The API Statistical Services Section is responsible for a number of statistical reports and benchmarking surveys for API members and the petroleum industry.

Environmental Expenditures Survey (EES). This is an annual survey mailed to about 800 petroleum companies around December. Data are collected by sector (E&P, Refining, Transportation, Marketing, and Other) and by type of expenditure (Capital and O&M). Within each sector and type, data are further categorized by medium (Air, Water, Solid Waste, Remediation, Spills, and Other). Company information such as Net Lease Revenues, Refining Capacity, Pipeline Miles and Motor Gasoline Sales are used to estimate the total environmental expenditures for the entire industry. Data were collected starting in 1990.

Program URL: http://www.api.org/ehsbench

API Contact:
Ms. Adebukola Adefemi (202-682-8548, adefemia@api.org).

Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (OII). This survey has been conducted for more than half a century. The Policy Analysis and Statistics department is subcontracted to perform all the work necessary to produce the report. Prior to 1999, the survey spanned only Full-Time employees of U.S. petroleum companies. However, In 1999, the survey was considerably expanded to include contractor data. In addition, reporting now includes Non-U.S. operations. Data are supplied according to OSHA guidelines and are provided by sector. Companies are asked to acquiesce to publishing their data individually. More than half the respondents usually agree. It is therefore possible to benchmark your company's data relative to individual companies or against the sector/industry total. Also in 1999, reporting the survey results via the Internet became possible. Companies can enter the data online and perform benchmarking comparisons via the web. For example, a company can pull-up the refining sector's data, chose which companies to benchmark against, select which field (Lost time Cases, for example), to sort the data by, and be able to print the report (or view it on-screen).

Program URL: http://oii.api.org/ (NOTE: This site is accessible only to program participants).

API Contacts:
Statistical: Mr. Jeff Obermiller (202-682-8508, obermiller@api.org)
Technical: Mr. Neil Matheson (202-682-8367, mathisonn@api.org)

Pipeline Performance Tracking System (PPTS). The Policy Analysis and Statistics department is subcontracted by the Pipeline segment to conduct this research. 1999 was the start-up year for this project. A brand new software was created by API to collect information about pipeline incidents in the U.S. The software resides on the company computers and communicates the data to API via the Internet. The survey is quite extensive and covers the amount of the spill, the cause, the environmental damage data as well as information about the pipeline itself. The software is designed for companies to use throughout the year. Companies can only look at their data so no benchmarking is possible.This effort is supported by the entire Pipeline segment, with the pressure to participate coming from the CEO level at those companies. The current list of participants covers about 85% of the Pipeline capacity in the U.S. This project has been a great success so far. The software is heralded by member companies and is being considered by many companies as a possible replacement to their own spills database. Looking at this long term, it is entirely possible that this database could become the standard reporting mechanism of pipeline incidents not only to API, but also to federal and state agencies.

Program URL: http://www.api.org/ppts/

API Contact:
Ms. Adebukola Adefemi (202-682-8548, adefemia@api.org).