American Petroleum Institute

The American Petroleum Institute (API), is the largest trade association for the oil and gas industry, claiming to represent around 400 corporations engaged in oil production, extraction (including hydrofracking), distribution, and other aspects of the industry. API is based in Washington, D.C. and has offices in 27 state capitals. [3]

API is a powerful lobby, spending around $7.3 million on lobbying each year in 2010 and 2009, and spending $6.3 million in 2011.

It is also a major political spender, and has created numerous front groups to advance its political agenda. It also funds groups like Americans for Prosperity and the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Despite being called the American Petroleum Institute, its 2012 directors included Tofiq Al-Gabsani, a Saudi Arabian national who heads the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) subsidiary, the state-run oil company that also helps finance API.

Documents Contained at the Anti-Environmental Archives

Documents written by or referencing this person or organization are contained in the Anti-Environmental Archive, launched by Greenpeace on Earth Day, 2015. The archive contains 3,500 documents, some 27,000 pages, covering 350 organizations and individuals. The current archive includes mainly documents collected in the late 1980s through the early 2000s by The Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research (CLEAR), an organization that tracked the rise of the so called "Wise Use" movement in the 1990s during the Clinton presidency. Access the index to the Anti-Environmental Archives here.

History

"For 76 years, API has been the petroleum industry's U.S. national trade association. API released its first standard in 1923, intended to promote the interchangeability of oil field equipment throughout the industry." [4]

"Today, over 900 API standards serve as the basis for API quality programs covering production material and lubricants, and certification programs for storage tanks, pressure vessels, and piping inspectors. They also publish recommended practices, research reports, and specifications on pipelines, valves, offshore structures, oil-spill response procedures, environmental protection, exploration, facility management and much more." [5]

According to DeSmogBlog, in 1965, API president Frank Ikard said: “the substance of the report is that there is still time to save the world's peoples from the catastrophic consequence of pollution, but time is running out" in reference to a report on climate change. These sentiments differ from those put out more recently by API.

Front Groups

"Energy Citizens"

In August 2009, an API-led coalition called "Energy Citizens" announced plans to hold rallies opposing the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill in about 20 states, targeting states "whose Democratic Senators aren't strong supporters of a stringent bill, such ... Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Mark Begich of Alaska." In addition to API, "Energy Citizens" has backing from the National Association of Manufacturers, American Farm Bureau, American Highway Users Alliance, National Black Chamber of Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, FreedomWorks, American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform and Council for Citizens Against Government Waste.

"The group has loudly protested the EPA’s decision to have greenhouse gas emissions regulated under the Clean Air Act. API members include Chevron, ConocoPhillips,Exxon Mobil, GE, Halliburton and Shell."

Template fliers for the "Energy Citizens" rallies warned, "Climate change legislation being considered in Washington will cause huge economic pain and produce little environmental gain." The fliers also claimed that the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, which passed the House of Representatives in June, would "cost 2 million American jobs, raise gasoline and diesel prices up to $4," hurt U.S. businesses and energy security. In contrast, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the bill would cost U.S. households "about a postage stamp a day," while the Energy Information Administration projects that annual "energy bill costs could rise between $26 per household to to $362 by 2020."

Part of API's blog is devoted to "Energy Citizens." API also has an "Energy Citizens" YouTube channel.

Energy Forums

The API Sponsors nearly identical "Energy Forums" in almost every state. Most are simply labeled "__State__ Energy Forum" (examples include Nebraska Nebraska Nevada and Arizona) but a few feature more nuanced titles, such as Ohio's Buckeye Energy Forum and Pennsylvania's keystone energy forum.

Each Energy Forum claims to represent "A group of concerned citizens", and each runs articles in support of Hydrofracking], the Keystone XL pipeline, and expanded offshore drilling.

Vote4Energy

In December, 2011, an API TV ad campaign titled "Vote4Energy" was prematurely exposed by the Checks and Balances Project and Greenpeace, which both sent representatives to attend a Vote4Energy commercial shoot. Audio recordings from inside the Vote4Energy commercial shoot reveal how the commercials will debut on CNN in January, 2012 during presidential debates, and how oil industry talking points were fed to actors on set to be repeated, contrasting API's public relations campaigns aimed at demonstrating authentic grassroots support for the oil industry's political priorities.

The Vote4Energy Campaign also launched a website which argues that "A Vote For Energy is a vote for more jobs, higher government revenues and greater energy security." the site features a state-by-state breakdown of how states could be impacted by adopting their policies. According to Vote4Energy's "Policy Perspectives" sheet, they support opening federal areas that currently do not allow drilling, such as the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, the removal of certain EPA regulations (which the sheet implies are not based on "sound science") and the approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Oil Sands Fact Check

In July 2012 the Houston Chronicle reported that API had created the front group Oil Sands Fact Check (OSFC) to promote the Keystone XL pipeline and tar sands crude as a "safe and secure energy resource."

Source: Desmogblog (http://s.tt/1hrAy)

Corporate Members

As of June 2021:

