Today, President Obama issued an executive order that establishes a working group to coordinate federal efforts on hydraulic fracturing. IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell welcomed this initiative: “The White House executive order has a very good intent – centralizing the many ongoing reviews ...
Today, IPAA sent a letter to Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President, regarding the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs’ (OIRA) review of EPA’s proposed rulemaking on New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Oil and ...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture, or limit debate, on Sen. Robert Menendez’s bill, S. 2204, which targets longstanding tax provisions that encourage American oil and natural gas production. Failing to invoke cloture now effectively kills the bill. It was rejected......
Today, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Public Works Committee, introduced the FRESH Act which clarifies that states have primary jurisdiction over regulation, permitting, and developing guidance of hydraulic fracturing technology. President and CEO Barry Russell ex...
In light of President Obama’s speech on energy in Maryland today, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Vice President of Federal Resources & Political Affairs Dan Naatz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar in which he raised serious concerns.....
Yesterday, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Vice President of Federal Resources & Political Affairs Dan Naatz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar on the recent DOI report entitled “Comparative Assessment of the Federal Oil and Gas Fiscal ...
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, D.C. – Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President and CEO Barry Russell issued the following statement regarding Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s plan to raise royalty rates for oil and natural gas production on taxpayer-owned lands by 50 percent: “Secretary Sala...
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 – Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Chairman Virginia “Gigi” Lazenby issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union Address this evening. Lazenby is chief executive officer of Bretagne, LLC, a Nashville-based independent oil and na...
