Oil and Gas: Lobbying Background
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This industry, which includes multinational and independent oil and gas producers and refiners, natural gas pipeline companies, gasoline service stations and fuel oil dealers, has long enjoyed a history of strong influence in Washington. Individuals and political action committees affiliated with oil and gas companies have donated $238.7 million to candidates and parties since the 1990 election cycle, 75 percent of which has gone to Republicans.
Though former oilmen George W. Bush and Dick Cheney occupied the White House for eight years, the oil and gas industry could not win support for repealing bans on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. However, Congress voted in 2008 to lift a ban on offshore drilling. These companies are also wary of cap-and-trade climate change legislation, such as the measure Democratic President Barack Obama supports. Yet Obama still received $884,000 from the oil and gas industry during the 2008 campaign, more than any other lawmaker except his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Obama appeared poised to usher in more offshore drilling expansion in 2010 — until the explosion of a BP-operated oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in millions of gallons of fossil fuels to leak into the coastal waters of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. The environmental toll has been significant, and industries such as tourism and fishing have suffered. Politically, the Obama administration has delayed plans to expand offshore drilling in many areas, and Congress is mulling whether to pass legislation aimed at avoiding another disaster of similar scope.
In contrast to former President Bush’s largely pro-industry stance on energy and environmental issues, the Democratic-controlled White House and Congress will probably grant these companies fewer favors. Bush consistently rolled back Clinton-era restrictions on commercial uses of federal lands—including nature preserves, national forests and national monuments. To the oil and gas industry’s delight, he got one step closer in March 2005 when Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution containing a filibuster-proof provision to allow for drilling in ANWR.
Oil and gas companies are always among the industries to spend the most on lobbying, pouring $132.2 million into these efforts in 2008 alone.
— Aaron Kiersh and Dave Levinthal
Updated June 2010
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Oil & Gas
Industry Profile, 2010
Year: “) “) “) “) “) “) “) “) “) “) “) “) “)
Total for Oil & Gas: $146,577,043
Total Number of Clients Reported: 195
Total Number of Lobbyists Reported: 788
Total Number of Revolvers: 500 (63.5%)
. Campaign Contributions from this industry
| Client/Parent |
Total |
| ConocoPhillips |
$19,626,382 |
| Chevron Corp |
$12,890,000 |
| Exxon Mobil |
$12,450,000 |
| Royal Dutch Shell |
$10,370,000 |
| Koch Industries |
$8,070,000 |
| BP |
$7,335,000 |
| American Petroleum Institute |
$7,300,000 |
| Anadarko Petroleum |
$5,150,000 |
| Marathon Oil |
$5,130,000 |
| Williams Companies |
$4,900,000 |
| America’s Natural Gas Alliance |
$3,360,000 |
| Chesapeake Energy |
$2,776,560 |
| National Petrochemical & Refiners Assn |
$2,764,909 |
| Occidental Petroleum |
$2,582,989 |
| Murphy Oil |
$2,410,000 |
| Devon Energy |
$1,380,000 |
| Apache Corp |
$1,310,000 |
| Noble Energy |
$1,290,000 |
| National Propane Gas Assn |
$1,200,000 |
| Independent Petroleum Assn of America |
$1,185,774 |
| Interstate Natural Gas Assn of America |
$1,140,000 |
| Sunoco Inc |
$1,120,000 |
| Hess Corp |
$1,100,000 |
| Spectra Energy |
$1,083,509 |
| El Paso Corp |
$1,076,718 |
| American Gas Assn |
$980,000 |
| Kosmos Energy |
$890,000 |
| Tesoro Corp |
$870,300 |
| Energy Transfer Equity |
$850,000 |
| Weatherford International |
$840,000 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd |
$760,000 |
| Petroleum Marketers Assn |
$685,000 |
| Valero Energy |
$644,000 |
| Gas Technology Institute |
$625,000 |
| Plains Exploration & Production |
$600,000 |
| Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition |
$545,000 |
| Transocean Inc |
$540,000 |
| Denbury Resources |
$540,000 |
| PDVSA |
$470,000 |
| TMT Group |
$470,000 |
| Enbridge Pipelines/Lakehead Pipeln Ptnrs |
$440,000 |
| Cobalt International Energy |
$430,000 |
| Hercules Offshore |
$420,000 |
| National Fuel Gas Corp |
$400,000 |
| Natural Gas Supply Assn |
$370,455 |
| Enbridge Energy Partners |
$350,000 |
| Halliburton Co |
$345,000 |
| Quintana |
$300,000 |
| Soc of Ind Gasoline Marketers of America |
$300,000 |
| Statoil ASA |
$298,500 |
| Gas Processors Assn |
$270,000 |
| Bass Enterprises Production |
$270,000 |
| Ansaldo Energia |
$270,000 |
| Doyon Drilling Inc |
$265,000 |
| Ad Hoc Deep Water Expl/Production Cltn |
$260,000 |
| Gas Natural SDG SA |
$250,000 |
| Domestic Petroleum Council |
$240,000 |
| Atlas Energy |
$240,000 |
| ATP Oil & Gas |
$240,000 |
| Nexen Inc |
$240,000 |
| Enterprise Products Partners |
$236,000 |
| Arctic Slope Regional Corp |
$235,000 |
| Magellan Midstream Partners |
$232,385 |
| Cheniere Energy |
$230,000 |
| Syntroleum Corp |
$219,000 |
| Anschutz Corp |
$200,000 |
| Frontier Oil |
$200,000 |
| Lansdale Co |
$200,000 |
| Hunt Consolidated |
$200,000 |
| Nicor Inc |
$200,000 |
| Oceaneering Intl |
$200,000 |
| CNX Gas Corp |
$192,500 |
| CenterPoint Energy |
$190,000 |
| BG Group |
$190,000 |
| EnCana Corp |
$190,000 |
| Kinder Morgan Inc |
$190,000 |
| Assn of Oil Pipe Lines |
$184,400 |
| Nabors Industries |
$180,000 |
| Helix Energy Solutions |
$180,000 |
| TransCanada Corp |
$180,000 |
| US Turkmenistan Business Council |
$180,000 |
