Small oil and gas producers sent the incoming Trump administration a policy blueprint Tuesday, calling for a repeal of new methane emissions standards and an overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act.
The Independent Petroleum Association of America’s letter — addressed to the Trump transition team — said EPA regulations aren’t flexible enough and that more narrow NEPA reviews are needed.
The document from IPAA echoes some aspects of a separate policy road map issued last week by the industry’s largest U.S. trade group, the American Petroleum Institute. But while API members include heavyweights such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron, IPAA touted its report to President-elect Donald Trump’s team as the view of independent oil and gas companies.
“We urge the administration to take positive actions to support America’s small oil and natural gas producers and develop a robust energy policy that will unleash American entrepreneurs, expand our economy, and make the United States an energy superpower once again,” said Jeff Eshelman, IPAA’s CEO, in the letter.
