Tag: american petroleum institute

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 12 Feb 14

What They’re Saying: Reactions to the 2014 SOTU

As President Obama highlighted in his 2014 State of the Union, oil and natural gas production continues to provide new opportunities for the American economy and manufacturing sector while boosting our national security. Yet this year the president again repeated a call to repeal certain tax provisions provided to the oil and natural gas industry. […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 4 Nov 13

Poll: Voters Oppose Increasing Taxes on Energy Production

Matt Kellogg, IPAA’s Manager of Government Relations A new poll by Harris Interactive, conducted as a part of the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) “What America is Thinking on Energy Issues” series, finds a majority of American voters oppose changes to the tax code that would hinder energy production in the United States. According to the […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 11 Jul 13

Politico Pro (sub req’d): API study finds repealing IDC deduction would cost 233,000 job losses and hurt the US economy

The Obama administration’s plan to alter tax deductions for some drilling costs would lead to the loss of 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day from U.S. oil and gas fields, according to the American Petroleum Institute. A new study conducted for API by Wood Mackenzie concluded that President Barack Obama’s effort to eliminate […]