| In Situ Oil Sands Alliance |
$170,000 |
| Industrial Safety Training Council |
$160,000 |
| Mitsui Oil Exploration Co |
$160,000 |
| Arrow General Supplies & Services Co |
$160,000 |
| AGL Resources |
$160,000 |
| Sinclair Oil |
$160,000 |
| American Public Gas Assn |
$155,000 |
| Nustar Energy |
$152,500 |
| ONEOK Inc |
$150,000 |
| Questar Corp |
$150,000 |
| Intl Assn of Drilling Contractors |
$150,000 |
| Michigan Consolidated Gas Co |
$140,000 |
| National Oilheat Research Alliance |
$140,000 |
| Southwest Gas |
$140,000 |
| National Oilwell Varco |
$137,500 |
| US Oil & Gas Assn |
$129,195 |
| XTO Energy |
$120,000 |
| Tellus Operating Group |
$120,000 |
| Gulf LNG Energy |
$120,000 |
| Countrymark Cooperative |
$120,000 |
| Gary-Williams Energy |
$120,000 |
| Ergon Inc |
$120,000 |
| Excelerate Energy |
$120,000 |
| Kern Oil & Refining Co |
$110,000 |
| Marion Energy |
$110,000 |
| Vulcan Energy |
$110,000 |
| Tidewater Inc |
$100,000 |
| Strata Production |
$100,000 |
| Hyperion Resources |
$100,000 |
| Hornbeck Offshore Services |
$100,000 |
| Seminole Energy Services |
$100,000 |
| Oilfield Services & Drilling Indus Cltn |
$100,000 |
| Gilbarco Inc |
$100,000 |
| Great Point Energy |
$100,000 |
| Alliance Pipeline |
$100,000 |
| CSA America |
$90,000 |
| Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Assn |
$90,000 |
| Vitol Inc |
$90,000 |
| Independent Petroleum Assn/Mountn States |
$85,000 |
| DaVinci Hourani |
$85,000 |
| Denali-The Alaska Gas Pipeline |
$80,000 |
| Enstar Natural Gas |
$80,000 |
| Falck Alford Services |
$80,000 |
| Energen Corp |
$80,000 |
| National Stripper Well Assn |
$80,000 |
| Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America |
$80,000 |
| US Oil |
$80,000 |
| NATSO |
$78,973 |
| Ohio Oil & Gas Assn |
$70,000 |
| Alon USA Energy |
$70,000 |
| Talisman Energy |
$70,000 |
| New England Fuel Institute |
$67,000 |
| Oil Oxidizer |
$60,000 |
| Aegean Oil & Environmental Corp |
$60,000 |
| Encore Acquisition |
$60,000 |
| Sigma |
$60,000 |
| Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition |
$52,500 |
| Colonial Pipeline |
$50,000 |
| Frank Reidy |
$50,000 |
| Alberta Energy |
$50,000 |
| Navajo Nation Oil & Gas Co |
$40,000 |
| Oil Shale Exploration |
$40,000 |
| QEP Resources |
$40,000 |
| Iroquois Gas Transmission System |
$40,000 |
| McDermott International |
$40,000 |
| Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority |
$37,494 |
| AES Corp |
$30,000 |
| BakkenLink Pipeline |
$30,000 |
| Western States Petroleum Assn |
$30,000 |
| Washington Gas Light Co |
$28,000 |
| Camelot Oil & Gas Development |
$20,000 |
| Alyeska Pipeline Service |
$20,000 |
| Green Earth Fuels |
$20,000 |
| DeepStar Project |
$20,000 |
| Mariner Energy |
$20,000 |
| NIC Holding |
$20,000 |
| UNEV Pipeline |
$19,500 |
| Trenton Fuel Works |
$10,000 |
| Western Independent Refiners Assn |
$10,000 |
| TORP Technology |
$10,000 |
| Texas Alliance of Energy Producers |
$10,000 |
| Northern Star Natural Gas |
$10,000 |
| Elkem Holding Inc |
$10,000 |
| American Assn of Petroleum Geologists |
$10,000 |
| Colonial Oil Industries |
$10,000 |
| Boardwalkd Pipelines |
$0 |
| Bradwood Landing |
$0 |
| C&C Technologies |
$0 |
| Cabot Oil & Gas |
$0 |
| Delta Petroleum |
$0 |
| Fleishman-Hillard Inc |
$0 |
| NSTAR |
$0 |
| Seven Seas Petroleum |
$0 |
| Petro-Hunt LLC |
$0 |
| Montana Refining Co |
$0 |
| National Assn of Shell Marketers |
$0 |
| National Cooperative Refinery Assn |
$0 |
| Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Assn |
$0 |
| Gulf South Pipeline Co |
$0 |
| Stanley Energy |
$0 |
NOTE: All lobbying expenditures on this page come from the Senate Office of Public Records. Data for the most recent year was downloaded on January 31, 2010.
Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics. For permission to reprint for commercial uses, such as textbooks, contact the Center.
Lobbying
Oil & Gas Lobbyist-Client
Total Number of Lobbyists Reported: 788*
Total Number of Revolvers: 500 (63.5%)
Download: 
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Lobbyist
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Lobbying Firm/Registrant
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Adcock, Michael W
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Van Scoyoc Assoc
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Addison, Daniel R
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Patton Boggs LLP
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Agnew, Richard A
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Van Ness Feldman
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Aguillen, Dean
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Ogilvy Government Relations
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Akins, Haley E
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Dow Lohnes Government Strategies
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Albert, Alex
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McKenna, Long & Aldridge
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Alfano, Holly A
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National Assn of Truck Stop Operators
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Allen, Kevin
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Clark & Weinstock
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Alperin, Janice
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El Paso Corp
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Amontree, Tom
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America’s Natural Gas Alliance
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Anderson, Mark A
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Kelley, Drye & Warren
