET Blog Moves to API.org Aug. 20

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Mark Green
Posted August 7, 2018

You’ve probably noticed some changes to API’s social media channels. The messages on Facebook and Twitter are the same, but we're streamlining your access to news, analysis and commentary on natural gas and oil issues, which we believe will foster even more conversation about energy.

Beginning Aug. 20, there’ll be another change: The Energy Tomorrow Blog will move to API.org as we pull together primary API content on our home website. 

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API Q2 Industry Outlook: The Tide Turns

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Dean Foreman
Posted June 21, 2018

The API Industry Outlook for the second quarter of 2018 is one of the things that’s new at API.  If you follow energy markets, you’ll appreciate an incisive view of the economy at home and abroad as well as markets for crude oil, natural gas and petrochemicals. 

Beyond nice-to-know “macro factors,” here are things to know and understand about trade barriers that could affect economic activity and prices where you work and live.

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State of American Energy 2018: Powering Past Impossible

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Mark Green
Posted January 9, 2018

State of American Energy 2018: API President and CEO Jack Gerard described the natural gas and oil industry as technologically advanced, innovative and forward looking – all critically important to continued delivery of the energy Americans use every day for transportation, essential consumer products, life-saving technologies and more. Our industry is up to helping Americans meet the challenges of today and tomorrow – endeavors that hinge on energy.

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Welcome to Instagram, @JackGerardAPI!

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Mark Green
Posted November 2, 2017

Now this is fun: Jack Gerard, API’s president and CEO, is on Instagram, providing an inside look at his work leading the country’s largest oil and natural gas trade association and his energy advocacy efforts – but also other stuff. Jack has been active on Instagram for a few weeks and clearly enjoys it. Check his feed. Even better: follow along: @JackGerardAPI

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API’s New D.C. Home To Be Innovative, Self-Sustaining

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Mark Green
Posted October 3, 2017

API is on the move. Reflecting the advanced technologies that natural gas and oil bring to energy production and our commitment to reducing our environmental footprint, the industry’s leading national trade association plans to move next year to a new, self-sustaining LEED Platinum-certified building in downtown Washington, D.C., that will include a number of innovative features.

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Let's Talk Clean Energy

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Mark Green
Posted September 27, 2017

API and a number of other groups are pleased to be participating in National Clean Energy Week, which is highlighting readily abundant energy needed to power homes and businesses that’s also helping the U.S. reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We realize not everyone thinks API and some others fit in the clean energy conversation. But the fact is our industry is a clean energy leader, and we lay out the proofs below. Looking at the bigger picture, our industry must be in this conversation because natural gas and oil are the United States’ and the world’s leading energy sources now and will be well into the future.

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Snitchler is New API Market Development Director

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Mark Green
Posted September 19, 2017

API has a new group director for Market Development – former Ohio Public Utilities Commissioner Todd Snitchler. He heads a team that is focused on increasing market opportunities for abundant natural gas, which is benefiting consumers and manufacturers while advancing U.S. climate goals. In addition to serving as Ohio PUC chairman and chairing the Power Siting Board of Ohio, Snitchler was elected twice to the state’s House of Representatives.

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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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SOAE 2017: An Energy Vision for Today and Tomorrow

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Mark Green
Posted January 4, 2017

The Twitter-sphere did a good job reflecting many of the key messages from API’s annual State of American Energy event in Washington: economic growth, jobs, collaboration, solution-finding and bipartisanship.

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Linking Veterans, Energy Industry Job Opportunities

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Mark Green
Posted February 5, 2016

Our industry is committed to helping America’s veterans who’re looking for civilian jobs after finishing their military service. This week API and Vets4Energy unveiled a new web toolthat should help veterans match their skill sets with those needed in the energy industry. Likewise, the site will help employers looking for military occupations that could factor into their hiring needs.

The new web tool is timely, with more than 1 million military service members expected to transition to civilian life over the next four years, according to the new site. More than 8.4 million military veterans are under the age of 60.

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