{"id":12456,"date":"2015-09-21T06:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2015-09-21T06:14:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:14:59","slug":"american-petroleum-institute-touts-oil-exports-to-fend-off-iran-russia-despite-api-members-tied-to-both-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12456","title":{"rendered":"American Petroleum Institute Touts Oil Exports to Fend Off Iran, Russia Despite API Members Tied to Both Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/09\/20\/american-petroleum-institute-oil-exports-iran-russia-business-ties-both-countries\" target=\"_blank\">American Petroleum Institute Touts Oil Exports to Fend Off Iran, Russia Despite API Members Tied to Both Countries<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/643\" target=\"_blank\">American Petroleum Institute (<span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>)<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fuelfix.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/09\/api-launches-first-oil-export-ads-as-congress-nears-vote\" target=\"_blank\">launched a new advertising campaign<\/a>\u00a0in its ongoing push to oust the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0oil exports ban in place since\u00a01975.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a4DOGAOUQ4M\" target=\"_blank\">One of the most recent ads<\/a>, titled \u201cCrude Oil Exports and National Security\u201d on YouTube, starts off with ominous music and asks, \u201cWho loves the ban on\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>crude oil exports?\u201d The answer, says\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>, is \u201cIran and Russia, not exactly our best\u00a0friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not mentioned: both countries\u00a0currently\u00a0maintain business ties with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.api.org\/globalitems\/globalheaderpages\/membership\/api-member-companies\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>&#8216;s dues-paying members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"player\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a4DOGAOUQ4M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ad, reported the Houston Chronicle,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fuelfix.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/09\/api-launches-first-oil-export-ads-as-congress-nears-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\">aired<\/a>\u00a0in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and\u00a0Washington.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>\u00a0has also launched a new website dedicated to pushing oil exports,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilandexports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OilAndExports.com<\/a>, which makes the case for exporting\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0oil. And two\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php\/Portal:Front_groups\" target=\"_blank\">front groups<\/a>, both\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php\/Energy_Citizens\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Citizens<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nofrackingway.us\/2012\/10\/23\/frackin-front-groups-and-pr-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Nation<\/a>, have also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/energycitizens.org\/join\/default.aspx?format=2&amp;recruitment=CrudeOil&amp;utm_campaign=Crude%20Exports&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Paid%20Social&amp;utm_content=TW-Crude-Post&amp;utm_term=TW-Crude-Post&amp;DDCA_RegSource=4&amp;DDCA_Medium=Paid%20Social&amp;DDCA_CampaignAd=TW-Crude-Post&amp;DDCA_AdUnit=TW-Crude-Post&amp;DDCA_Term=TW-Crude-Post\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energynation.org\/register-take-action\/\" target=\"_blank\">petitions<\/a>\u00a0calling for congressional offices to lift the\u00a0ban.<\/p>\n<p>The push by the industry&#8217;s most powerful lobby comes as rumors have swirled about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/09\/american-petroleum-institute-americas-natural-gas-alliance-merger-talks-213356\" target=\"_blank\">potential for a merger<\/a>\u00a0between<a href=\"http:\/\/desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/6013\" target=\"_blank\">America&#8217;s Natural Gas Alliance (<span class=\"caps\">ANGA<\/span>)<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/desmogblog.com\/fracking-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">hydraulic fracturing (\u201cfracking\u201d)<\/a>\u00a0industrial complex&#8217;s lobby, and\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes as the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0House of Representatives, led by a Republican Party majority, just\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/09\/17\/us-usa-oilexports-house-idUSKCN0RH26Z20150917\" target=\"_blank\">passed a bill<\/a>\u00a0to end the oil export\u00a0ban.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">API<\/span>\u00a0is not alone in pushing the oil exports to fend off Iran message, with the industry-funded\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qsw7jt-1eQY\" target=\"_blank\">Producers for American Crude Oil Exports<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YYj__QhhLsI\" target=\"_blank\">Domestic Energy Producers Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(<span class=\"caps\">DEPA<\/span>) also disseminating their own similar\u00a0commercials.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">DEPA<\/span>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/09\/21\/us-hamm-romney-profile-idUSBRE88J12L20120921\" target=\"_blank\">created<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/9859\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Hamm<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/15658\" target=\"_blank\">Continental Resources<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>\u00a0and 2012 Republican Party\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/09\/21\/us-hamm-romney-profile-idUSBRE88J12L20120921\" target=\"_blank\">presidential candidate Mitt Romney&#8217;s energy advisor<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 has also created its own website advocating for lifting the ban at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depausa.org\/lift-the-ban\/lift-the-export-ban\" target=\"_blank\">LiftTheExportBan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Petroleum Institute Touts Oil Exports to Fend Off Iran, Russia Despite API Members Tied to Both Countries The\u00a0American Petroleum Institute (API)\u00a0has\u00a0launched a new advertising campaign\u00a0in its ongoing push to oust the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0oil exports ban in place since\u00a01975. 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