• A+ Corporation, LLC
• Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems Americas, Inc.
• Abb/Totalflow
• Aci Services
• Acuren
• Advance Tank & Construction Company
• Advance Valves
• Advanced Corrosion Technologies & Training
• Aesolutions
• Ahr Metals
• Allerion Oilfield Services, Inc.
• All-Pro Fasteners, Inc.
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
• Amec Foster Wheeler
• Amerapex Corporation
• America-Apex B.V.
• American Block Co
• American Equipment Manufacturing, Inc.
• American Inspection Services, Inc.
• Ameridrives International
• Amspec Services LLC
• Angus Measurement Services, Lp
• Antea Group.
• Antea North America
• Apache Corporation
• Apave International
• Applusrtd
• Aquasol Corporation
• Arcelor Mittal Usa
• Arctic Energy Services
• Argus Consulting
• Ari Industries Inc.
• Ariel Corporation
• Arnco Technology
• Arseal Technologies LLC
• Assured Flow Solutions LLC
• Assured Testing Services
• Ast Construction
• A-T Controls, Inc.
• Athens Group
• Atomic Alloys, LLC
• Audie Price Inspection, Inc.
• Auge Industrial
• Automation Systems & Controls, Inc.
• Avery Technical Resources
• Aveva
• Axis Communications Inc.
• Badger Meter Inc.
• Baker Engineering & Risk Consultants, Inc.
• Baker Hughes
• Barrios Technology
• Base Line Data, Inc.
• Becht Engineering Co., Inc.
• Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Inc.
• Belle Fourche Pipeline
• Belzona, Inc.
• Bench Tree Group
• Benoit Premium Threading LLC
• Benteler Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corp.
• Beric-Davis Companies International Ltd.
• Bestolife Corporation
• Bhl International, Inc.
• Bhp
• Birwelco Usa Inc.
• Black Gold Pump & Supply
• Blackhawk Engineering
• Blackmer
• Bless Oilfield Services, Inc.
• Bonaventure Safety LLC
• Bowen Industrial Contractors, Inc.
• Bp America, Inc.
• Breen Energy Solutions
• Brigade Energy Services, LLC
• Bri-Steel Manufacturing
• Brodie International
• Bs&B Safety Systems, L.L.C.
• Burckhardt Compression (Us) Inc.
• Bureau Veritas Ecuador C.A.
• Burns & Mcdonnell
• Bws Services, LLC
• C & W Tank, Inc.
• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
• Caldwell Tanks, Inc.
• Camin Cargo Control
• Can Usa, Inc.
• Canadian Tank & Vessel
• Capital Inspectors
• Caplugs
• Carpenter Technology Corporation
• Cashco Inc.
• Catalyst Energy Services
• Catsi
• Cavern Solutions, Inc.
• Centurion Pipeline L.P.
• Certified Calibrations, Inc.
• Charter Brokerage
• Chattanooga Boiler & Tank, Inc.
• Chemstar
• Cheniere Energy, Inc.
• Chesapeake Energy
• Chevron Corporation
• Chevron Oronite Company LLC
• Cimarex Energy Company
• Citadel Casing Solutions
• Citadel Engineering Company
• Cj Winter Machine Technologies
• Clearsign Technologies Corporation
• Cnc Flow Control
• Coastal Gulf & International, Inc.
• Cognascents Consulting Group, Inc.
• Colexas Digital, Inc.
• Collins Engineers, Inc.
• Colonial Pipeline Company
• Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc.
• Compressor Controls Corporation
• Conco Services Corporation
• Conocophillips
• Consolidated Fabrication & Constructors
• Consolidated Pressure Control, LLLP
• Consulting And Field Services, LLC
• Corrosion Control Inc.
• Cortec, LLC
• Cpw America Co.
• Crc-Evans Pipeline International
• Crestone Peak Resources
• Crimson Pipeline, L.P.
• Crownquest Operating, LLC
• Cryostar
• Cst Covers
• Cwm Usa Inc.
• Cyntech Construction Ltd.
• Dalton Signs Inc.
• Daniel Measurement & Control, Inc.
• Darkpulse
• Deepwater Subsea LLC
• Delta P Technology International, LLC
• Devon Energy Corp.
• Dhv Industries
• Diamond Offshore
• Dixon Eagle
• Dja Inspection Services, Inc.
• Dnv-Gl
• Dow Chemical Company
• Downhole Products Usa
• Dril-Quip
• Duoline Technologies, L.P.
• Dura-Bar
• Dv Trading
• Dynamic Flow Computers
• Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc.
• Dynamic Shelters Ltd.
• Dynamics Scientific Production Center Usa, Inc.
• Eagle Compression LLC
• Eagle Infrastructure Services, Inc.
• Eagle Research Corporation
• Eagleclaw Midstream Ventures LLC
• Elecsys Corporation
• Electric Machinery Company
• Elliott Services, Inc.
• E-Magic Inc.
• En Engineering
• Enbridge, Inc.
• Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag
• Enercon Group, Inc.
• Energy Exchanger Company
• Energy Worldnet, Inc.
• Enersys Corporation
• Enervest Ltd.
• Engineering & Inspection Services, LLC
• Engineering & Terminal Services
• Engineering Partners International, Inc.
• Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
• Enviroeye LLC
• Equinor
• Equipment Resources International, Inc.
• Equitrans Midstream
• Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
• Erm - Environmental Resources Management
• Esteem Projects, LLC
• Evonik Oil Additives
• Exp Energy Services
• Explorer Pipeline
• Exxon Mobil
• Faure Herman
• Fbv, Inc.
• Fisher Tank Company
• Five Star Products Inc.
• Flexitallic Group, Inc.
• Flexsteel Pipeline Technologies, Inc.
• Flottweg Separation Technology, Inc.
• Flow Management Devices, LLC
• Fluor Corporation
• Foerster Instruments Inc., Usa
• Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.
• Foss Maritime Company
• Fox Thermal Instruments, Inc.
• Franklin Valve Lp
• Frontier Integrity Solutions
• Fujisan Survey, S.A. De C.V.
• Fusematic Corporation
• G
• G2 Integrated Solutions
• Gage Western LLC
• Garlock Sealing Technologies
• Gates Corporation
• Gecko Robotics
• Gilbarco Veeder-Root
• Global Tooling Specialties, Inc.
• Grace Instrument
• Graywolf Industrial, Inc.
• Great River Industries
• Great Southern Technologies
• Gtt North America
• Gulf Coast Fabricators LLC
• Gulfstream Services, Inc.
• Halliburton Company
• Hess Corporation
• Hhc Safety Engineering Services, Inc.
• Hmt, Inc.
• Hobré Usa Inc.
• Holloway Houston, Inc.
• Holly Energy Partners, L.P.
• Honeywell Enraf Americas Inc.
• Hoover Ferguson
• Horiba Instruments, Inc.
• Hsi Group, Inc.
• Hudson Products Corporation
• Hughes-Anderson Heat Exchangers
• Hull & Associates, Inc.
• Hunt Consolidated Inc.
• Hunting Energy Services
• Hy-Grade Valve, Inc.
• I3P Consultants, LLC
• Icl Calibration Laboratories, Inc.
• Ico Asiapacific Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Idemitsu Lubricants America
• Idom, Inc.
• Imi Pbm
• Impulsora Rio Grande Sa De Cv
• Industrial Defender
• Industrial Inspection & Consulting
• Industronic, Inc.
• Infineum
• Ingu Solutions Inc.
• Innova Energy Services
• Inserpetrol
• Inspectest (Pvt.) Limited
• Inspectorate America Corp.
• Integrated Global Services Inc.
• Integrated Protection Services, Inc.
• Integrity Assessment Group
• Integrity Inspection Services
• Integrity Products & Supplies, Inc.
• Integrity Solutions Ltd
• Integrity Testing & Inspection, Inc.
• Inter American Oilworks
• Interface Testing Services Inc.
• Interspec, LLC
• Intertek
• Iomosaic Corporation
• Irisndt, Inc.
• Isomag Corporation
• Itrobotics
• Itt Corporation
• J.D. Neuhaus L.P.
• J.J. White Inc.
• James Machine Works, Inc.
• Jcl Service Company LLC
• Jet-Lube, Inc.
• Jfe Steel America, Inc.
• John Crane Inc.
• Jsg Professional Services Ulc
• Jsw Steel Usa Inc.
• K.P. Kauffman Company, Inc.
• Kakivik Asset Management, LLC
• Kbk Industries
• Kendrick Oil Company
• Kenexis
• Key Performance Petroleum
• Kinetic Pressure Control
• Krohne, Inc.
• L & J Technologies
