Following on a number of headline-grabbing attacks on oil companies’ climate change policies in 2015, American Petroleum Institute (API) President Jack Gerard’s remarks to kick off 2016 suggest the lobbying group’s rhetoric is evolving to recast the role of fossil fuels — and natural gas in particular — in the climate debate.
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API CEO Touts Economic, Environmental Success of NatGas Growth in U.S.
Emphasizing the environmental benefits of increased reliance on natural gas, American Petroleum Institute (API) CEO Jack Gerard outlined the trade association’s apparent lobbying strategy amid growing concern about the climate impacts of fossil fuels.
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ANGA Taking Natural Gas Know-How to API in Merger Deal
America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) is set to fold into the American Petroleum Institute (API) by Jan. 1, which would continue to represent the nation’s independent natural gas producers and promote new markets for the resource after the organizations merge in January.
Trade Associations Urge Feds to Expand Offshore Leasing Areas
The heads of three oil and natural gas trade associations said they would use the first of several public scoping meetings as a platform to urge federal officials to expand the areas under consideration for offshore oil and gas leasing.
American Energy a World Leader, API 2015 Report Says
Highlighted by an oil/natural gas “renaissance” and an unparalleled infrastructure buildout, the U.S. energy sector is now a world leader, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which included contributions from trade associations for all of the nation’s major energy sources.
CERAWeek: Shale Gas Turns Market On Its Head
The shale revolution has demolished market assumptions about natural gas and instituted a new world order, which eventually could allow the “Prince of Hydrocarbons” to inherit the kingdom, according to a report unveiled Wednesday.
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Stacey L. Gerard has been named associate administrator for theDepartment of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS). Shepreviously was director of the Office of Policy, Regulations andTraining in the OPS.