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10/24/2015 American Petroleum Institute Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Petroleum_Institute 1/4 American Petroleum Institute American Petroleum Institute logo Headquarters Washington, DC Membership 400 companies in petroleum industry President Jack Gerard [1] Website api.org (http://www.api.org/) American Petroleum Institute From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 and negotiation with governmental, legal, and regulatory agencies; research into economic, toxicological, and environmental effects; establishment and certification of industry standards; and education outreach. [2] API both funds and conducts research related to many aspects of the petroleum industry. [2] 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] Contents 1 Standards and certification 2 Educator intervention 3 Public advocacy 4 Lobbying 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Standards and certification API distributes more than 200,000 copies of its publications each year. The publications, technical standards, and electronic and online products are designed, according to API itself, to help users improve the efficiency and cost‐effectiveness of their operations, comply with legislative and regulatory requirements, and safeguard health, ensure safety, and protect the environment. Each publication is overseen by a committee of industry professionals, mostly member company engineers. These technical standards tend to be uncontroversial. For example, API 610 is the specification for centrifugal pumps, API 675 is the specification for controlled volume positive displacement pumps, both packed‐plunger and diaphragm types are included. Diaphragm pumps that use direct mechanical actuation are excluded. API 677 is the standard for gear units and API 682 governs mechanical seals.

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American Petroleum Institute

American Petroleum Institute logo

Headquarters Washington, DC

Membership 400 companies in petroleumindustry

President Jack Gerard[1]

Website api.org (http://www.api.org/)

American Petroleum InstituteFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largestU.S trade association for the oil and natural gas industry.It claims to represent about 400 corporations involved inproduction, refinement, distribution, and many otheraspects of the petroleum industry.

The association’s chief functions on behalf of theindustry include advocacy and negotiation withgovernmental, legal, and regulatory agencies; researchinto economic, toxicological, and environmental effects;establishment and certification of industry standards;and education outreach.[2] API both funds and conductsresearch related to many aspects of the petroleumindustry.[2] The current CEO is Jack Gerard.

It has many front groups, including the NH Energy Forum that in August 2011 hosted a New Hampshireevent for Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry[3][4]

Contents

1 Standards and certification2 Educator intervention3 Public advocacy4 Lobbying5 See also6 References7 External links

Standards and certification

API distributes more than 200,000 copies of its publications each year. The publications, technicalstandards, and electronic and online products are designed, according to API itself, to help users improvethe efficiency and cost‐effectiveness of their operations, comply with legislative and regulatoryrequirements, and safeguard health, ensure safety, and protect the environment. Each publication isoverseen by a committee of industry professionals, mostly member company engineers.

These technical standards tend to be uncontroversial. For example, API 610 is the specification forcentrifugal pumps, API 675 is the specification for controlled volume positive displacement pumps, bothpacked‐plunger and diaphragm types are included. Diaphragm pumps that use direct mechanicalactuation are excluded. API 677 is the standard for gear units and API 682 governs mechanical seals.

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API also defines the industry standard for the energy conservation of motor oil. API SN is the latestspecification to which motor oils intended for spark‐ignited engines should adhere since 2010. Itsupersedes API SM.[5] Different specifications exist for compression‐ignited engines.

API provides vessel codes and standards for the design and fabrication of pressure vessels that helpsafeguard the lives of people and environments all over the world.

API also defines and drafts standards for measurement for manufactured products such as:

Precision thread gaugesPlain plug and ring gaugesThread measuring systemsMetrology and industrial suppliesMeasuring instrumentsCustom gaugesPrecision machining and grindingISO 17025 registered calibration

API RP 500 and RP 505 classify the locations for electrical equipment in hazardous areas. [6] [7]

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 inthe United States.API unit, a standard measure of natural gamma radiation measured in a borehole.

Educator intervention

In addition to training industry workers and conducting seminars, workshops, and conferences on publicpolicy, API develops and distributes materials and curricula for schoolchildren and educators. Theassociation also maintains a website, Classroom Energy (http://www.classroom‐energy.org/). Thesematerials take a boldly pro‐oil‐industry view of various major controversies including oil spills, pipelines,global warming, and ocean acidity.

Public advocacy

In the second half of 2008, as the US presidential election neared, API began airing a series of televisionads where spokeswoman Brooke Alexander encourages people to visit their new website,EnergyTomorrow.org (http://www.energytomorrow.org/) API does not use their own name in the ads butdoes call themselves "The People of America's Oil and Natural Gas Industry."

