API Represents America's Oil and Natural Gas Industry

The American Petroleum Institute was established on March 20, 1919,

• to afford a means of cooperation with the government in all matters of national concern;
• to foster foreign and domestic trade in American petroleum products;
• to promote in general the interests of the petroleum industry in all its branches;
• to promote the mutual improvement of its members and the study of the arts and sciences connected with the oil and natural gas industry.

API offices were established in New York City, and the organization focused its efforts in several specific areas. The first was to develop an authoritative program of collecting industry statistics. As early as 1920, API began to issue weekly statistics, beginning first with crude oil production. Later the report, which was shared with both the government and the press, was expanded to include crude oil and product stocks, refinery runs and other data. API statistics remain one of the most credible sources of industry data and they are used worldwide.

API, Suvira Energy Jointly Promoting API Certification Programs in India

API, Suvira Energy Jointly Promoting API Certification Programs in India

WASHINGTON, February 28 – The American Petroleum Institute and Suvira Energy have agreed to jointly promote the API Certification Programs in India, an increasingly important player in the global oil and natural gas arena.

The agreement is designed to identify and implement new methods to improve local industry awareness of, and participation in, API Certification Programs while also facilitating the exchange of vital industry information with India, one of the world’s largest energy consumers.