Primer Documents

The Primer Documents shelf contains API's primer documents on a variety of topics surrounding the oil and natural gas industry, including Canadian oil sands, offshore and onshore domestic access, earnings, efficiency and energy policies.

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Offshore Access to America's Oil and Natural Gas Resources

Increasing access to domestic sources of oil and natural gas would create new high paying jobs, bring billions of dollars to federal and state treasuries, reduce our balance of payments a...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 05 / 01 / 2009
43 p.

Energizing America: Facts for Addressing Energy Policy

The United States is at an historic turning point for the country and its energy policies. But many Americans lack a full understanding of the oil and natural gas industry. API has assemb...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 05 / 01 / 2009
14 p.

Putting Earnings into Perspective

The oil and natural gas industry is massive because it has to be to effectively compete for global energy resources. The industry’s earnings make possible the huge investments necessary t...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 05 / 01 / 2009
8 p.

Onshore Access Brochure

America needs a balanced energy policy that promotes energy efficiency, conservation and greater supplies of all forms of energy, including domestic oil and natural gas. The industry has ...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 06 / 05 / 2009
13 p.

Energy Solutions Primer

New energy solutions are on the horizon, brought to you by the pioneers of energy - America’s oil and natural gas industry. The U.S. oil and natural gas industry, with well over a centur...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 06 / 25 / 2009
13 p.

Canadian Oil Sands Primer

The vast resources of the Canadian oil sands will play a crucial role in enhancing our nation's energy security, serving as a bridge to a future economy increasingly powered by new energ...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 07 / 01 / 2009
16 p.

America's Energy Savers

The greatest “new” energy source available to use is the reduced demand brought about by greater energy efficiency and conservation. Significant progress has been made in the past and mor...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 07 / 02 / 2009
17 p.

Gasoline Prices Primer

The roller coaster rise and fall in gasoline and diesel prices over the last couple of years tracks changes in the cost of crude oil. Those changes are determined in the global crude oil ...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 04 / 12 / 2010
14 p.

Hydraulic Fracturing: Unlocking America’s Natural Gas Resources

Clean burning natural gas is critical to American manufacturing jobs, to farmers for fertilizer, to households for heating and cooking, to businesses for electricity and fuel for transpor...

From: EnergyTomorrow

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  • 07 / 21 / 2010