Tag: Obama

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 8 Feb 16

IPAA Combats Administration’s Proposed $10 Fee on Every Barrel of Oil

Last Thursday, the Obama Administration announced its plan to fund the nation’s transportation infrastructure with a  $10 fee on every barrel of oil produced in the United States.  Yet, the Administration was unclear on how this plan would work and how it would account for imported oil and petroleum products. IPAA was quick to respond […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 4 Mar 14

O&G Journal: IPAA Reacts to President Obama’s 2015 Budget

  • 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
  • 18 Oct 13

My West Texas: IPAA Highlights Importance of Tax Code at Conference

A budget stalemate may have slowed government activity, but the oil and gas industry still should carefully watch several initiatives that could dramatically impact activity. Opening the annual Executive Oil Conference at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Ryan Ullman, director of government relations and political affairs at the Independent Petroleum Association of America, listed three areas for […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 12 Sep 13

Oil and Gas Journal (Editor’s Column): President Obama and His Approach to Oil

With Barack Obama in the White House, energy commentators never lack for subjects. Because Oil & Gas Journal editorials about Obama’s energy policies have been frequent and usually negative, the question sometimes arises whether the OGJ editor dislikes the president. To set the record straight: Without knowing the man[…]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 3 Sep 13

ABQ Journal (Op-Ed): Repeal of the IDC deduction could have a major impact on New Mexico

Opponents of oil and gas development have successfully perpetrated a lie by parroting the “end subsidies to oil and gas” talking points. But the facts show the claims of “subsidies” and “giveaways” are misleading at best. Oil companies do not receive government subsidies, which are defined as “grants or gifts of money.” Nor do they […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 3 Sep 13

Patriot News (Op-Ed): Obama’s tax policies will hurt Pennsylvania’s energy industry

Under the presidency of Barack Obama, the energy policies of our nation are shaped largely by environmental groups who want to end the use of fossil fuels that power our economy and account for more than 15 million jobs. The administration’s aims have been painfully evident from the beginning. Its first step was to ban […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 21 Aug 13

Shreveport Times (Bernard L. Weinstein): Higher Oil and Gas Taxes Risks Energy Security

For more than a year, we’ve heard President Barack Obama proclaim that he supports an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy for America, including increased oil and gas production. But his actions suggest otherwise. At present, all of the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, along with the vast majority of federally owned lands, remain off-limits to new exploration and […]