Oil Industry, Labor Unions Form Historic Labor-Management Group

The American Petroleum Institute and 15 labor unions announced today the historic creation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, which will work to promote job retention and growth. In a...

API: Major Labor-Management Announcement Coming Tomorrow (Update)

Officials at the American Petroleum Institute inform me that API President and CEO Jack Gerard and representatives of 15 labor unions will make a major labor-management announcement during a call-in news conference Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. In an e-mail from API, I...

Gasoline Prices to Approach $5 Per Gallon by 2010!

If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009.  In particular, they should expect to see gas prices...

2009 Energy Bill Will Punish Oil Consumers

American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued back-to-back statements today related to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. About the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate on the...

Crude Oil Price to Jump 31 Percent!

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com When Rush Limbaugh mentioned Goldman Sachs’ prediction about the price of oil on his radio show today, I decided to share the statement American Petroleum Institute President Jack...

If Passed, Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Cost You Dearly

The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups...

Obama Budget Risks Nation’s Energy Security

President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget proposal makes it appear he’s ready, willing and able to bury Americans in new taxes, place the nation’s energy security in peril and put  six-million American jobs...

Florida House Votes in Favor of Offshore Drilling...Too Late

Though the Florida House of Representatives voted in favor of it yesterday, a move to open state waters to offshore oil drilling appears to have run out of time in the legislative session, according to a Miami Herald report via Upstream Online.com. American Petroleum...

Energy Symposium Held Without ‘Fossil Fuelers’

The non-partisan Reform Institute’s National Energy Symposium drew more than 45 corporate executives, policymakers and industry experts to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to openly discuss the nation’s energy,...

API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: "“The...

Natural Gas Industry Deserves Second Look

On numerous occasions during the past three years, I've advocated on behalf of the nation's energy producers. Today, I advocate on behalf of one producer, Williams, and contend that individuals in the anti-fossil...

I Learned So Much at the Piceance Basin

I spent Tuesday evening and most of the day Wednesday learning from Williams employees about their ground-breaking work in the natural gas business on Western Colorado's Piceance Basin. Operating some 30 minutes...

Report on Oil and Natural Gas Industry Misses Mark

By Bob McCarty One might think an accomplished journalist like Armen Keteyian capable of providing objective coverage of the oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, the chief investigative reporter -- and former sports reporter -- appears to have allowed personal bias and/or...

Oil Industry Leader Sends Message to Congress

American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard sent a letter to members of Congress Friday.  Below is the text of that letter with helpful links added (by me): "Dear Member of Congress: As the Congress...

Colorado’s Piceance Basin Overflowing with Oil Shale Resources

U.S. Geological Survey officials said in a news release today that oil shale resources in Western Colorado's Piceance Basin are more than 50 percent larger today than they were in 1989. "For the first time in 20...

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