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Learn how we engage with policy makers to ensure safe, reliable, and affordable energy for the future as demand continues to grow.

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API's Energy Insights Hub provides updated statistics, data visualizations, timely analysis, and in-depth reports on all aspects of the oil and natural gas industry.

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API’s Global Industry Services drives safety and efficiency within the oil and gas industry through standards, certifications, assessments, training and more.

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Standards

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The American Petroleum Institute (API), established in 1919, is the global leader in developing consensus-based standards for the oil and gas industry. Over the past century, API has created more than 800 standards that enhance operational safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. These standards are widely adopted across the industry and increasingly recognized by international regulators.

Developed through an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited process, API standards are known for their technical rigor and third-party validation. Since 1924, API has played a vital role in ensuring product quality, service consistency, and market fairness. API's standards support innovation, promote global acceptance, and are detailed in the latest publication, API Standards: International Usage and Deployment.

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Is an important topic missing? If you have reviewed our complete list of standards and publications and see a need for a new standard, please contact API at Standards@api.org.