The American Petroleum Institute (API) called on the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to rescind its proposal to mitigate both upstream and downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Directed by President Biden’s Executive Order 13990, NEPA reviews for oil and natural gas projects “should quantify proposed GHG…
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API Exec ‘Hopeful’ U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Development Ramps Up as LNG Exports Accelerate
The American Petroleum Institute (API) emphasized the U.S. role as an energy leader as it outlined steps lawmakers should take to “make, move and improve” the oil and gas industry at a recent event. “In the past year, the global energy crisis, driven by surging post-pandemic demand outstripping supply and exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of…
API Says Natural Gas, Oil Permitting Top Priority for U.S. Energy Security in 2023
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has put permitting reform at the top of the ticket for U.S. lawmakers to address in 2023 as the agency executes its plan to “make, move and improve” the oil and gas industry. “In the past year, the global energy crisis, driven by surging post-pandemic demand outstripping supply and exacerbated…
Natural Gas, Oil Groups to Continue Collaborating in North America’s Offshore, Onshore
Mutual cooperation across North America’s natural gas and oil operations is the goal of a recently renewed agreement by industry groups that serve the United States, Mexico and international producers. The American Petroleum Institute (API), the Asociación Mexicana de Empresas de Hidrocarburos (AMEXHI) and the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) renewed a…
U.S. Floating Offshore Wind Capacity Growing, with API Collaborating on Safety
The Biden administration has tacked another 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity to its clean energy goals, as the American Petroleum Institute (API) inked a preliminary agreement with the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) to develop safety management systems (SMS). With “decades of offshore operating experience under highly technical and complex conditions” under its belt,…