WASHINGTON – Bruce Vincent, president of the Houston-based Swift Energy Company (NYSE: SFY) and chairman of theIndependent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), a national trade organization that represents the companies — who on average employ only 12 workers — that drill 90 percent of th...
President Obama’s Plan to Increase Taxes, Initiate Drilling Moratoria on American Energy Production Will Kill Jobs, Deepen Foreign Dependence “[S]eems like the worst option for the President to choose at this time,” says Independent Petroleum Association of America WASHINGTON – This week, Pr...
WASHINGTON – Barry Russell, president and CEO of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), issued the following statement today regarding cap-and-trade legislation jointly introduced by U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.): “Three months ago, by a narrow...
WASHINGTON – Barry Russell, president and CEO of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on bipartisan legislation aimed at lifting federal restrictions on offshore energy developm...
WASHINGTON – Barry Russell, president and CEO of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), issued the following statement today subsequent to Senate committee passage of the Dorgan amendment, an effort that seeks to expand responsible access to energy-rich areas in the eastern Gulf ...
Could Shut Down Thousands of American Oil and Gas Wells, Increase Imports, Lost Revenue Statement from Independent Petroleum Association of America President and CEO Barry Russell (IPAA represents the companies who drill 90 percent of the nation’s oil and natural gas wells and produce 68 percent....
Decision Holds America Back Just When We Need to Move Forward WASHINGTON—Barry Russell, president and CEO of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) – the leading, national trade organization representing the men and women who develop 90 percent of America’s oil and gas wells.....
