Oil Field Steel Import Quotas Are the Wrong Solution

By John Tintera, President, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 1, 2018)—Negotiators with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) may be preparing to recommend import quotas on the specialized steel that comes from Mexico and Canada.

This is a bad idea rife with unintended consequences. 

Texas Alliance of Energy Producers and Independent Petroleum Association of America Announce Joint Programs

AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 1, 2018)—The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (Alliance) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) are pleased to announce their joint effort on two new projects for the benefit of the oil and gas industry.

Alliance Sends Letter to President Trump on NAFTA and Steel Tariffs

AUSTIN, Texas (March 14, 2018)—

President Donald J. Trump
The White House
Office of the President
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

On behalf of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, which represents nearly 2,600 independent oil and gas producers as well as service and drilling companies, I would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to you and your administration for reducing the regulatory burden on American oil and gas producers, and for leading the effort on major tax reform.

"Jobless Recovery"? Absolutely Not

by Alliance Petroleum Economist Karr Ingham

AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 1, 2018)—Last month, we highlighted the fact that the industry appears to be doing more with less, producing record amounts of crude oil at a lower rig count, with fewer drilling permits issued, and yes, with fewer employees compared to the peak industry employment levels in late 2014. That does not mean, however, that NO jobs have been added over the course of the current recovery—to the contrary upstream oil and gas employment nationally, in Texas, and in the Permian has grown very steadily since reaching its cyclical low point in 2016.