America’s independent oil and gas producers play an active role offshore. In fact, independent producers hold 80 percent of the Gulf of Mexico shallow-water leases and 75 percent of deepwater leases, accounting for 30 percent of the Gulf’s oil production. Independent producers operating offshore generated $38 billion in economic benefits, more than 200,000 jobs, and $10 billion in federal and state revenue and royalty payments in 2009, according to an IHS Global Insight study. 121,000 jobs were created by independent producers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico alone. IPAA supports a pro-growth strategy for American offshore energy development, putting the United States on a path toward energy self-sustainability and positioning ourselves as a global leader on the international energy stage.
Learn more about what IPAA is working on regarding offshore energy below:
Dear Chair Graves and Ranking Member Larsen: President Trump’s directive that the U.S. government “unleash American energy” (Executive Order 14154) has helped set the country on a course of global energy dominance. Congress plays a significant role in advancing this important agenda, and the U.S.......
11 July, 2025The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), American Petroleum Institute (API), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Offshore Operators Committee (OOC), U.S. Oil and Gas Association (USOGA), American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), EnerGeo Alliance, Energy Workforce and Technology Council,......
16 June, 2025IPAA joined the American Petroleum Institute and more than 100 other energy trade groups and organizations in urging the Department of the Interior to develop a new five-year offshore leasing program that fully leverages the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf as a secure source of affordable,......
16 June, 2025WASHINGTON — Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Offshore Committee Chairman Ron Neal, the President of Houston Energy L.P. and CEO of HEQ Deepwater, issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the Biden Administration’s plan to remove millions of acres of U.S. oceans from potential......
05 January, 2025WASHINGTON —Today, Energy Workforce & Technology Council, Independent Petroleum Association of America, US Oil and Gas Association, National Ocean Industries Association, Western Energy Alliance, and the International Association of Drilling Contractors issued the following statements in response to Maryland Judge Boardman’s decision to vacate the 2020 Gulf of Mexico Biological......
10 September, 2024WASHINGTON – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), Energy Workforce & Technology Council, U.S. Oil and Gas Association (USOGA), Western Energy Alliance, National Stripper Well Association, National Ocean Industries Association, Gulf Energy Alliance, International Association of Drilling Contractors, SE Oil and Gas Association, Louisiana Mid-Continent......
25 July, 2024
