In the video below API tax policy advisor Brian Johnson explains why rhetoric about oil and natural gas companies benefiting from taxpayer subsidies is just that, rhetoric.
Creating much of the confusion is the way terms like “subsidies” and “deductions” get used interchangeably. Does the oil and natural gas industry benefit from taxpayer subsidies? “Nothing could be further from the truth,” Johnson says. Take a look:
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.@lisamurkowski #energy plan to stress more #oil & #natural_gas, affordability in broad policy approach via @nytimes http://t.co/DMZNpumr
RT @mark_j_perry: One Reason Oil Prices Will Remain Stable: U.S. Oil Production Reached a 14-Year High in February http://t.co/orJJE1zE
Thanks to #fracking, #PA's #natgas output more than quadrupled 2009-2011. #EIA charts the growth. http://t.co/jdQjz4Up
MT @conocophillips: #KeystoneXL would provide big boost to #TX #economy: http://t.co/RqloG1oC via @fwbusinesspress RT if you like #natgas!
.@newtgingrich: America has plenty of #oil. "It's within our reach to become true #energy superpower." http://t.co/oSct7MUp
Higher supply = higher prices, or the #NRDC flunks Econ 101. http://t.co/v1rMTFzk | Energy Tomorrow Blog #Keystone_XL #oil_sands
#TX may use #natural_gas to power on-site generators at Eagle Ford #oil drilling locations as way to curb flaring. http://t.co/ccvXDrQa
Who could have imagined the day would come when the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) crafted a report focused on relieving...
Report shows #oil & #natural_gas workplace #safety compares favorably with other sectors. http://t.co/I7BtnZyg | Energy Tomorrow Blog
MT @mark_j_perry: Bakken 2? Oil prosperity comes to South-Central KS, could be largest economic impact in state history http://t.co/G1YkYdbS
According to a new API report, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry’s workplace safety record measures favorably with the private...
RT @bakkenblog: Oil prices drop to five-month lows Wednesday on Iran talks, brimming U.S. supply. http://t.co/JlT1JS5e
MT @conocophillips: “We kind of have natural gas coming out of our ears now.” - Petroleum Assn of Wyoming's Hinchey. http://t.co/GisoOFmg
#ND could double #oil output by 2015, to more than 1 million barrels per day, says state's top regulator. http://t.co/sqkcAJYr #energy
MT @conocophillips: Recently used CO2 to produce #natgas - methane hydrate tech. “… it's more than neat – much more” http://t.co/zfhvAG6K
Expert: $10B to $20B/yr in infrastructure needed to bring new #oil & #natural_gas to market over next 20 years. http://t.co/qH6zVh5q #energy
AGA study: Affordable #natgas helped US #oil & gas production that was responsible for 9% of new #job growth in 2011. http://t.co/oqgVLNao
Interesting report in the Boston Globe about how a ripple of economic benefits from shale natural gas development is reaching a non...
AGA study: Affordable, abundant #natgas helped create 334,000 #jobs in NG-dependent industries the past two years. http://t.co/b4jji9FH
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