• L&T Valves Limited
• Ladish Valves
• Lafargeholcim
• Landshark Hydro Excavation LLC
• Lee Specialties Inc.
• Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corporation
• Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc.
• Limetree Bay Terminals LLC
• Liquid Controls, LLC
• Liquidpower Specialty Products Inc. (Lspi)
• Lloyd'S Register Energy Americas, Inc.
• Lloyd'S Register North America, Inc.
• Loadmaster Engineering
• Loop LLC
• Louisiana Valve Source
• Lubrizol Corporation
• Maersk Drilling
• Magnetic Analysis Corporation
• Magnum Piering, Inc.
• Map Oil Tools
• Marathon Oil Company
• Marathon Petroleum Corporation
• Marine Spill Response Corporation
• Mass Technology Corporation
• Matrix Service Company
• Maverick Testing Laboratories, Inc.
• Mcdaniel Technical Services, Inc.
• Mechatrends Contractors Corp.
• Mesa Industries
• Metegrity Inc.
• Meter Engineers, Inc.
• Micro Motion, Inc.
• Midcontinental Chemical Company
• Midwest Energy Emissions Corp (Me2C Environmental)
• Midwestern Services, Inc.
• Miller Consulting Services
• Milwaukee Valve Company
• Minova
• Mistras Group, Inc.
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation
• Mmc International Corp.
• Modern Refractory Inc.
• Mogas Industries
• Mokveld Valves, Inc.
• Moody International, Inc.
• Motiva Enterprises LLC
• Murphy Oil Corporation
• Muse, Stancil & Company
• National Pump Company
• National Steel Car
• Nationwide Boiler Incorporated
• Navajo Nation Oil & Gas Company
• Navarik Corp.
• Nde Technical Services, Inc.
• Ndt Global LLC
• Neste Us Inc.
• Neuman & Esser Usa, Inc.
• Newberry Tanks & Equipment, LLC
• Newmarket Corporation
• Newpark Resources, Inc.
• Nexus Energy Technologies Inc.
• Nichols Engineering Consultants LLC
• Nmk Resources Inc.
• Noble Corporation
• Noil Corporation Inc.
• Northern States Fishing Tools Co., Inc.
• Nov, Inc.
• Novvi LLC
• Nugen Automation LLC
• Nustar Energy L.P.
• Nvi, LLC
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation
• Oceaneering International, Inc.
• Octo Mechanical Inc.
• Offshore Inspection Group, Inc.
• Ofi Testing Equipment, Inc. (Ofite)
• Ok Leasing Latin America, Inc.
• Omni Flow Computers, Inc.
• Omo Energy & Technology Inc.
• Oneok Partners, L.P.
• Onshore Quality Control Specialist, LLC
• Open Systems International, Inc.
• Optasense
• Orbital Engineering, Inc.
• Oseco Inc.
• Ost Services
• Ovako North America, Inc.
• Ovintiv
• Pala-Interstate, LLC
• Paragon Industries, Inc.
• Parker Drilling Company
• Parker Hannifin Corporation
• Paso Robles Tank, Inc.
• Pathfinder Pressure Testing
• Patterson Tubular Services
• Peak Ai Solutions, Inc.
• Peerless Dynamics
• Petol Gearench
• Petrocare Marine Consultants, Inc.
• Petro-Hunt, LLC
• Petromar International Inc.
• Petrospect, Inc.
• Philadelphia Gear
• Phillips 66
• Pinnacle
• Pinnacle Oil
• Pioneer Industrial Corporation
• Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
• Pls Construction, Inc.
• Pond & Company
• Portland Pipe Line Corporation
• Posco
• Powerplan
• Pqm
• Precision Crane & Hydraulics, LLC
• Premium Inspection & Testing, Inc.
• Primary Sourcing Corp.
• Prime Engineering Incorporated
• Pro Ranger Inspection, LLC
• Project Consulting Services, Inc.
• Promat, Inc.
• Pro-Surve Technical Services, LLC
• Protect, LLC
• Protectoseal Company
• Provenance Consulting
• Pruitt Tool & Supply Co., Inc.
• Quality Control Company
• Quality Custom Inspections & Laboratories
• Quality Integrated Services, Inc.
• Quantityware
• Quest Integrity Usa, LLC
• Quorum Business Solutions, Inc.
• Rcp Inc.
• Rebl Refractories Evaluations Laboratory Ulc
• Repsol
• Rhi Us
• Rigquip Drilling Services
• Rockford Corporation
• Rockwool Technical Insulation
• Rocky Mountain Fabrication
• Roos Consulting Group
• Rosen Usa, Inc.
• Ruhrpumpen, Inc.
• S+S Industries
• Sabine Surveyors, Ltd.
• Saenz Oil & Gas Services, LLC
• Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.
• Savage Services Corporation
• Savant Measurement Corporation
• Saybolt Inc.
• Scan Systems Corp.
• Scelerin Heaters LLC
• Scenic Precise Element, Inc.
• Schlumberger Limited
• Schramm, Inc.
• Sciaps, Inc.
• Seadrill Americas, Inc.
• Semgroup Corporation
• Sempra Energy
• Senior Flexonics Inc.
• Sentinel Integrity Solutions
• Sertecpet, S.A.
• Service King Mfg.
• Servomex
• Sgv International, LLC
• Shawcor - Inspection Services
• Shell Oil Company
• Shin Nihon Kentei Kyokai
• Sick Inc.
• Siemens Energy, Inc.
• Sivalls, Inc.
• Sk Lubricants Americas
• Sky Eye Measurement Inc.
• Smart Pipe Company, Inc.
• Smith & Burgess LLC.
• Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.
• South Coast Products, Lp
• Southern Valve Service
• Southwestern Energy Company
• Space Science Services, Inc.
• Specpro Group
• Spl, Inc.
• Spyglass Construction Inspection Services
• Src Energy Inc.
• Ssab, Inc.
• S-Tank Engineering Co. Ltd
• Stantec
• Statiflo Corp
• Steelmation
• Stream-Flo Industries Ltd.
• Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
• Stupp Corporation
• Subsea Solutions
• Sulzer Pumps, Inc.
• Sunfish Engineering
• Superior Land Designs
• Swi Valve Corporation
• Sysmax Inc.
• T.D. Williamson, Inc.
• T.F. Warren Group
• T.I.E.C., Inc.
• Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline, LLC
• Tampa Tank, Inc.
• Tank Builders, Inc.
• Tc Energy
• Teadit North America
• Team Industrial Services, Inc.
• Technipfmc
• Tejas Tubular Products, Inc.
• Tellurian, Inc.
• Tems International
• Tenaris
• Terracon Consultants, Inc.
• Tetra Tech, Inc.
• Texas Pipe Works, Inc.
• Thermo Niton Analyzers LLC
• Thorpe Specialty Services Corporation
• Thrubore Valves, LLC
• Tidy Steel-Fab Ltd.
• Tiw Steel Platework Inc.
• Tmco
• Tory Technologies, Inc.
• Transocean
• Transport4
• Transportation & Industrial Services, Inc.
• Trinity Industries Leasing Company
• Tristar Terminals Guam, Inc.
• Truqc LLC
• Tsp Environmental
• Tubacex
• Turner Specialty Services
• U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc.
• U.S. Tsubaki, Inc.
• Union Tank Car Company
• Union Tech
• United Electric Controls
• Universal Lubricants Factory (Zinol) L.L.C.
• Universalpegasus International
• Uop, LLC
• Upstream Safety And Risk Management, LLC
• Urbint
• Usg Corporation
• Valaris Plc
• Valley Forge & Bolt Manufacturing Co.
• Vallourec Usa Corporation
• Val-Matic Valve And Manufacturing Corporation
• Valveworks Usa
• Valvoline LLC
• Valvtechnologies
• Varec, Inc.
• Vega Americas, Inc.
• Venture Global Lng
• Verichek Technical Services, Inc.
• Versa Integrity Group
• Verwater U.S.A. Projects
• Victaulic
• Viking Engineering
• Vista Precision Solutions, Inc.
• Volumetrics, Inc.
• W&T Offshore, Inc.
• W.L. Walker Co. Inc.
• Walzel Technical Services
• Watco Companies LLC
• Weatherford International Ltd.
• Webco Industries, Inc.
• Welded Tube Of Canada
• Welker, Inc.
• Westech Engineering, Inc.
• Westermann Bolt & Gasket Co.
• Weston Solutions, Inc.
• Westport Trading Europe Limited
• Westpower Equipment Ltd.
• Wichita Clutch, Inc.
• Wika Instrument Lp, Usa
• William E. Williams Valve Corporation
• Williams Companies, The
• Wm. Powell Company
• Woolslayer Companies, Inc.
• Worldwide Oilfield Machine
• Wpx Energy, Inc.
• Wsb & Associates
• Wsp Usa
• Xanor De Mexico, S.A. De C.V. (Xanik Valves)
• Yellow Jacket Oil Tools
• Zeeco, Inc.
• Zook Rupture Disks

