All Posts Tagged With: "American Petroleum Institute"

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Industry Group Criticizes New EPA
Ozone Proposal

The American Petroleum Institute referenced a study it commissioned that says the EPA statements on health benefits from lowering the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards grossly misrepresent what EPA actually estimates as possible benefits from reducing public ozone exposure.

29Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Are Natural Gas Emissions a Greater Threat Than Those of Coal?

Yes, according to a new study from Cornell University, which concludes that using hydraulic fracturing for NG extraction generates more greenhouse-gas emissions than burning coal. But the American Petroleum Institute says the study was based on weak data regarding methane leaks.

12Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Industry Battles Claims That Leases
Are Languishing

Industry executives are responding to allegations they are sitting idle on drilling leases covering tens of millions of acres while the cost of crude is climbing. “It is a convenient way to detract attention from policies that undermine the mission of supplying Americans with the energy they need,” said API’s Erik Milito.

1Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Senators Introduce Bill to Reauthorize
Pipeline Safety Act

The measure’s provisions would expand civil penalties for violating pipeline regulations and add fines for obstructing regulators, expand excess flow valve requirements to include multifamily buildings and small commercial facilities, and require installation of automatic or remote-controlled shutoff valves on new transmission pipelines.

4Feb2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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API Backs Voluntarily Plan to Disclose
Fracking Ingredients

Industry leaders have been trying to fend off proposals for federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing and wage a PR battle against environmentalists who say the well-completion technique is risky. The Interior Department also is considering disclosure requirements for natural gas wells drilled on public lands.

16Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil and Gas Industry Groups Challenge EPA’s
Final Rule on Renewable Fuel Standard

The American Petroleum Institute and the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association have filed separate legal challenges to the EPA’s final rule for the second stage of the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2), which the federal agency released last week.

30Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA to Seek More Data on Emissions –
Industry to Study Proposal

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the oil and gas sector and facilities that inject carbon dioxide into the ground to the greenhouse gas sources that are required to report their annual emissions to the government.

25Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Want More Time to Respond to
Oil Shale Lawsuits

The Federal government is seeking another extension of a deadline to respond to lawsuits filed that contest the opening of nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah for oil shale development.

28Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued