Energytomorrow Radio

October, 6, 2009: Jane Van Ryan recaps a recent tour of the THUMS Islands featuring sound bites from Frank Komin, president of Occidental Petroleum, and Charlie Plant, production manager of White Island.

September, 22, 2009: Jane Van Ryan talks with Art Wiese, API’s policy analysis manager, about a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study on the importance of the oil and natural gas industry to the U.S. economy.

September 16, 2009. ETR 89 tells the story of the Energy Citizens rallies, which provided concerned Americans the opportunity to voice their opinions on the Waxman-Markey climate bill. The series of 20 rallies held across America gave people from all walks of life the chance to let their representatives in Washington know they need to protect jobs and support responsible energy legislation.

August 14, 2009: Jane Van Ryan reports on a recent tour of oil sands operations in Alberta, Canada. Oil sands are a critically important energy resource, providing crude oil to the United States. Of the more than 2 million barrels of Canadian crude oil that are imported in to the U.S. every day, about half is derived from Canada’s abundant oil sands.

August 4, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with API’s Al Mannato on how the oil and natural gas industry is preparing for hurricane season. Mr. Mannato discusses how the industry will continue to remain a reliable provider of energy to the United States.

July 14, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Thomas Tanton, president of T2 and Associates, about the results of a study he conducted, commissioned by API, on greenhouse gas emission reduction and technologies.

June 30, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Jennifer Haskins of Harris Interactive® about the results of API’s third annual Energy IQ survey.

June 19, 2009: Jane Van Ryan discusses a conference call featuring Jack Gerard, Mark Ayers, Doug McCarron and Larry Nichols on the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor - Management Committee, an organization created to preserve and create jobs by promoting domestic oil and natural gas production.

June 9, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Kevin Book of ClearView Energy Partners, LLC about the energy and climate change legislation being considered in Congress. Kevin discusses energy security issues and the recent rise in gas prices during the summer driving season.

May 22, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Tim Sampson, manager for exploration and production at API, and Roland Goodman, manager of upstream standards at API, about how the oil and natural gas industry prepares for storms during hurricane season.

May 11, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with David Schnare from the Center for Environmental Stewardship at the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy about the proposal to drill for oil and natural gas off Virginia’s coastline.

April 14, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with David Collyer, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, about Canada’s abundant deposits of oil sands and why they are important to the United States.

March 30, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Peter Lidiak, API’s pipeline director, about the importance of dialing 811 before digging in areas where pipelines may be present.

March 17, 2008: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Ray Keating, chief economist of the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Council, about how next taxes on the oil and natural gas industry could impact small businesses and consumers.

  Jane Van Ryan speaks with Ron Hyden, strategic business manager for production enhancement at Halliburtion, about hydraulic fracturing, the process that helps produce natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and other formations

  Jane Van Ryan speaks with Gary Luquette president of Chevron North American Exploration and Production Company, about his recent testimony in front of Congress about Chevron’s perspectives on Outer Continental Shelf access.

  Jane Van Ryan speaks with John Felmy, chief economist at API, about what’s behind the recent increase in gasoline prices.

Feb. 17, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Jim Martin, president of 60 Plus, about Interior Secretary Salazar's announcement that he's delaying action on the government's plan to open more offshore areas to oil and natural gas production.

  Feb. 10, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Catherine Reheis-Boyd of the Western Staets Petroleum Association (WSPA) about the Low Carbon Fuel Standard that’s been raising a lot of questions in California.

Feb. 3 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with David Montgomery, vice president of CRA and John Felmy, chief economist at API, about a new study that examines the negative impacts of placing a Windfall Profits Tax on the oil and natural gas industry.