February 2011
Natural Gas Council Offers to Work with NERC to Prevent Future Power and Supply Disruptions
Press Releases Feb 25, 2011Encourages Recognition of Interdependence of Natural Gas and Power Grid Washington, DC – Leaders of the Natural Gas Council (NGC) yesterday wrote to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to express interest in working with NERC and others to understand what transpired in the.....
America’s Independent Producers Targeted in President’s Budget – Tax Increase Will Reduce Jobs, Government Revenues While Threatening Energy Security
Press Releases, Taxes Feb 14, 2011WASHINGTON – Documents released by the White House today suggest that President Obama will attempt to resurrect a series of punitive tax hikes on U.S. producers of oil and natural gas in his budget plan for 2012 – tax increases that were proposed the last......
Raising taxes on American oil and gas producers will fundamentally undercut our nation’s long-term energy security objectives and raise energy costs for consumers
Press Releases, Taxes Jan 26, 2011WASHINGTON – In his State of the Union address last night before a joint session of Congress, President Obama renewed his call to hike taxes on America’s independent oil and natural gas producers, who on average employ just 12 workers while drilling 90 percent of......
WASHINGTON – Bruce Vincent, president of the Houston-based Swift Energy Company (NYSE: SFY) and chairman of theIndependent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), a national trade organization that represents the companies — who on average employ only 12 workers — that drill 90 percent of th...