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OTC: Dialogue with consumer groups can influence policy

05/19/2008
The oil and gas industry is headed for an energy policy “train wreck” unless it can successfully communicate with and engage the public in a way that will influence governmental actions favorable to the realistic provision of energy, said Consumer Energy Alliance Vice-Pres. Michael Whatley at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston May 8.“Since 1980 US demand has increased by 30%, but supply has grown by only 15%. Yet over 80% of the Outer Continental Shelf remains off-limits to oil and gas exploration and production. Even worse, only 3% of onshore federal land is available for oil and gas leasing, and more than 51% is totally off-limits for conventional leasing,&r...
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