• Oil and Natural Gas

    Sustaining our revolution in oil and gas production should be a national priority, starting with a policy environment that welcomes investment, risk-taking, and job creation. It is important for our infrastructure to keep pace with this opportunity.

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  • Press Release
    February 11, 2015

    U.S. Chamber Calls on President Obama to Sign Keystone Bill

    In response to the House of Representatives vote today to approve S. 1, the Keystone Pipeline Approval Act, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Energy Institute president and CEO Karen Harbert issued the following statement:
  • Blog
    February 4, 2015

    The Leader of America’s Number One Oil Supplier Came to Washington

    You may not be aware, but Alberta, Canada is America's number one oil supplier. In a speech at the U.S. Chamber, Jim Prentice, Alberta's Premier, said: Alberta ships 2.5 million barrels of oil a day to the US. We are the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States of America. We contribute 26
  • Press Release
    January 29, 2015

    U.S. Chamber Applauds Senate Passage of ‘Keystone XL Pipeline Act’

    Contact: Blair Holmes 202-463-5682 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, issued the following statement today regarding Senate passage of S. 1, the “Keystone XL Pipeline Act”: “The Senate’s passage of legislation
  • Blog
    January 26, 2015

    Obama Wants to Close Off Energy-Rich Stretch of Alaska to Development

    Pultizer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin, wrote in the New York Times that global energy markets are at aninflection point. The role of the world's "swing producer" has swung to the United States: By leaving oil prices to the market, Saudi Arabia and the emirates also passed the responsibility as
  • Press Release
    January 9, 2015

    U.S. Chamber Urges No More Delays on Keystone XL Pipeline

    WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to a decision by the Nebraska Supreme Court that left intact Nebraska’s permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, today issued the following statement: “The Nebraska Supreme
  • Letters
    January 8, 2015

    Key Vote Alert! H.R. 3, the “Keystone XL Pipeline Act”

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s
  • Press Release
    December 17, 2014

    U.S. Chamber Disappointed with New York’s Decision to Ban Oil and Gas Development

    WASHINGTON, D.C.— Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, today issued the following statement following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that New York will ban hydraulic fracturing to develop oil and gas resources: “Governor Cuomo’s announcement