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Anderson, Mark Joseph
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Kelley, Drye & Warren
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Anderson, Rebecca L
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Williams & Jensen
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Anderson, Tobyn J
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Lighthouse Consulting Group
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Antelo, Cristina
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Podesta Group
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Archer, Bill
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers
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Architzel, Paul
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Alston & Bird
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Armstrong, James
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Shell Oil
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Atkins, Caroline
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ConocoPhillips
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Avery, Kevin J
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Marathon Oil
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Ayres, Merribel S
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Lighthouse Consulting Group
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Baer, Julian
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Olsson, Frank & Weeda
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Baierlein, Daniele
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Podesta Group
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Baird, Frederick A “Tripp” III
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JC Watts Companies
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Baker, George D
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Williams & Jensen
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Baker, Teal
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Podesta Group
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Bangert, Philip
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Patton Boggs LLP
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Barbour, Austin
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Capitol Resources
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Barnes, Ben
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Ben Barnes Group
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Barnett, Charles
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Alpine Group
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Barnette, James D
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Steptoe & Johnson
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Barry, Lisa B
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Chevron Corp
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Bates, Michael J
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Prime Policy Group
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Bayless, James L Jr
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Winstead, Sechrest & Minick
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Beal, Lisa
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Interstate Natural Gas Assn of America
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Beatty, Chris
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KRL International
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Beaudreau, David
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DC Legislative & Regulatory Services
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Beaulieu, Stephen A
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National Assn of Truck Stop Operators
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Becker-Dippmann, Angela
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McBee Strategic Consulting
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Beer, Michael S
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Williams & Jensen
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Beizer, Amy
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Van Ness Feldman
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Belair, Robert R
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Oldaker, Belair & Wittie
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Belcher, Leslie
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Steptoe & Johnson
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Bell, Michael J
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Hogan Lovells
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Bemis, Robert
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Noble Energy
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Bendall, Jennifer L
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Eris Group
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Benedict, Mark
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Genesis Group
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Bentzel, Carl W
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DCI Group
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Berman, Howard
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Dutko Worldwide
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Berman, Michael S
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Duberstein Group
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* Actual number of individual lobbyists. This number may be different from the total number of records as lobbyists may be associated with more than one lobbying firm.
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