President and CEO Barry Russell Letter to National Economic Council Director Lawrence Kudlow on Pending U.S. Natural Gas Policies

President and CEO Barry Russell Letter to National Economic Council Director Lawrence Kudlow on Pending U.S. Natural Gas Policies

Dear Mr. Kudlow: The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) congratulates you as you assume the directorship of the National Economic Council. IPAA is the leading, national upstream trade association representing thousands of independent oil and natural gas producers and their service companies across the United States. Independent producers develop 95 percent of the nation’s oil and natural gas wells. These companies account for 54 percent of America’s oil production, 85 percent of its natural gas production, and support over 2.1 million American jobs.