LUBBOCK, Texas — Edith Naegele, President & CEO of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) issued the following statement today following President Trump’s announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will revise burdensome methane regulations affecting o...
Dear Chairmen Capito and Lee, and Ranking Members Whitehouse and Heinrich: On behalf of the companies that produce, transport, and deliver natural gas across the nation, the Natural Gas Council strongly supports S. 5653, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026. We commend......
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) joined with the American Petroleum Institute (API) and 136 organizations representing energy, labor, manufacturing, housing, transportation, infrastructure and businesses across the country in urging congressional leaders to bring the Bipartisa...
IPAA joined the National Association of Manufacturers and other leading manufacturing and business organizations in sending a coalition letter urging Congress to swiftly pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. Representing businesses across the country and industries throughout th...
IPAA as part of the Waters Advocacy Coalition (“WAC”) submits the following comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPRM”) regarding the ...
WASHINGTON – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and Western Energy Alliance today praised the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing a bill to extend a successful program that funds oil and natural gas permitting activities on federal lands for the next decade. The bill......
WASHINGTON – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) issued the following statement today on the release of U.S. Senate Energy and Environment leaders’ bipartisan permitting legislation, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026. Edith Naegele, IPAA Pres...
IPAA joined more than 50 U.S. business, energy and manufacturing groups from around the country in issuing a letter to President Trump urging him to reject calls to institute any kind of fuel export ban or limit. The letter notes: “Export bans would lead to......
Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, Leader Thune, and Leader Schumer: Days ago, catastrophic flooding in Grand Canyon National Park claimed human lives, forced large-scale evacuations, destroyed critical infrastructure, and closed lodging and campgrounds throughout the park. As families grieve lo...
IPAA and the Western Energy Alliance (the “Associations”) represent many members who are responsible for the filing of the Federal production and royalty reports to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (“ONRR”). The following tenets underly the Associations’ comments that follow: 1. The...
