As National budget discussions escalate, we can expect to receive more insight into Congress’s framework for business tax reform. An important aspect of this framework is a focus on eliminating tax breaks for specific industries. The American oil and natural gas industry commonly becomes a target in these discussions. However, rarely is any focus given to […]
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 […]
The current conflict in the Middle East only underscores the need for increased domestic energy production. Unrest in oil producing regions around the world will always cause fluctuations in the price of oil. Markets will always react to uncertainty, whatever the source At its core, U.S. energy independence is[…]
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 […]
Oil and natural gas producers opposing efforts to change tax treatments enjoyed by the industry are directing legislators’ attention to a new study on what repealing the Intangible Drilling Costs deduction would cost. The study, commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, said eliminating that one tax deduction would cost the country 190,000 jobs and reduce […]
Texas is the largest oil and gas employer in the nation, and the city of Houston continues to be one of the most important energy centers in the world. There are almost 400,000 oil and gas workers in Texas, and last year alone that number increased by nearly 35,000. Houston is booming, and the economic […]
The …upcoming debate over energy taxes and energy policy tells us a great deal about Houston’s economic future. Texas is the largest oil and gas employer in the nation, and the city of Houston continues to be one of the most important energy centers in the world. There are almost 400,000 oil and gas workers […]
Repealing the federal tax provision allowing oil and gas producers to deduct certain intangible drilling costs (IDCs) effective Jan. 1, 2014, would cost 190,000 US jobs in the first year and would cut drilling investments in the US by $407 billion over 10 years, a new study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute found. “The […]
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