WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Executive Vice President Lee Fuller released the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tightening federal standards for ground-level ozone levels, which could impose hundreds o...
From IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell: “Independent oil and natural gas producers drill 90 percent of the nation’s wells. The Administration is proposing a costly and complicated regulatory program for few environmental benefits. The unnecessary costs and added uncertainty resulting from the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Independent Petroleum Association of America Executive Vice President Lee Fuller issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s announcement to further regulate the oil and gas industry on methane emissions: “America’s energy producers have...
“Since 2008, U.S. shale gas production has grown 400 percent, while methane emissions have declined 13.3 percent… Despite this progress, fossil fuel opponents are pressuring EPA to implement additional and duplicative regulations under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to further target methan...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, President Obama released his final budget for 2015. In response, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President and CEO Barry Russell released this statement: “In his State of the Union address, President Obama praised American energy development, highlighti...
Independent Petroleum Association of America President and CEO Barry Russell responded to President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union speech: “IPAA welcomes President Obama’s embrace of natural gas in his State of the Union address. His focus of natural gas as an essential part of......
