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American Petroleum Institute

Jane VanRyan

API is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Our 400 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry. They are producers, refiners, suppliers, pipeline operators and marine transporters, as well as service and supply companies that support all segments of the industry.

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Recent blog posts from American Petroleum Institute

The "Idle" Oil Field Fallacy

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Many questions have been asked recently about the meaning of the word "idle." Some members of Congress have asserted that "idle" describes oil company leases for tracts of land where no active drilling is underway. They're wrong. Buying a lease for...

The Google Effect

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Have you ever heard of the Google Effect? As defined by author Robert Bryce, it is the likely impact on energy consumption of the world's population gaining access to computers and the Internet. Simply put, it means as more people use more computers,...

Rigs-as-Reefs

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Have you ever wondered what happens to offshore oil rigs when after they are decommissioned? Sometimes they are recycled and their steel is reused; but often they become habitat for fish. Under several state programs, old rigs remain standing in...

Looking for an answer? It's supply and demand.

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Want to know why oil and gasoline prices have climbed? The answer is simple -- supply and demand. Demand is up, supply is limited, and nobody is happy. Not consumers, not the refining industry, and certainly not Congress, which is...

An Energy Factoid

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Factoids. They're everywhere. Little nuggets of information that show up on Web sites, in colorful graphics in USA Today, and in ads. Here's a factoid for you about U.S. energy supplies: "There is enough oil in areas accessible to America -- 112 billion barrels...