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The group is also funded by the [[El Paso Corporation]], [[Occidental Petroleum]], [[BP]], [[Anadarko]], [[Marathon]], [[EnCana]], [[Chevron]], Talisman, [[Shell]], API, the [[Independent Petroleum Association of America]], [[Halliburton]], [[Schlumberger]] and the [[Ohio Oil and Gas Association]].<ref>Barry Russell, Independent Petroleum Association of America President and CEO [http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/HFUnderFire.pdf Hydraulic Fracturing Under Attack], memo/newsletter to IPAA members, June 5, 2009</ref>
XTO's parent company [[ExxonMobil]] is a member of the corporate-funded [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]. According to Exxon’s 2011 corporate giving report, ALEC was listed as the recipient of $86,500, including over $12,000 for an “ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit,” which included discussion of fracking legislation.<ref>Jessica Good, [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/04/494650/exxon-contributes-86000-to-alec-which-then-helps-promote-weak-fracking-regulations/ "Exxon Contributes $86,000 To ALEC, Which Then Helps Promote Weak Fracking Regulations,"] Think Progress, June 4, 2012.</ref>
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