Independent Petroleum Association of America

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The Independent Petroleum Association of America(IPAA) is a lobbying group for oil and gas producers in the United States. [1]

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It was founded on June 10, 1929, by President Herbert Hoover. [2] [3] [4] It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. [2]

In 2019, Politico reported that the group spends more than $1 million per year on lobbying activities. [1] The group disdained the policies of the Obama administration, with IPAA vice president Jeff Eshelman saying in a leaked recording that Obama administration had a "target list of everything that they wanted done to shut down the oil and gas industry." [1] The group approved of the Trump administration's policies, with IPAA CEO Barry Russell boasting in a leaked recording that the IPAA had "unprecedented access to people that are in these positions who are trying to help us, which is great." [1]

In 2012, it produced the documentary Truthland, a response to Gasland . [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Williams, Lance (23 March 2019). "Recording Reveals Oil Industry Execs Laughing at Trump Access". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  2. 1 2 nndb
  3. ↑ BusinessWeek
  4. ↑ "Official website, Our History". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  5. ↑ Wolfgang, Ben (2012-06-13). "Fracking wars hit the silver screen with supporters' film 'Truthland'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2025-07-19.


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