Committee leadership contacts
Chairman: Dennis Skruhak, Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
API Staff Coordinator: James Crandall, API
The API Telecommunications Committee is made up of companies representing all facets of the oil and gas industry. As a subcommittee of the Information Management & Technology Committee (IMTC), the API Telecommunications Committee serves as a forum for the oil, gas and energy industry to address telecommunications, broadband, and wireless availability matters impacting existing or proposed operations. The Committee's mission is to support the industry's effective management and implementation of telecommunications (broadband and wireless) technologies, resources, regulatory and legislative efforts.
Membership is open to all oil and gas companies, whether or not that company is a member of the American Petroleum Institute. Representatives include telecommunications managers, infrastructure engineers, communications managers and other IT professionals from major petroleum exploration, production and marketing companies, pipeline companies, and energy industry service providers.
Committee functions include regulatory monitoring and technical information sharing as well as special projects geared towards the use of telecommunications technologies to the benefit of the entire industry. The Committee contracts with external sources for legal counsel and private wireless frequency coordination, as well as regulatory consulting. Please consult the Committee charter for more information pertaining the committee's functions and organizational structure.
External Resources
The API Telecommunications Committee currently contracts legal counsel services with Keller & Heckman LLP. Keller & Heckman provides the committee with representation before the Federal Communications Committee (FCC).
The Committee's private wireless spectrum coordination is handled through the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA).
Both of these organizations supply the committee with regular updates, both at the bi-annual meetings and throughout the year.
In addition to legal and spectrum coordination, the committee coordinates their interests before the U.S. Congress in accordance with API policies and procedures.