American Petroleum Institute news

API PA's Executive Director has released a statement underlining how Pennsylvania-produced natural gas is essential to national security and global climate goals.

ExxonMobil has announced that construction of the new linear alpha olefins (LAO) manufacturing unit at its Baytown, Texas, integrated petrochemical complex is targeting commercial start up in mid-2023.

Anchal Liddar has been announced as the new Senior Vice President of Global Industry Services at API.

The American Gas Association, American Petroleum institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America have reiterated calls for Congress to withdraw a new tax on natural gas from the proposed budget reconciliation bill.

The Environmental Partnership has released its third annual report highlighting the industry’s progress in reducing flaring.

The API has published a new edition of Standard 1164, ‘Pipeline Control Systems Cybersecurity’, underscoring the natural gas and oil industry’s ongoing commitment to protecting critical infrastructure.

The American Petroleum Institute's President and CEO, Mike Sommers, has commented on the US Senate’s vote to confirm Secretary Granholm to lead the US Department of Energy.

Under the initiative, API member companies will commit to applying safety standards, implementing workforce training programmes and participating in performance-improving efforts.

The US$100 million announced under DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy programme aims to identify and help develop cutting-edge, innovative technologies needed to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.

Total has said that API's climate positions were only "partially aligned" with its own.