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Offshore Energy

America’s independent oil and gas producers play an active role offshore. In fact, independent producers hold 80 percent of the Gulf of Mexico shallow-water leases and 75 percent of deepwater leases, accounting for 30 percent of the Gulf’s oil production. Independent producers operating offshore generated $38 billion in economic benefits, more than 200,000 jobs, and $10 billion in federal and state revenue and royalty payments in 2009, according to an IHS Global Insight study. 121,000 jobs were created by independent producers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico alone. IPAA supports a pro-growth strategy for American offshore energy development, putting the United States on a path toward energy self-sustainability and positioning ourselves as a global leader on the international energy stage.

Learn more about what IPAA is working on regarding offshore energy below:

Recent Press Releases

  • The American Petroleum Institute (API), Energeo Alliance (Energeo), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), and Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) (collectively, the Associations) offer the following comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s......

    01 November, 2023

  • The American Petroleum Institute (API), Energeo Alliance (Energeo), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), and Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA) (collectively, the Associations) offer the following comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) call for information and nominations (Call) for lease......

    01 November, 2023

  • “… National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must withdraw the Proposed Rule and reissue a critical habitat proposal that identifies for designation only those “specific areas within” areas of the Gulf of Mexico (GOMx) actually occupied by Rice’s whales that qualify as habitat and on which......

    06 October, 2023

  • The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) released the following statement in response to the Department of Interior’s Proposed Final Program and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program): IPAA President......

    29 September, 2023

  • Dear Ms. Spence: The Gulf Energy Alliance (“GEA”), the Independent Petroleum Association of America (“IPAA”), the U.S. Oil and Gas Association (“USOGA”), the Southeast Oil and Gas Association (“SOGA”), the Mississippi Energy Institute (“MEI”), and the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (“LOGA”) respectfully submit the......

    07 September, 2023

  • Dear Mr. President: The undersigned trade associations, representing every aspect of the American offshore oil and natural gas industry, strongly urge the Biden Administration to finalize a new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (five-year leasing program) that includes the 11 lease......

    01 August, 2023

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IPAA is the industry’s strongest presence in the nation’s capital and these are important times. The entire oil and gas industry remains under fire from anti-development groups; but with these challenges arise unique opportunities that IPAA is seizing for our members.