In January 2012, the American Petroleum Institute launched the voter education campaign ‐ Vote 4Energy. The campaign claims that increased domestic energy production can create jobs, increasegovernment revenue, and provide U.S. energy security. The Vote 4 Energy campaign does not promoteany specific candidate or party, but rather provides voters with energy information to equip them to

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evaluate candidates on the federal and local levels and make decisions in favor of domestic energy onElection 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.

Lobbying

API spent more than $3 million annually each year during the period 2005 to 2009 on lobbying; $3.6million in 2009.[8] As of 2009, according to API’s quarterly “Lobbying Report” submitted to the US Senate,the organization had 16 lobbyists lobbying various Congressional activities.[9]

API conducts lobbying and organizes its member employees' attendance at public events to communicatethe industry's position on various issues. A leaked summer 2009 memo from API President Jack Gerardasked its member companies to urge their employees to participate in planned protests (designed toappear independently organized) against the cap‐and‐trade legislation the House passed that samesummer. "The objective of these rallies is to put a human face on the impacts of unsound energy policyand to aim a loud message at [20 different] states," including Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Gerardwent on to assure recipients of the memo that API will cover all organizational costs and handling oflogistics. In response to the memo, an API spokesman told media that participants will be there (atprotests) because of their own concerns, and that API is just helping them assemble.[10]

To help fight climate control legislation that has been approved by the US House, API supports the EnergyCitizens group, which is holding public events.[11][12] API encouraged energy company employees toattend one of its first Energy Citizen events held in Houston in August 2009, but turned away Texasresidents who were not employed by the energy industry. Fast Company reported that some attendeeshad no idea of the purpose of the event, and called it “astroturfing at its finest.“[13][14] A December 2009article in Mother Jones magazine said API and Energy Citizens were among the most prominentorganizations and individuals promulgating climate disinformation.[15]

See also

United States Oil and Gas Association, formerly the Mid‐Continent Oil and Gas Association

References

1.  "Jack N. Gerard ‐ President and Chief Executive Officer, American Petroleum Institute ‐ Biography".Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Retrieved January 20, 2011.

2.  "About API". American Petroleum Institute. Retrieved March 29, 2012.3.  Johnson, Brad (August 15, 2011). "Rick Perry's First Stop In New Hampshire Is Funded By Big Oil".

ThinkProgress. Retrieved March 29, 2012.4.  "Rick Perry stumps Manchester ‐ next stop Iowa" (http://www.nhpr.org/rick‐perry‐stumps‐manchester‐next‐

stop‐iowa), New Hampshire Public Radio, 14 August 2011.5.  "Engine Oil Guide" (PDF). American Petroleum Institute. March 2010.6.  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).7.  API RP 500 Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for electrical Installation at Petroleum

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Facilities Classified as Class I, Division 1 and Division 2.8.  "Lobbying: American Petroleum Institute". Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved March 29, 2012.9.  "Second Quarter Lobbying Form, 2009, Secretary of the Senate". Retrieved March 29, 2012.10.  Stone, Daniel (August 20, 2009). "The Browning of Grassroots". Newsweek. Retrieved March 29, 2012.11.  New York Times, "Oil industry backs protests of emissions bill," August 19, 2009

(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/business/energy‐environment/19climate.html?bl&ex=1250827200&en=5ade135d7141b991&ei=5087)

12.  McNulty, Sheila (August 20, 2009). "The big oil backlash?". Financial Times. Retrieved March 29, 2012.13.  Schwartz, Ariel (August 21, 2009). "American Petroleum Institute Demonstrates How to Screw Up a Grassroots

Event". Fast Company. Retrieved March 29, 2012.14.  Talley, Ian (August 11, 2009). "Lobby Groups to Use Town Hall Tactics to Oppose Climate Bill". The Wall Street

Journal.15.  Harkinson, Josh (December 4, 2009). "The Dirty Dozen of Climate Change Denial". Mother Jones. Retrieved

August 17, 2015.

External links

API Website (http://api.org/)Organizational Profile(http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/130433430/popup/1)– National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)Center for Biological Diversity v Dept of the Interior(http://publicservice.evendon.com/CenterBioDiv_v_DOIM.htm) DC Appellate Decision stoppingoffshore Alaska Oil Leases. April 17, 2009Sourcewatch profile (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Petroleum_Institute)Center for Responsive Politics profile (http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=American+Petroleum+Institute&year=2009)Energy Citizens, API‐sponsored organization (http://www.energycitizens.org)Vote 4 Energy, API‐sponsored voter education campaign (http://www.Vote4Energy.org)API code list (http://www.piping‐designer.com/American_Petroleum_Institute) at Piping‐Designer.comAmerican Petroleum Institute(https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/130433430) Internal Revenue Servicefilings archived at the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

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