Responses to Obama Administration Actions

2012 election spending

In the 2012 election cycle API gave nearly half a million to the following groups running political ads against Democrats and in support of Republicans:

• $50,000 to Americans for Prosperity’s 501(c)(4) group, which ran ads against President Obama and congressional Democrats.
• $412,969 to Coalition for American Jobs’ 501(c)(6) group, a front group set up by API lobbyists to air ads.
• $25,000 to the Sixty Plus Association’s 501(c)(4), which ran ads against congressional Democrats.

In addition, API president Jack Gerard was a close ally to the Mitt Romney campaign.

Center for Offshore Safety

In March 2011 the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute approved the creation of the Center for Offshore Safety to address industry safety and environmental performance. This action follows recommendations made by the Presidential Oil Spill Commission investigations in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon / Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that occurred in 2010. Some industry analysts question whether the center, which will be headquartered in Houston and is funded by API and its oil and gas industry members, can remain independently objective.

Other climate policy-related actions

In April 2009, API sent a letter to members of Congress, in Gerard's name, that slammed the Obama administration. It stated: "The US oil and natural gas industry has the expertise and technology to produce the energy we need to fuel economic growth, create jobs, generate significant revenues for local, state and federal governments, and bolster our national security. However, our companies cannot do so if held back by harmful, counter-productive taxes and are restricted from access to domestic oil and natural gas resources that the country urgently needs. ... If imposed, these taxes and fees could have a debilitating effect on our economy, when our nation can least afford it. They would reduce investment in new energy supplies, meaning less energy produced for American consumers. We cannot tax our way out of our energy problems.”

The same month, API protested the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that greenhouse gas emissions endangered public health and could be regulated under the Clean Air Act. "The Clean Air Act was created to address local and regional air pollution, not the emission of carbon dioxide and other global greenhouse gases," said API's Jack Gerard.

2008 elections

In response to the November 2008 election of Democrats Barack Obama as President and Joe Biden as Vice-president, API released a statement in the name of their CEO, Jack Gerard, saying: "The American people have spoken loud and clear that they want politicians to put aside partisan bickering. ...The oil and natural gas industry stands ready to help put America's vast energy resources to good use, strengthening our nation's economy and energy security, and providing good jobs for Americans across the country."

Earlier, Gerard had criticized Obama's platform, saying "Obama's plan to impose a windfall-profits tax on oil companies would harm one of the few industries that are thriving" in the economic crisis.

Questioning global warming

An API "Communications Action Plan" from 1998 stated: "Victory will be achieved when ... citizens 'understand' uncertainties in climate science ... [and] recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the 'conventional wisdom.'"

Concerns about API-funded research

In April 2005, it was reported that API was overseeing a $27 million study on the health effects of benzene, funded by the major oil companies BP, Chevron Texaco, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell Chemical. The study was launched in 2001, in response to a National Cancer Institute study that found "workers exposed to average levels of benzene had a risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma more than four times greater than the general population." A follow-up NCI study, published in 2005, found that "benzene had toxic effects on blood cells at 1 part per million - the level workers in the United States are allowed to be exposed to over an eight-hour workday." Benzene is a component of gasoline, so oil companies were concerned that tighter benzene regulations would affect their operations. [6]

Although the API research wouldn't be complete until 2007, information from "depositions, proposals to oil companies and other documents collected by a Houston law firm in unrelated lawsuits" suggests that "the results of the study already have been predicted." The Houston Chronicle reported, "The conclusions are expected to contradict earlier research linking low- and mid-levels of benzene to cancers and other blood diseases - findings that could spawn tighter regulations." [7]

One research proposal from a Mobil Oil toxicologist said the study would "respond to allegations from a nationwide study of benzene exposed workers." The research proposal submitted to Marathon Oil stated that "the benzene research was expected to provide scientific support for the lack of a leukemia risk to the general population, evidence that current occupational exposure limits do not create a significant risk to workers and proof that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma could not be caused by benzene exposure." [8]

A Powerpoint presentation on the proposed research shown to potential oil company funders "included a section describing 'the significant issues of concern to global petroleum industry that the research would affect.' Those issues included possible changes to the way gasoline is made, additional emissions controls and litigation." [9]

In response to the April 2005 media reports on the benzene study, API manager of health sciences Lorraine Twerdok stated that the study "is being conducted to gain a better understanding of the relationship between benzene exposure and potential cancer risk to protect industry workers and customers." [10]

API part funded the infamous paper Baliunas & Soon 2003 in the journal Climate Research

Petroleum is "Cool": Targeting Teachers and Schoolchildren with "Classroom Energy"

The API is the producer of a 16-minute video titled 'Fuel-less: you can't be cool without fuel', which was distributed through the National Science Teachers Association. The film starts with the line "you're not going to believe this, but everything everything I have that's really cool comes from oil!".

