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Testing U.S. competitiveness
Advanced Placement exams will take place next month in schools around the country. If you’re wondering why this event is on the radar for an oil and gas company, you could say we’re heavily invested in the outcome. Students who pass an AP exam are three times more likely to graduate from college. That means that if we can get more students to take and pass AP exams – especially in math and science – U.S. companies including ExxonMobil will have a greater pool of talent from which to recruit.
Canadian oil: Essential to U.S. energy security
“Stable and steady and reliable” – that’s what the president called Canadian oil yesterday when he called for the U.S. to take greater advantage of energy supplies from our neighbor to the north. But as I said earlier today in response to this speech – it’s time to turn words into action.
Actions speak louder than words – especially when it comes to energy policy
The president gave a speech on energy yesterday at Georgetown University, and like any political speech, there are some parts you agree with and some parts you don’t. Here’s one part of the president’s speech we can agree with: “Producing more oil in America can help lower oil prices, create jobs and enhance our energy security.” The question now is whether the president will back up his speech with action.
DOI’s “Use It or Lose It” report: Politics trumps common sense
The Department of Interior’s so-called “use it or lose it” report was delivered to the White House yesterday. Rather than being an unbiased analysis of the status of oil and natural gas leases in the United States, the report sadly perpetuates the misguided charge that the oil and gas industry is not developing its existing leases.
