API Chief Hails Oil & Gas Industry's Performance, Calls for Light Regulation

SUGAR LAND--January 18, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--For the last four years, the oil & gas industry, led by the American Petroleum Institute (API) (Washington, D.C.), cheered President Trump's commitment to "energy dominance," which included significant deregulatory efforts. Now the industry, and that group, are facing a distinctly different situation, with a Democratic president and Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate.

Within this article: Mike Sommers, the American Petroleum Institute's president and chief executive officer, offers his insights on how the Oil & Gas Industry and federal authorities can work in tandem on development and other issues.