WASHINGTON – In a speech today in Florida, President Obama reinforced his support for billions of dollars in new, job-crushing taxes on American oil and natural gas. His recent budget proposal also seeks to raise taxes on American energy by billions of dollars. Independent Petroleum......
WASHINGTON – Documents released by the White House today reveal that the Obama administration will attempt to resurrect a series of punitive tax hikes on U.S. oil and natural gas producers in his final 2013 budget plan, an announcement that comes just weeks after President......
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks this evening before a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama repeated his interest in raising taxes on oil and natural gas companies as a means of addressing the federal deficit. In response, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President and CEO...
Independent Producers – Not ‘Big Oil’ – lead America’s oil and natural gas development – Drill 95% of Wells in the United States WASHINGTON – Policymakers in Washington are, once again, talking about raising taxes on U.S. producers of oil and natural gas – tax......
IHS Global Insight report updates existing figures on central role that independent oil and natural gas producers play in driving our economy, drilling 94% of nation’s wells. NEW YORK – Independent oil and natural gas producers working onshore in the United States accounted for nearly......
WASHINGTON – 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......
WASHINGTON – 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......
President Obama’s Plan to Increase Taxes, Initiate Drilling Moratoria on American Energy Production Will Kill Jobs, Deepen Foreign Dependence “[S]eems like the worst option for the President to choose at this time,” says Independent Petroleum Association of America WASHINGTON – This week, Pr...
Could Shut Down Thousands of American Oil and Gas Wells, Increase Imports, Lost Revenue Statement from Independent Petroleum Association of America President and CEO Barry Russell (IPAA represents the companies who drill 90 percent of the nation’s oil and natural gas wells and produce 68 percent....
