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American Petroleum Institute (API)

The American Petroleum Institute is the oil and gas industry's trade organization. API's research and engineering work provides a basis for establishing operating and safety standard issues and specifications for the manufacturing of oil field equipment and furnishes statistical and other information to related agencies. Visit API at www.api.org.