The API funds a website called "classroom energy", which aims to provide teachers and students with materials on "the vital role of oil and natural gas in modern life."

An API memo leaked to the media in 1998 shed some light on the motivation for targeting schools: "Informing teachers/students about uncertainties in climate science will begin to erect barriers against further efforts to impose Kyoto-like measures in the future."

Public relations

Super Bowl 2017

During the 2017 Super Bowl, API launched its "Power Past Impossible" campaign, touting the benefits to the consumer of natural gas and oil products.

Super Bowl 2008

At the January 2008 Super Bowl U.S. football championship game, API sponsored "Kickoff to Rebuild," highlighting its work with Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit organization that promotes homeownership. API and Rebuilding Together are launching an "Energy Efficient Homes Initiative," which aims "to incorporate energy-efficiency measures in the more than 9,000 homes revitalized each year by Rebuilding Together."

Blogger Outreach

API has been battling the oil industry's negative public image for years, including by doing increased media outreach. In November 2007, Reuters reported that API, along with Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell "have reached out to a conservative band of bloggers." API "paid for seven bloggers" to take two trips in November, one to Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, and one offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. API required the bloggers to disclose that the industry group had funded the trips, but otherwise "placed no restrictions" on them. API's "new media advisor," Jane Van Ryan, admitted that the bloggers chosen -- for the Texas trip, Ed Morrissey, Bruce McQuain, Brian Westenhaus and the National Association of Manufacturers's Carter Wood -- "have not been particularly critical of the industry." While API's blogger "outreach effort" is new, "reporters who cover the energy industry are often invited by companies to visit offshore drilling rigs or production platforms," notes Reuters. API plans similar junkets for 2008.

In May 2007, PR Week reported that API was ramping up media outreach, including bloggers for the first time. "We felt we should become more involved" in the blogosphere, explained API's Jane Van Ryan, "because there are a lot of policies and news-related items being discussed." The industry group held three blogger teleconferences, "on subjects including energy and environment and, most recently on May 16, gasoline prices," reported PR Week. "Blogs the API has reached out to include The Oil Drum, Energy Outlook, and the Daily Reckoning." API's "team of seven media relations people" continues traditional media outreach, fielding "a 'huge amount of calls' from the networks, major dailies, trade press, small newspapers in 'virtually every state,' and consumers," after the latest price hike.

The blogger "Devil's Advocate" wrote about an API-organized bloggers conference call on biofuels, held on February 20, 2008. "I had a very interesting blogger conference call with the American Petroleum Institute yesterday," s/he wrote. "This time, however, I did not agree with much of their agenda. ... If a product cannot stand on its own two feet making a profit, government should not be involved producing it." Call participants were listed as Devil's Advocate of Copious Dissent, Nate Hagens of The Oil Drum, Bruce McQuain of The QandO Blog, Robert Rapier of The Oil Drum and R-Squared, Geoff Styles of Energy Outlook, Gail Tverberg of The Oil Drum, and Brian Westenhaus of New Energy and Fuel.

API held another blogger conference call on July 15, 2008. API participants included new media advisor Jane Van Ryan, CEO Red Cavaney, chief economist John Felmy and Jim Hoskins from Harris Interactive. The bloggers on the call included Robert Rapier, Nate Hagens and Gail Tverberg from The Oil Drum, Doug Lambert from GraniteCrok.com, Geoff Styles of Energy Outlook, "as well as several other bloggers from other sites."

An API blogger call on September 26, 2008. The API participants were Jane Van Ryan, Red Cavaney, Prentiss Searles, Sara Banaszak, Tim Sampson and Richard Ranger. The bloggers on the call were Bob McCarty from Bob McCarty Writes, Cindy Kilkenny from Fairly Conservative, Devil's Advocate from Copious Dissent, Doug Lambert from Granite Grok, Gail Tverberg from The Oil Drum, Geoff Styles from Energy Outlook, Greg Balch from Goat's Barnyard, Jim Hoeft from Bearing Drift, Joules Burn from The Oil Drum, Joy McCann from Little Miss Attila, Peter Carlock from OPNTalk, Michael Swartz from Monoblogue, Mick Orton from FedUp Network, Pejman Yousefzadeh from RedState and A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days. "We discussed refineries, what the lifting of the bans [on offshore oil drilling] mean, known and unknown reserves, employment and a few other things," wrote "Goat" of the Barnyard blog. "API rightly pointed out that not a drop of oil was spilled by the rigs in the Gulf during the worst Mother Nature could throw at them during Katrina. ... Another point was brought up about a liberal talking point that we have only a tiny percentage of the worlds oil and population but we use 25% of the world's production of oil. That may be true but we are also the world's biggest producer of goods and services with that oil not to mention the hundreds of other products that come from oil byproducts like plastic, paint, tires, nylon, and cosmetics." Bob McCarty also blogged about the call.

API's October 30, 2008, blogger conference call included a discussion of "the issue of ethanol subsidies and the cost incurred by taxpayers particularly now since gasoline prices have plummeted quite a bit," according to the blogger Vulcan's Hammer. Speakers included API's Jane Van Ryan, Rayola Dougher and Ron Planting, along with Lou Pugliaresi of the Energy Policy Research Foundation.

API held a blogger conference call on May 15, 2009, featuring Robert Ryan, the Vice President of Global Exploration at Chevron; with Justin Higgs, Chevron's News Media Advisor; Mark Kibbe, API's Federal Relations Director; and John Felmy, API's Chief Economist.

Public talks

West Virginia

API's traditional and online media outreach has been coupled with local speaking events across the country, by API staffers and oil company executives. In February 2008, API's Denise McCourt addressed a Rotary Club meeting in Charleston, West Virginia. "The oil and natural gas industry hasn't done a very good job telling people about energy issues," McCourt told the group. So the industry has taken "a little bit of abuse by the people running for office," she added. McCourt told the audience that higher gas prices don't necessarily mean "atrocious profits" for oil companies. She compared what she said were 2007 profit rates of 7.6 cents per dollar of sales for the oil industry with 9.2 cents per dollar of sales for all manufacturing, except automobiles.

On April 29, 2008, API's Denise McCourt talked to the Rotary Club in Wheeling, West Virginia. "Contrary to popular belief and what some politicians might say, America’s oil companies aren’t owned just by a small group of insiders," she told the Rotarians. "Only 1.5 percent of industry shares are owned by company executives. The rest is owned by tens of millions of Americans, many of them middle class." She also addressed gas prices: "When you talk about what you pay for the price of gasoline at the pump, you have to remember that 72 percent of it right now is actually the price of crude oil. ... About 47 cents [per gallon] on average is actually state and local taxes. ... Those are what help pay for roads and bridges around the country."

