About Energy In Depth
Who We Are
America’s natural gas and oil producers – the majority of which are small, independent businesses with less than 12 employees- are committed to strengthening America through the safe, responsible and environmentally-friendly development of domestic energy resources. Together, we’re working to keep energy affordable here at home, creating new jobs and minimizing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil.
Thanks to new innovations and the hard work of the hundreds of thousands of Americans in the petroleum industry, we’re doing just that. Spread throughout small towns and communities across the country, our companies keep local economies moving by providing goods and generating tax revenues through lease payments and production royalties.
In fact, America’s oil and natural gas producers account for the federal treasury’s second largest revenue source (with personal and corporate taxes being number one). EnergyInDepth separates fact from fiction about our nation’s natural gas and oil industry – especially on emerging policy issues such as the environment and taxes. This website and its affiliated educational programs were created by:
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What We Do
America’s thousands of independent petroleum producers provide the nation with a stable, continuous supply of oil and natural gas from domestic sources. Collectively, small and independent operators are responsible for:
- 90 percent of our nation’s oil and gas wells
- 68 percent of all domestic oil production
- 82 percent of all domestic natural gas production
Operating almost exclusively in the field of exploration and production, independent producers are not involved in the marketing or sale of gasoline, home heating fuel or any other product. Rather, we are dedicated to finding and developing the oil and gas resources our nation needs to keep our economy moving. Recent analysis has shown that independent producers invest 150 percent of their domestic cash flow into American oil and natural gas development—enhancing our aggressive efforts to find and produce more energy, break our dependence on foreign sources and support our communities.
How We Do It
Independent oil and natural gas producers use innovative technologies and techniques to produce energy safely and efficiently. 21st century technologies allow us to produce more energy from fewer wells with minimal impacts on the environment. The use of these technologies is critical to safe development of American energy in the future, especially when it comes to the national goal of lessening our dependence on foreign, unstable sources of energy. As long-standing members of our communities, we work with local partners to ensure they are involved in the production process, and share in the benefits of domestic energy production. Our neighbors are our most important allies, and are critical to our continued ability to produce energy for the American economy.
