From: nigel.allen@canrem.com (Nigel Allen)
Newsgroups: sci.energy
Subject: petroleum news
Date: 18 Nov 1992 07:00:23 -0600
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Here is a press release from the Independent Petroleum Association 
of America.  I thought it might be of interest to readers of
this newsgroup.

 Petroleum Independents Vow to Press Their Case with New                                  
Congress, Administration
 To: National Desk, Energy Writer
 Contact: Judy Leon or Jamie Bowers, 202-857-4770, both
          of the Independent Petroleum Association of America


   WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Independent Petroleum
Association of America ended its 63rd annual meeting in Reno, Nev.,
by adopting a new legislative agenda designed to "Decrease 
America's
dangerous and costly reliance on imported oil...and ensure a strong
viable domestic oil and natural gas industry."
   "Our industry is still in trouble," said IPAA Chairman Gene Ames,
"We need to work together with the new Congress and 
administration to
insure that they know how important our industry is to the nation's
strength and security."
   The IPAA adopted a draft agenda which addresses the following 
five
issues:
   Crude Oil -- Revise import/export policies to stabilize and expand
domestic oil production and prevent the premature loss of stripper
oil production.
   Natural Gas -- Implement recently enacted policies that expand
natural gas markets and make them more competitive.  Adopt 
policies
which encourage a greater share of federal funding for natural gas,
long-term sales contracts which maintain a level playing field for
domestic and imported gas.
   Taxes -- Adopt policies which encourage capital formation for
exploration and production; maximum recovery of the oil and gas
resource base through initiatives to maintain marginal production 
and
increase enhanced recovery technology, and adopt policies which
improve the economics of environmental compliance.
   Environmental Protection -- oppose environmental requirements
which are inequitable, cost-prohibitive, or ineffective; retain
present state-based regulatory program for exploration and 
production
wastes, and maintain current federal exemption of production waste
under the resource conservation and recovery act (RCRA).
   Public Lands -- Adopt policies to improve and increase access to
federal lands for oil and natural gas exploration and production
under reasonable terms and conditions.
   In the first outreach to the energy industry from the new Clinton
administration, Bill Burton, energy coordinator for the campaign
briefly addressed the IPAA membership saying that President-Elect
Clinton has already sent "some strong signals that we're going to see
some real changes" on behalf of the independent producing sector of
the industry.  Burton cited as examples, Clinton's commitment to
making the departments of Energy and Commerce "major cabinet
positions" in his administration, reiterated that the Clinton
administration will not impose a carbon or energy tax, does not
oppose off shore drilling across the board and supports the
preservation of the industry exemption under RCRA.
   Among the other highlights of the IPAA annual meeting:
   -- Keynote speaker Ed Rollins did a political wrap-up of the year
saying that the reason that the Clinton-Gore ticket won is that "The
Bush campaign never understood that the politics of 1992 was not
about the past but about the future."
   -- The prestigious "Chief Roughneck Of The Year" award was given
to Irene Wischer, president of Panhandle Producing Co. and the first
woman ever to win the distinction.
   -- Congressman Bill Archer (R-TX) received the "Hard Hat Of The
Year Award" in recognition of his considerable contribution in
winning Alternative Minimum Tax Relief for independents.
   -- IPAA kicked off a public education campaign, "Fueling America's
Energy Future," to redefine the image of the industry and educate 
the public about the industry's contributions to a strong and secure
America.  In her state of the association address IPAA President
Denise Bode said that she expects that IPAA is "going to be an
important energy player" in the coming year.
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