Committee Mission Statements

Each of API's Standards Committees serve the Oil and Gas Industry through its specific areas of interest.

The API Executive Committee on Standardization of Oilfield Equipment and Materials (ECS) provides leadership in the efficient development and maintenance of standards that meet the priority needs of the domestic and global oil and gas exploration and production industry by minimizing needs for individual company standards, promoting broad availability of safe, interchangeable oilfield equipment and materials, and, promoting broad availability of proven engineering and operating practices.

The API Committee on Refinery Equipment (CRE) promotes safe and proven engineering practices in the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, and use of materials and equipment in refineries and related processing facilities.

The API Pipeline Standards Committees are dedicated to developing, revising, and approving consensus standards for the pipeline industry. These committees are comprised of technical experts, operating companies, vendors, consultants, academia, and regulators to create standards that facilitate safe operation and maintenance of pipelines.

The Secretariat to ISO/TC 67 Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries has been delegated to API by ANSI. The scope of ISO/TC 67 is: Standardization of the materials, equipment and offshore structures used in the drilling, production, transport by pipelines and processing of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons within the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. Excluded: aspects of offshore structures subject to IMO requirements (ISO / TC 8).

USA (ANSI) participation in ISO/TC 67 is coordinated through the U.S. TAG for which API is the Administrator.

The API Safety and Fire Protection Committee (SFPS) provides proactive safety and occupational health leadership and expertise to the industry, API committees and member companies. The SFPS seeks to advance and improve the industry’s overall safety and occupational health performance by combining resources to identify and address important public, employee and company issues.

The API Committee On Petroleum Measurement (COPM) provides leadership in developing and maintaining cost effective, state of the art, hydrocarbon measurement standards and programs based on sound technical principles consistent with current measurement technology, recognized business accounting and engineering practices, and industry consensus.This is accomplished through the committee's and API’s leadership role in the national and international standardization community in the development, publication, promotion, and revision of petroleum measurement standards, through its subcommittee structure, and through elimination of duplicative efforts.

The Secretariat to ISO/TC 28 Petroleum products and lubricants has been delegated to API by ANSI. The scope of this group is: Standardization of terminology, classification, specifications, methods of sampling, measurement, analysis and testing for: petroleum; petroleum products; petroleum based lubricants and hydraulic fluids; non-petroleum based liquid fuels; and non-petroleum based lubricants and hydraulic fluids.

USA (ANSI) participation in ISO/TC 28 is coordinated through the U.S. TAG for which API is the Administrator.

USA (ANSI) participation in ISO/TC 193 is coordinated through the U.S. TAG for which API is the Administrator.

The Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX) is API's standards committee on electronic business. For over fourteen years oil companies, their customers, suppliers and other business partners have collaborated on scores of projects. These projects have reengineered entire business processes and operations for greater efficiency and profitability through the implementation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and emerging electronic business technologies such as the Internet and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). PIDX is an aggressive, goal-oriented organization that offers benefits and services that assures you and your company will always be a part of the electronic business standards development process.