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American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S
trade association for the oil and natural gas industry. It claims to represent
about 400 corporations involved in production, refinement, distribution, and
many other aspects of the petroleum industry.
The association’s chief functions on behalf of the industry
include advocacy, negotiation and lobbying with governmental, legal, and
regulatory agencies; research into economic, toxicological, and environmental
effects; establishment and certification of industry standards; and education
outreach.[2][third-party source needed] API both funds and conducts research
related to many aspects of the petroleum industry.[2][third-party source
needed] The current CEO is Jack Gerard.
It has many front groups, including the NH Energy Forum that
in August 2011 hosted a New Hampshire event for Republican presidential
candidate Rick Perry[3][4]
API Standards Committees are made up of subcommittees and
task groups that works and maintain these standards. the list of Committee and
Subcommittee is:[5]
Committee on
Standardization of Oilfield Equipment & Materials (CSOEM)
SC2-
Subcommittee on Offshore Structures
SC5-
Subcommittee on Tubular Goods
SC6-
Subcommittee on Valves & Wellhead Equipment
SC8-
Subcommittee on Drilling Structures & Equipment
SC10-
Subcommittee on Well Cements
SC11-
Subcommittee on Field Operating Equipment
SC13-
Subcommittee on Drill Completion & Fracturing Fluids
SC15-
Subcommittee on Fiberglass & Plastic Tubulars
SC16-
Subcommittee on Drilling Well Control Equipment
SC17-
Subcommittee on Subsea Production Equipment
SC18-
Subcommittee on Quality
SC19-
Subcommittee on Completion Equipment
SC20-
Subcommittee on Supply Chain Management[6]
Committee on
Refinery Equipment (CRE)
Subcommittee
on Corrosion & Materials
Subcommittee
on Electrical Equipment
Subcommittee
on Heat Transfer Equipment
Subcommittee
on Inspection
Subcommittee
on Instruments & Control Systems
Subcommittee
on Mechanical Equipment
Subcommittee
on Piping & Valves
Subcommittee
on Pressure-Relieving Systems
Subcommittee
on Aboveground Storage Tanks[7]
Pipeline Standards
Committees
Safety and Fire
Protection Committee (SFPS)
API Committee on
Petroleum Measurement (COPM)
Committee on
Evaporation Loss Estimation
Committee on Gas
Fluids Measurement
Committee on
Liquid Measurement
Committee on
Measurement Accountability
Committee on
Measurement Quality
Committee on
Production Measurement & Allocation
Committee on
Measurement Education & Training[8]
API also defines the industry standard for the energy
conservation of motor oil. API SN is the latest specification to which motor
oils intended for spark-ignited engines should adhere since 2010. It supersedes
API SM.[9]
API also defines and drafts standards for measurement for
manufactured products such as:
Precision thread
gauges
Plain plug and
ring gauges
Thread measuring
systems
Metrology and
industrial supplies
Measuring
instruments
Custom gauges
Precision machining
and grinding
ISO 17025
registered calibration
API RP 500 and RP 505 classify the locations for electrical
equipment in hazardous areas. [10] [11]
API has entered petroleum industry nomenclature in a number
of areas:
API gravity, a
measure of the density of petroleum.
API number, a
unique identifier applied to each petroleum exploration or production well
drilled in the United States.
API unit, a
standard measure of natural gamma radiation measured in a borehole.[12]
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In addition to training industry workers and conducting
seminars, workshops, and conferences on public policy, API develops and
distributes materials and curricula for schoolchildren and educators. The
association also maintains a website, Classroom Energy.
Public relations, advocacy, and lobbying
See also: Fossil fuels lobby
API spent more than $3 million annually during the period
2005 to 2009 on lobbying; $3.6 million in 2009.[13] As of 2009, according to
API’s quarterly “Lobbying Report” submitted to the US Senate, the organization
had 16 lobbyists lobbying Congress.[14] According to an investigation conducted
by the International Business Times, API lobbied the Department of State for
all of 2009 on "legislative efforts concerning oil sands" and
"Canadian Oil Sands."[15]
The American Petroleum Institute also lobbied the State
Department every quarter in 2009 . In three of four quarters, the group listed
“legislative efforts concerning oil sands” as one of the areas it was focusing
on in its lobbying, and in the final quarter, it listed “Canadian Oil Sands.”