Delaware

On May 7, 2008, Shell Oil CEO John Hofmeister, an API adviser, will give a public talk in Newark, Delaware, as part of the University of Delaware's spring 2008 lecture series called "Boiling Point: International Politics of Climate Change."

California

On May 29, 2008, API co-sponsored an event at Stanford University in California, titled, "Energy's Future is in Technology: Innovation in Energy Supply, Energy Efficiency and Alternative/Renewable Energy." Newsweek was the other event sponsor.

Kentucky

In June 2008, API's Denise McCourt talked to the Kentucky state legislature's Special Subcommittee on Energy. "85 percent of the places in the ocean where we think we can find resources are under moratorium and we can not go there," said McCort. "When you look at that kind of number people say wait a minute, 85 percent? Let's say you think some areas are more particularly sensitive than others, but 85 percent of the places where we think we have oil and gas we can't go."

Idaho

In August 2008, API Chief Economist John C. Felmy spoke "to the Rotary Club of Boise about oil prices," and also gave an interview to the Idaho Statesman newspaper. "There is little evidence that retailers are making a lot of money," Felmy told the paper. "And it's not the refiners, some of whom are losing money. ... Right now the Department of Energy estimates that 74 percent of the cost of gas is attributable to the cost of oil."

Lobbying and Contributions

In February 2009, API hired HBW Resources. The firm's Andrew Browning, "a former special assistant at the Energy Department's office of fossil energy," is lobbying on behalf of API on "the development of domestic oil shale reserves."

In September 2008, API "hired Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti to lobby on energy drilling proposals, tax issues and chemical security legislation," reported The Hill. "The lobbying team includes Jamie Brown, a former special assistant for legislative affairs to President Bush; Kelly Bingel, former chief of staff to Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.); and David Castagnetti, former chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)."

"The American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's main trade group, paid Timmons & Co. $200,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007," reported AP in August 2007. "The firm lobbied on various pieces of legislation dealing with homeland security appropriations, energy policy, taxes, price gouging and other issues. ... Daniel Shapiro, former deputy chief of staff for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is among those registered to lobby on behalf of the institute." [11]

API spent $4 million to lobby the federal government in 2007, according to lobbying disclosure forms. "The trade group lobbied on various appropriations bills, and on oil taxes and fees, chemical plant security, price gouging, international investment and more," reported Associated Press. "Besides Congress, the American Petroleum Institute lobbied the departments of Defense and State, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service."

2018

• A Wider Circle: $10,000
• American Association Of Blacks In Energy: $15,000
• American Association Of University Women (AAUW): $10,000
• American Chemistry Council Inc - ACC: $7,500
• American Council For Capital Formation: $62,500
• American Council On Science And Health: $25,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $15,000
• American Leadership Forum: $10,000
• American Society Of Association Executives (Asae): $6,000
• Americans For Tax Reform: $50,000
• Arkansas Energy Education Foundation: $6,004
• Asian Pacific American Institute For Congressional Studies (Apaics): $10,000
• Association For Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation (Aehs): $7,000
• Av For You LLC: $15,585
• Bipartisan Policy Center: $50,000
• Center For The Innovative Training Of Youth (Stem Nola): $8,538
• Citizens For Responsible Energy Solutions Forum: $15,000
• Citizens To Protect Pennsylvania Jobs: $24,000
• Citizens To Protect Pennsylvania Jobs: $220,000
• Coast Guard Foundation Inc: $25,000
• Colorado Economic Leadership Fund: $10,000
• Colorado School Of Mines: $90,000
• Colorado State University: $38,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $100,000
• Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $70,000
• Continuing Challenge Hazardous Materials Committee: $36,000
• Coordinating Research Council Inc: $10,000
• Council Of State Governments: $10,000
• Curators Of The University Of Missouri: $15,000
• Edison Electric Institute: $7,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $75,000
• Ford'S Theatre: $25,000
• Friends Of The World Maritime University Inc: $15,000
• Great Minds In Stem: $10,000
• Haymarket Media Inc: $10,000
• Head And Heart Philanthropy: $10,000
• Mahoning County Democratic Party: $10,000
• Mahoning County Republican Party: $10,000
• Mahoning Valley Construction Coalition Labor Management Cooperative Committ: $10,000
• Mid-Atlantic Conference Of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners: $7,500
• Minnesota Street Rod Association: $15,000
• Monika R Simoes Energy Dialogues LLC: $7,000
• Monumental Scholars Fund: $10,000
• Mount Vernon Ladies Association: $22,000
• Naleo Educational Fund: $25,000
• National Association Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: $19,500
• National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts Of America: $7,500
• National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development: $10,000
• National Energy Resources Organization (Nero): $8,000
• National Newspaper Publishers Association: $30,000
• National Press Foundation Inc: $20,000
• National Safety Council: $25,000
• National Urban League: $25,000
• National Wild Turkey Federation: $15,000
• Natural Gas Supply Association: $12,874
• New York State Association Of Black And Puerto Rican Legislators: $15,000
• North America'S Building Trades Unions: $25,000
• Offshore Energy Center: $10,000
• Ohio Democratic Party: $10,000
• Ohio Growth Partnership - Mahoning Valley Jobs And Growth Coalition: $386,000
• One Nation: $50,000
• Pheasants Forever Inc: $15,000
• Pink Petro LLC: $20,000
• Protecting Colorado'S Environment Economy And Energy Independence: $3,700,000
• Republican Attorneys General Association: $50,000
• Republican Governor's Association: $125,000
• Republican State Leadership Committee: $25,000
• Restore Ohio'S Values: $60,000
• So Others Might Eat: $10,000
• Society Of Hispanic Professional Engineers Inc: $30,000
• South Carolina African American Chamber Of Commerce: $12,000
• Stanford University: $100,000
• Stronger: $100,000
• Texas Oil & Gas Association Inc: $97,500
• The Ireland Funds America: $10,000
• The Ohio Manufacturers' Association: $10,000
• The University Of Texas At Austin: $60,000
• Tri-State Bird Rescue: $16,000
• United States Association For Energy Economics (Usaee): $15,000
• United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc: $10,000
• University Of Texas At Arlington: $30,000
• Western Resources Legal Center: $20,000

