Washington, D.C. – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) welcomed Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to reform and extend a successful pilot program that helps the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) address a backlog of drilling permit applications and reduce permit delays for...
“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, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, with bipartisan support, a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 that reauthorizes and makes reforms to a successful U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) pilot office program set to expire......
Washington, D.C. – Last week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted joint comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on their proposed rulemaking to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (...
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in response to its effort to update the self-insurance program on risk management for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). In its comments, IPAA maint...
Washington, DC – Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) filed comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed policy on Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Actions. IPAA’s comments were filed jointly with nearly fifty additional associations who represent Amer...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014 (S. 2440), a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes and makes reforms to a successful BLM pilot project set to expire in 2015. The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA),......
Washington, D.C. – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) today announced the addition of Neal Kirby as the newest member of the IPAA communications team. Neal joins IPAA as the manager of public affairs and communications. Prior to joining the association, Neal served as......
Additional Background: IPAA Fact Sheet on Crude Oil Exports “The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) rejects claims made by the ‘Consumers and Refiners United for Domestic Energy’ (CRUDE), an organization comprised of four domestic oil refineries, regarding two decisions made...
Washington, DC – Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4315, the “21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act,” to enhance transparency surrounding the data, models and science used by federal agencies to determine listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)....