Among API’s members are ExxonMobil, which has invested in Canadian oil sands.
API lobbies and organizes its member employees' attendance
at public events to communicate the industry's position on issues. A leaked
summer 2009 memo from API President Jack Gerard asked its member companies to
urge their employees to participate in planned protests (designed to appear
independently organized) against the cap-and-trade legislation the House passed
that same summer. "The objective of these rallies is to put a human face
on the impacts of unsound energy policy and to aim a loud message at [20
different] states," including Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Gerard
went on to assure recipients of the memo that API will cover all organizational
costs and handling of logistics. In response to the memo, an API spokesman told
media that participants will be there (at protests) because of their own
concerns, and that API is just helping them assemble.[16]
To help fight climate control legislation that has been
approved by the US House, API supports the Energy Citizens group, which is
holding public events.[17][18] API encouraged energy company employees to
attend one of its first Energy Citizen events held in Houston in August 2009,
but turned away Texas residents who were not employed by the energy industry.
Fast Company reported that some attendees had no idea of the purpose of the
event.[19][20] In December 2009, Mother Jones magazine said API and Energy
Citizens were promulgating climate disinformation.[21]
In the second half of 2008, as the US presidential election
neared, API began airing a series of television ads where spokeswoman Brooke
Alexander encourages people to visit their new website, EnergyTomorrow.org
In January 2012, the American Petroleum Institute launched
the voter education campaign - Vote 4 Energy. The campaign says that increased
domestic energy production can create jobs, increase government revenue, and
provide U.S. energy security. The Vote 4 Energy campaign does not promote any
specific candidate or party, but rather provides voters with energy information
to equip them to evaluate candidates on the federal and local levels and make
decisions in favor of domestic energy on Election Day. The main components of
the Vote 4 Energy campaign include the website - Vote4Energy.org - and social
media communities, along with a series of advertisements and events around the
country. The vote 4 energy campaign was criticized for presenting misleading
arguments about the relationship between oil production and jobs whilst
ignoring the potentially catastrophic consequences of increased fossil fuel
consumption on the Earth's climate.[22]
The API successfully pushed for an end to a ban on American
oil exports on the grounds that the ban increased demand for Russian and
Iranian oil, thereby benefiting the unfriendly regimes in these countries.
Critics noted that many of its member companies continued to maintain ongoing
business in these countries whilst the lobbying campaign was in progress,
leading to accusations of hypocrisy.[23] Furthermore, the API's campaigns have
been criticized for advocating policies that are likely to exacerbate global
warming and its associated problems.[24] The API has repeatedly funded
conservative groups that deny the reality of anthropogenic global warming[25]
in spite of the overwhelming scientific consensus that it presents a serious
problem for the planet.[26]
See also
United States Oil
and Gas Association, formerly the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
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Coalition on Adoption Institute. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
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Johnson, Brad (August 15, 2011). "Rick Perry's First
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"Rick Perry stumps Manchester - next stop Iowa",
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"Engine Oil Guide" (PDF). American Petroleum
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API RP 505 Recommended Practice for Classification of
Locations for Electrical Installation at Petroleum Facilities Classified as
Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2 (2002).
API RP 500 Recommended Practice for Classification of
Locations for electrical Installation at Petroleum Facilities Classified as
Class I, Division 1 and Division 2.
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Sirota, David (5 April 2016). "Oil Companies Donated to
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"Here's a guide to the dozen loudest components of the climate
disinformation machine...Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming
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DaMelle, Brendan. "API’s New ‘Vote 4 Energy’ Ad
Campaign Is Thinly Veiled Election Year Bullying". desmogblog.com. DeSmog
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Horn, Steve. "Big Oil Argued for U.S. Crude Exports to
Fend Off Iran, But First Exporter Vitol Group Also Exported Iran's Oil".
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External links
Wikimedia
Commons has media related to American Petroleum Institute.
API Website
Organizational
Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)
Center for
Biological Diversity v Dept of the Interior DC Appellate Decision stopping
offshore Alaska Oil Leases. April 17, 2009
Sourcewatch
profile
Center for
Responsive Politics profile
Energy Citizens,
API-sponsored organization
Vote 4 Energy,
API-sponsored voter education campaign
API code list at
Piping-Designer.com
American Petroleum
Institute Internal Revenue Service filings archived at the ProPublica Nonprofit
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