API disputes government's claims on oil production

API disputes government's claims on oil production
The Obama administration is misleading Americans by claiming that oil production and federal leasing significantly increased, according to the American Petroleum Institute. "It's completely disingenuous to say that offshore production has increased due to anything this administration has done," said Erik Milito, API's upstream director. A boost in federal oil and natural gas leases is "attributable to these decisions to lease almost a decade ago," Milito added