Dear Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer, As associations representing businesses of all industries, forms, and sizes in all 50 states, we urge the Senate to take expeditious steps to ensure the timely confirmation of qualified pending nominees to administration positions. The slow pace of confirma...
Dear Senator Lankford and Representative Jenkins: We, the undersigned organizations, wish to express our full support for the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act (THERA) of 2017. This important bill builds upon the Trump administration’s Executive Order 13783, which implemented crit...
To whom it may concern: The American Petroleum Institute (API), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), the International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC), and the Off...
In June 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced that it intended to initiate a preliminary investigation regarding EPA’s estimation of methane emissions from the oil and natural gas production sector. … IPAA’s member companies are s...
Dear Speaker Ryan and Democratic Leader Pelosi: The undersigned associations are writing to express our support for H.R. 2910, legislation introduced by Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) to improve interagency coordination in the review of proposed natural gas pipelines. The legislation is scheduled for consi...
Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Speaker Ryan, and Minority Leaders Schumer and Pelosi: The undersigned, which represent a diverse group of industries from across the country, write to express our strong support for H.R. 806 and S. 263, the “Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017.” This......
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and its Cooperating Associations submit the following comments in response to the request for stakeholder input to the Senate Finance Committee’s consideration of tax reform. Collectively, these organizations represent the thousands of indep...
Dear Mr. Cohen: The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submits the following in response to the May 30, 2017, Federal Register notice seeking comments and information as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) implementation of Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and ...
Dear Ms. Biercevicz: American Petroleum Institute (API), the American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA), US Oil & Gas Association (USOGA), and the Council of Petroleum Accountants Societie...
Dear Mr. Botwin: Together, the signatory trade associations (hereafter, “the Associations”) represent the majority of the oil and natural gas industry in the United States, across exploration and production (the “upstream”), transportation (the “midstream”) and manufacturing/refining (t...
