Bill Bush | 202.682.8114| bushw@api.org
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2011 - The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) – a not-for-profit organization that establishes requirements for U.S. standards setting organizations to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. businesses – has reaccredited the American Petroleum Institute's standards program after an audit last year and revisions to program procedures.
"ANSI's reaccreditation is a validation of our program's rigorous and open process," said David Miller, API's standards director. "As the oil and natural gas industry works to establish and promote standards and recommended practices for safely and responsibly producing our domestic oil and natural gas resources, ANSI's announcement is welcome news."
The API standards program, which was established in 1924, promulgates voluntary consensus standards that promote the use of safe, interchangeable equipment and operations through proven, sound engineering practices. The standards are developed collaboratively by industry experts and others from government, academia and other interested stakeholders, including professional societies. API' smore than 600 standards cover every aspect of the oil and natural gas business. They are widely used by companies in the United States and around the world and are frequently referenced in federal, state and international regulations.
Accreditation of API's standards program by ANSI signifies that the procedures API uses to create standards meet all of ANSI's essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process. ANSI last reaccredited API's program in 2006. ANSI also accredits programs at several national laboratories.
API represents more than 480 oil and natural gas companies, leaders of a technology-driven industry that supplies most of America's energy, supports 9.2 million U.S. jobs and 7.7 percent of the U.S.economy, delivers more than $86 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested more than $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.