"… gress to curb price-gouging, windfall profit-taking and speculation in the oil industry. To this same end, Koch officials worked to dilute a 2009 Federal Trade Co …"

"… of the energy markets.Meanwhile, Koch has lobbied to preserve some of the oil industry’s coveted tax breaks and credits.One benefit is known as the Section 199 …"

"… the complex issue for political advantage. Republicans say repealing oil industry tax breaks will drive up costs at the pump. However, nonpartisan congressi …"

"… largely been on the oil companies. Democrats have called for the repeal of oil industry tax breaks, and they suggest that refiners are illegally manipulating gaso …"

"… ve for U.S. consumers and likely increase foreign dependence.Tom Kloza, an oil industry analyst and founder of the Oil Price Information Service, agreed that the …"

"… no credible evidence of collusion or other anticompetitive conduct by the oil industry." But the agency did say it found "decisions by some firms to maximize the …"

"… gument on the number of permits issued in 2009, when the recession-plagued oil industry asked for the fewest permits in five years.But 2004 was the last year the …"

"… drilling permits at the 2009 rate of around eight a month. In between, the oil industry went through four years of boom before busting with the rest of the econom …"

"… ist of over 30 energy companies, doling $39.1 million out to lobbyists.The oil industry’s deep pockets explain its influence in national politics, as well as it …"

"… lobbied on liability protection for MTBE. Much is clearly at stake for the oil industry when it comes to government rules. Billion-dollar projects can fall to reg …"

"… rm. The chemical industry for decades has captured carbon dioxide, and the oil industry long has injected it into the earth to increase crude well output. “All …"

"… ting efforts following the Deepwater explosion, which some scholars of the oil industry have speculated led to the sinking of the rig. The commission noted “con …"

"… olitics, Barton has been the top House recipient of campaign cash from the oil industry since 1999. That includes $22,800 from BP over the course of Barton’s ca …"

"… e rig to sink,” he told the Center.Paul Bommer, a 25-year veteran of the oil industry and now a senior lecturer at the University of Texas , thinks the rig was …"

"… cy reports following the training exercises — reports that cautioned the oil industry would not spend the money to develop new containment solutions unless mand …"

"… to ensuring that both safety and containment technology kept pace with the oil industry’s expansion of drilling in deep waters. They said inflatable booms were …"

"… missions of the agency,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.The oil industry disputes the idea that not enough technology has been brought to bear, not …"

"… t tornado.The 2007 report recommended that federal officials work with the oil industry to “incorporate multiple industry entities into a single unified command …"

"… can foreshadow a more serious event, the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s main trade association, notes in a 2010 guidance document for its memb …"