2017

• A Wider Circle: $10,000
• Alaska Federation Of Natives: $25,000
• American Association Of Blacks In Energy: 215,000
• American Chemistry Council Inc - ACC: $7,500
• American Council For Capital Formation: $149,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $15,000
• American Society Of Association Executives (Asae): $6,000
• Americans For Tax Reform: $50,000
• Arkansas Independent Producers And Royalty Owners Inc: $5,203
• Asian Pacific American Institute For Congressional Studies (Apaics): $15,000
• Association For Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation (Aehs): $7,000
• Bipartisan Policy Center: $25,000
• Board Of Hispanic Caucus Chairs: $10,000
• CBS Television Stations Inc: $27,003
• Center For The Innovative Training Of Youth (Stem NOLA): $25,000
• Citizens To Protect Pennsylvania Jobs: $48,000
• Committee For A New Missouri: $10,000
• Community Leaders Of America: $30,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $100,000
• Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Leadership Fund: $10,000
• Coordinating Research Council Inc: $10,000
• C-Stem Teacher And Student Support Services Inc: $6,118
• Democratic Governors Association: $25,000
• Ford'S Theatre: $10,000
• Girl Scouts Of The United States Of America: $50,000
• Girls Athletic Leadership School Of Denver: $7,500
• Ground Water Protection Council: $480,000
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $10,000
• Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Of Metro Denver: $7,500
• Husch Blackwell: $15,000
• Hydrogen Sulfide Coalition: $11,000
• Issue Management Resources LLC: $5,500
• Joint Center For Political And Economic Studies Inc: $25,000
• Junior League Of Raleigh: $15,000
• Mahoning County Democratic Party: $10,000
• March Of Dimes: $10,000
• Metro Denver Economic Development Corp: $37,500
• Mid-Atlantic Conference Of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners: $7,500
• Minnesota Street Rod Association: $15,000
• Monika R Simoes Energy Dialogues LLC: $6,500
• Naleo Educational Fund: $10,000
• National Association Of Hispanic Publications: $25,000
• National Association Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: $26,000
• National Black Caucus Of State Legislators: $15,000
• National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts Of America: $10,000
• National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development: $10,000
• National Conference For State Legislators (NCSL): $7,500
• National Energy Resources Organization (NERO): $5,200
• National Foundation For Women Legislators Inc: $10,000
• National Ocean Policy Coalition: $35,000
• Next Level Indiana Inc: $10,000
• North America'S Building Trades Unions: $25,000
• Offshore Energy Center: $10,000
• Ohio Democratic Party: $10,000
• Radio Television Digital News Association (Rtdna): $7,750
• Republican Attorneys General Association: $50,000
• Republican Governor's Association: $125,000
• Republican State Leadership Committee: $25,000
• Science Spark: $15,000
• So Others Might Eat: $10,000
• Stanford University: $86,667
• Stronger: $100,000
• Texas State Society Of Washington Dc: $25,000
• The Economic Club Of Washington Dc: $6,000
• The Ohio Manufacturers' Association: $10,000
• Tri-State Bird Rescue: $16,000
• United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc: $7,500
• Women's Energy Network Of Houston: $11,875

2016

• A Wider Circle: $10,000
• American Association of Blacks in Energy: $10,000
• American Chemistry Council Inc: $22,500
• American Council for Capital Formation: $25,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $15,000
• Americans for Tax Reform: $50,000
• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS): $70,000
• Association for Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation (AEHS): $7,000
• Boy Scouts of America: $25,000
• Building & Construction Trades Dept (BCTD) AFL-CIO: $25,000
• Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs: $34,500
• Cleveland 2016 Host Committee Inc: $900,000
• Coloradans for Responsible Reform: $51,234
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $135,000
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Democratic Governors Association: $25,000
• Edison Electric Institute: $7,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $25,000
• Environmental Council of the States (ECOS): $15,000
• Ford's Theatre: $10,000
• Friends of the House 2016 LLC: $100,000
• Ground Water Protection Council: $200,000
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $10,000
• Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsiblity: $8,000
• IHS Global Inc: $75,000
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc: $25,000
• Latitude LLC: $10,000
• LNG Allies: $30,000
• Mahoning County Democratic Party: $10,000
• Mahoning County Republican Party: $10,000
• Metro Denver Economic Development Corp: $12,500
• NALEO Educational Fund: $10,000
• National Academy of Sciences: $100,000
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: $21,800
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvement: $30,000
• National Newspaper Publishers Association: $50,000
• National Ocean Policy Coalition: $35,000
• National Urban League: $25,000
• Ohio Association of Foodbanks: $141,480
• Ohio Democratic Party: $10,000
• Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee: $700,000
• Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 396: $120,000
• Politico LLC: $175,000
• Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA): $13,000
• Raise the Bar Protect Our Constitution: $300,000
• Republican Attorneys General Association: $50,000
• Republican Governor's Association: $200,000
• Republican State Leadership Committee: $25,000
• Resources First Foundation: $30,000
• Science Spark: $10,000
• So Others Might Eat: $10,000
• Stanford University: $28,333
• Stronger: $80,000
• The Economic Club of Washington DC: $6,000
• The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development: $20,000
• Tri-State Bird Rescue: $16,000
• United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE): $15,000
• United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: $25,000
• University of Texas at Arlington: $10,000
• Virginia Foundation for Research & Economic Education: $20,000

2015

• A Wider Circle: $10,000
• American Association of Blacks in Energy: $20,000
• American Chemistry Council Inc: $22,000
• American Council for Capital Formation: $160,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $25,000
• Americans for Tax Reform: $82,500
• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies: $77,500
• Association for Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation: $13,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters: $10,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: $25,000
• Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs: $15,000
• Boy Scouts of America: $10,000
• Bryce Harlow Foundation The: $7,500
• Building & Construction Trades Dept AFL-CIO: $35,000
• Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs: $2,791,000
• Clemson University Foundation: $17,000
• Common Ground Alliance: $10,000
• Community Leaders of America: $10,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $100,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Institute (CBC): $10,000
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $100,000
• Coordinating Research Council Inc: $10,000
• C-STEM Teacher and Student Support Services Inc: $10,000
• Democratic Attorneys General Association: $25,000
• Democratic Governors Association: $50,000
• Diabetes Research Institute Foundation: $10,000
• Edison Electric Institute: $11,500
• Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance Inc: $50,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $50,000
• Environmental Council of the States: $18,000
• Ford's Theatre: $10,000
• Franklin-Hamilton Inc: $235,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $40,000
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce: $20,000
• Ground Water Protection Council: $200,000
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $10,000
• Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsiblity: $8,750
• IHS Global Inc: $300,000
• Illinois Institute of Technology: $20,000
• Independent Petroleum Association of America: $100,000
• LNG Allies: $50,000
• Mahoning County Democratic Party: $10,000
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $49,500
• Multicultural Festival of West Virginia Inc: $7,500
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvement: $45,000
• National Foundation for Women Legislators Inc: $10,000
• National Newspaper Publishers Association: $7,500
• National Ocean Policy Coalition: $35,000
• New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce: $5,500
• New Mexico Community Capital: $10,000
• Offshore Energy Center: $10,000
• Ohio Democratic Party: $10,000
• Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program: $106,000
• Ohio Oil and Gas Association: $6,000
• PGA Foundation Inc: $25,000
• Pipeline Research Council International: $85,000
• Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 396: $53,000
• Radio Television Digital News Association: $6,000
• Republican Attorneys General Association: $50,000
• Republican Governor's Association: $125,000
• Republican State Leadership Committee: $25,000
• Scientific Consulting Group Inc: $10,500
• Stanford University: $11,667
• STRONGER: $100,000
• Susan G Komen for the Cure: $10,000
• The Economic Club of Washington DC: $6,000
• The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development: $35,000
• The Tax Foundation: $15,000
• US Chamber of Commerce: $50,000
• United States Association for Energy Economics: $15,000
• United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: $25,000
• University of Alaska Foundation: $10,000
• Unlocking Potential: $10,000
• Utility Air Regulatory Group: $75,000
• Washington Humane Society: $10,000
• Western Governors' Association: $15,000
• Western States Air Resource Council: $25,000
• Women's Energy Network of Houston: $7,500

