The American Petroleum Institute

Welcome to the Energy Channel; the official YouTube channel of the American Petroleum Institute (API). API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the natural gas and oil industry, which supports 10.9 million U.S. jobs and nearly 8 percent of the U.S. economy. API’s more than 600 members include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 47 million Americans. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization. In its first 100 years, API has developed more than 800 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability. You can read our comment policy at http://www.api.org/privacy.