Methane is a greenhouse gas, emitted both by natural sources and from human activity. Methane is also the largest component of natural gas, the product that companies sell. Operators have every incentive to capture and sell as much of this product as possible to American consumers, rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere. And independent oil and natural gas producers have made great strides in reducing our carbon footprint by cutting emissions without raising energy costs.
In fact, the United States leads the world in the reduction of carbon emissions, even as the production of U.S. oil and natural gas continues to increase. Our success in lowering carbon emissions in the United States is not because of additional regulations, but because of the increased use of clean-burning natural gas. It doesn’t take top-down mandates from Washington, D.C. to recognize the benefits of low-carbon natural gas as an affordable, reliable, and abundant power source.
According to the latest U.S. EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, methane emissions from oil and natural gas systems have decreased 19 percent since 1990 (249 million metric tons to 202 mmt) at the same time natural gas production has increased 52 percent and oil production has increased 28 percent. Read more…
The latest U.S. government data show greenhouse gas emissions continuing to decline thanks to increased use of clean-burning natural gas. Read more…
Growing America’s Energy Future By Barry Russell, IPAA President and CEO Morning Consult Opinion March 6, 2018 America’s energy producers are the backbone of our nation’s security and economic growth. Yet, as our country faces the considerable challenge of meeting our future energy needs, companies......
06 March, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and Western Energy Alliance today welcome the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) suspension of an Obama administration final rule regulating venting and flaring from oil and natural gas operations on federal and tribal lands. “We’re......
07 December, 2017
DENVER – Western Energy Alliance and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) today filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming opposing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for a delay of a lawsuit by industry and the states......
27 October, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representing the independent producers that develop 90 percent of America’s oil and natural gas wells, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President and CEO Barry Russell issued the following statement on today’s Senate procedural vote failing to allow debate on an Obama-era......
10 May, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ action to reject the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule on waste prevention and resource conservation, commonly referred to as the BLM methane Venting and Flaring Rule.......
03 February, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider a joint resolution of disapproval on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule on “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation” – commonly referred to as the BLM Venting......
02 February, 2017