CONOCOPHILLIPS for CONOCOPHILLIPS
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Climate Leadership Council (CLC) Carbon Dividend Plan - carbon pricing as most effective means of reducing emissions. CLC Border Carbon Adjustment Proposal. Reauthorization of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Public Law 115-97 Support for IRC Sections 45V Clean Hydrogen Production credit; 45Q - Carbon Oxide capture credit.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KEVIN J AVERY | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
H.J. Res 88 and S.J. Res 72 - Joint resolutions for congressional disapproval of the SEC Rule "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosure for Investors," planning only.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KEVIN J AVERY | — |
Energy/Nuclear ENG
General introduction to ConocoPhillips and energy issues. General discussions about ConocoPhillips' Climate Change Action Plan. Support for maintaining oil & LNG exports; opposition to the Department of Energy's LNG exports licensing pause. Support for passage of H.R. 7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act. General permitting reform issues. Review of North Dakota oil and gas issues.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KEVIN J AVERY | — |
| KJERSTEN DRAGER | — |
| GINA FELTON | — |
Natural Resources NAT
General discussions/no legislation on issues related to Alaska and L48 oil and gas development on federal lands, permitting, and land access/lease sales. General discussions about issues related to development of ConocoPhillips' Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Opposition to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Proposed Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) Rule. Potential Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval on BLM's Final Management and Protection of the NPR-A Rule. Opposition to BLM's Proposed Conservation & Landscape Health Rule. Offshore oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning issues. Support for passage of H.R. 6285, the "Alaska's Right to Produce Act of 2023."
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KEVIN J AVERY | — |
| KJERSTEN DRAGER | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
Support for voluntary accelerated implementation of calculated methodologies to be adopted as part of EPA's GHG Reporting Program final rulemaking (Subpart W). Support for pausing implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Waste Emissions Charge (WEC) for methane until EPA promulgates a Final Subpart W Rule and allows operators time to comply with the Subpart W changes. Support for changes to the EPA Waste Emission Charge proposed rulemaking established under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program and authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act (Methane Fee). General discussions about ConocoPhillips' Low Carbon initiatives, including Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) activities in Louisiana. Support for S. 1863 - PROVE IT Act. H.J.Res 128 - Disapproval Resolution on EPA Methane Rule (planning only).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KEVIN J AVERY | — |
| KJERSTEN DRAGER | — |
| GINA FELTON | — |
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