As issues affecting the oil and gas industry continue to rise, IOGA is raising our profile as a source for the media. The message we send is clear. Domestic oil and gas production must remain a top energy priority because it’s good for the economy, environment, jobs, government revenue, and energy security.
IOGA continues to keep members abreast of what’s going on in Washington and Springfield through our information services including:
Oil & gas industry celebrates America’s semiquincentennial!
With America celebrating our 250th anniversary, World Oil magazine published an editorial from Edward Cross (CEO of IOGA) titled Oil & Gas Industry Celebrates America’s Semi-Quincentennial!. The article looks at how energy policy does not have to be an endless series of crisis management decisions but rather well thought out policy decisions designed to avoid crisis by shaping events instead of waiting on them. The article highlights Illinois’ role in our nation’s energy strategies in the present and the past and emphasizes the need to stay informed, engaged, and involved in protecting our nation’s energy independence.
American Energy Policy is Bipartisan Issue
During the give and take of public discourse, few truly stop to think how absolutely essential oil and natural gas are to our lives, to our prosperity and security, and to our future. Oil and natural gas are the foundation of our energy-dependent economy. They profoundly affect how we live and work. They are key to our mobility, to keeping our homes and businesses warm, to providing us with electric power, and to supplying the raw materials for countless consumer and industrial products. . . .
Global Demand for energy is rising. There’s no better place to produce it than America
We look around the world today, and ongoing conflicts remind us that secure, reliable access to energy is at the core of our nation’s energy security, as well as the security of America’s allies. But our energy security should never be taken for granted, and we need policies that ensure we can meet our energy needs tomorrow, not just today. . . .
The Purpose of Business – The Integral Role of Responsibility in Illinois Oil & Gas Operations
There are two popular views on the role of business. The first says the purpose of business is to make money and deliver investor value. The second says we should do those things, but in addition, in order to balance what by implication we are taking out of society in the form of profits, we should pursue a program of good works and philanthropy that is distinct from the business we actually are doing: a program of “public relations.”
These ideas are too simple. First, I do not think a business that only generates money would be a good business. It would not develop people, ideas, or markets. In short, it simply would not invest in the future. Business surely is about the long term and not just about tomorrow. Second, responsibility is not something to be added as an afterthought or as a public relations gloss. . . .
IOGA has published 14 editorials over the last year. These editorials have appeared in more than 20 media outlets across Illinois and elsewhere in 2025 including:
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IOGA’s public information efforts were developed to respond to public misconceptions about important energy, economic, and environmental issues. Political and public perception realities demand quick action. We are positioning ourselves to be better able to, not only react to events, but also anticipate events so we can prepare effective preventive strategies.
IOGA will continue to provide science-based information and inform policymakers and the public about the economic and environmental benefits of safe and responsible oil and natural gas development.