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MEETING THE ENERGY NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. MEETING THE ENERGY NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. Petroleum Industry Appreciation Day August 28, 2002 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY May, 2001 Slide 6 America must have an energy policy that plans for the future, but meets the needs of today. I believe we can develop our natural resources and protect our environment. -President George W. Bush To meet our energy challenge, we must put to good use the resources around us and the talents within us. -Vice President Dick Cheney May, 2001 Slide 7 Were going to be out of crude oil about the year 2000 or shortly thereafter. What happens then? Ecologist/Zoologist Kenneth E. F. Watt 1970 Slide 8 The diagnosis of the U.S. energy crisis is quite simple: demand for energy is increasing, while supplies of oil and natural gas are diminishing. Unless the U.S. makes a timely adjustment before world oil becomes very scarce and expensive in the 1980s, the nations economic security and the American way of life will be gravely endangered. Carter Administration National Energy Plan 1970s Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Slide 20 Access to the Resource... Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Ninety-eight percent (98%) of transportation is fueled by oil. More than 55% of oil consumed in the United States is imported from other countries. Slide 24 Oil imports have risen from a low of 32% (1982) to over 56% currently. Source: Independent Petroleum Association of America - US Petroleum Statistics 2000 Slide 25 NATIONAL ENERGY LEGISLATION AND INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS ISSUES NATIONAL ENERGY LEGISLATION AND INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS ISSUES Slide 26 ACCESS ISSUES An assessment of impediments to onshore leasing (House) Funding for the timely processing of leases, permits and inspections (Senate) A requirement to eliminate unwarranted denials and stays of federal leases (House) Exemption of held by production acreage from lease acreage caps (Senate) Slide 27 ACCESS ISSUES Limitation of cost recovery of onshore activities by government (House) Authority to open limited areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and natural gas exploration and development (House) A credit against royalties for preparing environmental analysis (House) A coalbed methane study (Senate) Slide 28 INCENTIVES Limited royalty incentives for water depths 400 meters and deeper (House) Offshore subsalt lease suspensions (House and Senate) A study of the impact of other incentives for the offshore (House) A study on the impact of financial incentives on offshore/onshore production (Senate) Slide 29 ROYALTY ISSUES A permanent royalty-in-kind program (House) Requirement to reduce royalties when prices are low for onshore and offshore marginal oil and natural gas wells (House) Slide 30 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES A requirement for greenhouse gas emissions reporting (Senate) A requirement for the EPA to assess the environmental risk of hydraulic fracturing and make a regulatory determination regarding whether federal regulation is necessary (Senate) Slide 31 TAX REFORMS Amortization of delay rental payments over 24 months beginning with the month expenses incurred (Senate) $ 672 million Permits delay rental costs to be expensed (House) $1,294 million over 10 years Allows the expensing of geological and geophysical expenditures (House) $2,083 million Amortization of G&G costs over 24 months beginning with the month expenses incurred (Senate) $675 million Slide 32 TAX REFORMS Natural gas gathering lines treated as 7-year property for both regular and minimum tax purposes (including depreciation methods (House) $87 million Same, but AMT depreciation methods still applicable (Senate) $87 million Slide 33 TAX REFORMS Provides a marginal oil and gas well production credit equal to $3/bbl of oil and $.50/mcf of natural gas. The credit would begin to phase in at $18/bbl of oil and $2.00/mcf of gas. The production credit would be applicable against minimum tax and could be carried back 10 years (House) No Revenue Effect Slide 34 TAX REFORMS Same, except that no 10-year carry- back for unused credits. General one- year carryback would apply, except no carryback permitted to a taxable year ending on or before date of enactment. Also, no language permitting application of credit against minimum tax (Senate) No Revenue Effect Slide 35 TAX REFORMS Temporarily suspends 65 percent taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for marginal production through 12/31/06 (House) $ 862 million Extension of suspension of 100 percent net income limitation (from the property) for marginal production through 12/31/06 (House) $123 million Provides five-year NOL carryback for losses attributable to operating mineral interests of independent oil and gas producers (House) $1,071 million Slide 36 TAX REFORMS Extends and expands Section 29 production tax credit (House) $ 2,661 million Provides a $3.00 per barrel non-inflation adjusted credit for the production of qualified nonconventional source fuels from new wells drilled or placed in service prior to January 1, 2002 (Senate) $ 1,875 million Slide 37 TAX REFORMS Temporarily repeals the AMT preference item for IDCs through 12/31/04 for independent producers (House) $ 24 million Temporarily allows for EOR tax credit against AMT through 12/31/04 (House) $ 241 million Countercyclical tax credit for Alaska natural gas with a recapture when the price exceeds 150 percent of the trigger price 3 years after the credit was triggered. The trigger price is $3.25/mcf on 1/01/10 at the AECOC Hub in Alberta, Canada (Senate) No Revenue Effect Slide 38 TIMELINE OF ACTION Sept. 3 Congress Reconvenes Sept. 7 Rosh Hashanah Sept. 11 Special Session in NY Sept. 16 Yom Kippur Sept. 16 Target for Staff Agreements on Oil and Gas Issues Sept. 23 Target for Member Agreements on Oil and Gas Issues Sept. 30 Target for Agreement on Bill Oct. 4 Target Adjournment Date Nov. 5 Election Day Lame Duck Session? Slide 39 Status Conference issues are intertwined politically. Momentum is toward passage of a bill. Time is short with many hard decisions to be made quickly. Slide 40 PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Slide 41 A Changing Paradigm Slide 42 Informing the Electorate In 1980, 60% watched the evening news on the major networks. In 1996 only 25% still did. In 1976, 67% of Americans regularly read daily newspapers. Only 30% of those under 30 do today. In 1997, only 14% of Americans went online. In November 2000, nearly 50% were online. Slide 43 Closest Margins in Recent History Control of House decided by 5,959 votes Senate control decided by 0.09% of votes in Washington Presidency decided by 0.01% of votes in Florida Less than 10,000 votes total made the difference in control of government. Slide 44 Traditional political tools no longer work. Slide 45 The Electorate Slide 46 Have you heard from your employer or labor? Slide 47 Who Is Most Credible? "Which organization do you feel can provide the most credible political information on issues and elections affecting your job, company and industry?" Labor Unions 16% Nat'l Political Party 27% Employer 23% None Of These 23% Don't Know/ Refused 11% Labor Unions 22% Nat'l Political Party 29% Employer 28% None Of These 17% Don't Know/ Refused 4% October 2000 April 2002 Slide 48 Do you want to hear from your employer? 16% 11% 6% 15% 51% 31% 29% 14% 12% 17% Strongly want more infoSomewhat want more infoSomewhat doesn't trust employer Strongly doesn't trust employerNot Sure/Refused Wants More Information27% Doesn't Trust Employer22%* Wants More Information59%* Doesn't Trust Employer26% October 2000 April 2002 * Due to Rounding "Employee A says he wishes his employer would let him know about how government issues impacts his job, his company and industry, while Employee B says he doesn't trust his employer to give him straightforward information on government and politics." Slide 49 The Prosperity Project Four steps to success Identify issues that matter to your business Tell your employees how the issues affect them Inform your employees where incumbents and candidates stand on these issues Help your employees register and get them to the polls Slide 50 Slide 51 Slide 52 Slide 53 Slide 54 Slide 55 EMPLOYERS MUST FOLLOW THROUGH WITH... Voter Registration Drives Absentee Ballot Acquisition Get Out the Vote Drives Slide 56 QUESTIONS COMMENTS? QUESTIONS COMMENTS?