General Disclaimer for API Global Social Media Sites

The opinions and/or views expressed on API Global social media platforms, including, but not limited to, our blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo pages, our LinkedIn pages and groups, and online information sharing forums represent the thoughts of individual bloggers and online communities, and not those necessarily of the American Petroleum Institute (API) or any of its affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, staff, or members of its respective board of directors. The opinions and views expressed on these pages do not in any way reflect the views of the website they are posted on, other websites affiliated with the website, the staff involved with maintaining the website, or any members of the website.

While API Global makes reasonable efforts to monitor and/or moderate content posted on our social media platforms, we do not moderate all comments and cannot always respond in a timely manner to online requests for information.

API Global reserves the right to review, edit and/or delete any comments we deem as inappropriate.
You may not post any content that is:
  • Abusive, racist, sexist, homophobic, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, offensive, harassing, hateful, threatening, defamatory, indecent, or that promotes illegal activity
  • Fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading
  • In violation of a copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right of another
  • Invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or any other legal rights of others
  • Advertising, spam, or otherwise commercial in nature
  • Off-topic and redundant comments (this includes promotion of events, groups, pages, websites, organizations and programs not related to or affiliated with API) 
  • Illegal, or otherwise objectionable to us
Information posted on any of our social media platforms is not intended to be technical advice and should not be considered technical advice, nor is it intended to replace consultation with a qualified professional. IF YOU HAVE A TECHNICAL INQUIRY ABOUT ANY API STANDARD, please go to www.api.org/Publications-Standards-and-Statistics/Standard/FAQs-and-Inquiries/FAQs/Technical-Question/Technical-Questions to submit your question for proper response.

All links to other websites found linked from API Global’s social media sites are provided as a service to readers, but such linkage does not constitute endorsement of those sites by API Global, and we are not responsible for the content of external websites. By submitting content to any of API Global’s social media sites, you understand and acknowledge that this information is available to the public, and that API Global may use this information for internal and external promotional purposes. Please note that other participants may also use your posted information beyond the control of API Global. If you do not wish to have your content published, copied, and/or reprinted, please do not post on our social media pages.

API Global is listening to your feedback and is committed to responding to your questions in a timely manner. We have the right to monitor content posted to the group at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any content, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason, including, without limitation, if we believe that the content falls into any of the categories described above. We do not have any obligation to use or respond to any content.