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Statement from API South Carolina Executive Director Bonnie Loomis
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(LOOMIS):
"THE NATURAL-GAS- AND OIL-INDUSTRY IS VITAL TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND, OPENING THE ATLANTIC TO SAFE, ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY-DEVELOPMENT GIVES OUR STATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE
JOBS--AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY. IN 2015, THE NATURAL-GAS- AND OIL-INDUSTRY SUPPORTED NEARLY 70-THOUSAND SOUTH CAROLINA JOBS, AND PROVIDED ALMOST
THREE-BILLION DOLLARS IN WAGES; IT ALSO CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN FIVE-BILLION DOLLARS TO OUR
STATE'S ECONOMY, OVERALL. SOUTH CAROLINIANS [WHO ARE] URGING GOVERNOR MCMASTER TO OPPOSE OFFSHORE-ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ARE IN THE MINORITY; NEARLY SEVEN-IN-10 VOTERS, STATEWIDE, SUPPORT IT.
SOUTH CAROLINA ALREADY ENJOYS THE LOWEST GAS-PRICES IN THE COUNTRY--LOW PRICES [THAT ARE] MADE POSSIBLE BY SURGING PRODUCTION, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
DEVELOPING ATLANTIC OFFSHORE-ENERGY RESOURCES COULD BRING EVEN-GREATER BENEFITS TO OUR
STATE--WITHOUT IMPACTING TOURISM, OR OUR COASTAL HABITATS."