2013

• 100 Black Men Of America Inc: $50,000
• A Wider Circle: $10,000
• Alzheimer's Association Ncac: $10,000
• American Association Of Blacks In Energy: $10,000
• American Chemistry Council Inc: $103,500
• American Conservative Union Foundation: $7,500
• American Society For Testing And Materials (Astm): $6,000
• Americans For Tax Reform: $75,000
• Association For Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation (AEHS): $43,000
• Boy Scouts Of America: $10,000
• Bryce Harlow Foundation The: $7,500
• Building & Construction Trades Dept (Bctd) Afl-Cio: $50,000
• Centennial Institute Co Colorado Christian University: $10,000
• Coloradans For Responsible Reform: $1,493,247
• Committee For Economic Development: $10,000
• Common Ground Alliance: $10,000
• Community Leaders Of America: $10,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $100,000
• Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $110,000
• Coordinating Research Council Inc: $10,000
• Democratic Governors Association: $50,000
• Energy Equipment And Infrastructure Alliance Inc: $150,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $50,000
• Environmental Council Of The States (ECOS): $22,000
• Fight For Children: $11,000
• Ford'S Theatre: $10,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $40,000
• Greater North Dakota Chamber Of Commerce: $107,193
• Ground Water Protection Council: $275,000
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $40,000
• IHS Global Inc: $250,000
• Illinois AFL-CIO: $10,000
• Illinois Institute Of Technology: $10,000
• Independent Petroleum Association Of America (Ipaa): $500,000
• Mahoning County Democratic Party: $10,000
• Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT): $33,000
• Multicultural Festival Of West Virginia Inc: $7,500
• National Association Of Manufacturers: $637,500
• National Association Of Wholesaler-Distributors (Lifo Coalition): $25,000
• National Black Chamber Of Commerce: $22,500
• Nevada State Afl-Cio: $15,000
• New Mexico Community Capital: $10,000
• Offshore Energy Center: $25,000
• Ohio Democratic Party: $10,000
• Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program: $200,000
• Petroleum Association Of Wyoming: $20,000
• Pipeline Research Council International: $60,000
• Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 396: $192,500
• Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA): $12,000
• Republican Attorneys General Association: $50,000
• Republican Governors Association: $75,000
• Saj Media (Greater Wilmington Business Journal): $40,000
• Small Business And Enterpreneurship Council: $25,000
• Stanford University: $20,000
• State Review Of Oil And Natural Gas Environmental Regulations: $100,000
• Sustainable Remediation Forum: $30,000
• The George Washington University: $12,000
• The National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development: $15,000
• United States Association For Energy Economics (Usaee): $15,000
• Us News And World Report - Us News Stem Solutions: $85,000
• Utilities Telecom Council: $5,100
• Washington Humane Society: $10,000
• Western Michigan University: $18,000

2012

• 100 Black Men Of America Inc: $40,000
• A Better Missouri Nixon For Governor: $10,000
• A Wider Circle: $10,000
• Abate Of Illinois Inc: $10,000
• American Association Of Blacks In Energy: $10,000
• American Chemistry Council Inc: $25,000
• American Council For Capital Formation: $50,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $25,000
• American Institute Of Chemical Engineers (Aiche): $7,500
• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): $10,000
• American National Standards Institute (Ansi): $39,951
• Americans For Tax Reform: $75,000
• America's Wetland Foundation: $50,000
• Association For Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation (AEHS): $13,000
• Bloomberg Finance Lp: $25,000
• Boy Scouts Of America: $10,000
• The Bryce Harlow Foundation: $7,500
• Building & Construction Trades Dept (Bctd) Afl-Cio: $50,000
• Business Institute For Political Analysis Committee (BIPAC): $275,000
• Capitol Hill Publishing Corp: $19,500
• Clemson University Foundation: $42,250
• Common Ground Alliance: $10,000
• Conference Group Inc: $10,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation: $110,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Institute (Cbc): $25,000
• Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $135,000
• Conservative Political Action Conference: $11,000
• Consumer Energy Alliance: $50,000
• Coordinating Research Council Inc: $15,000
• Council Of Great Lakes Governors Inc: $50,000
• Council Of State Chambers (COSC): $10,000
• Council Of State Governments: $31,000
• Democratic Governors Association: $50,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $50,000
• Environmental Council Of The States (ECOS): $43,000
• Federal Recycling And Remediation Coalition (Barnes & Thornburg): $10,000
• Federal Water Quality Coalition (Barnes & Thornburg): $31,000
• Ford's Theatre: $10,000
• The Foreign Policy Group: $75,000
• Formula Sports Group LLC: $15,000
• The Fund For American Studies: $10,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $40,000
• Ground Water Protection Council: $153,300
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $10,000
• Gulf Of Mexico Alliance: $10,000
• Hart Energy Publishing Llp: $6,500
• Hispanic Association On Corporate Responsiblity: $25,000
• Hm&C Center Stage LLC: $20,000
• Hydrogen Sulfide Coalition: $10,000
• Illinois AFL-CIO: $10,000
• Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation: $7,500
• Independent Petroleum Association Of America (Ipaa): $500,000
• Indiana Works Inc: $10,000
• Junior League Of Raleigh: $10,000
• The Keystone Center: $15,000
• Mahoning County Democratic Party: $7,500
• Maine Energy Marketers Association: $240,000
• March Of Dimes - National Capital Area Chapter: $10,000
• Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (Mit): $16,500
• Michigan Chamber Pac Ii: $50,000
• Missouri Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Assoc (Mpca): $7,500
• Multicultural Festival Of West Virginia Inc: $7,500
• National Academy Of Sciences: $100,000
• National Association Of Black Journalists (Nabj): $10,000
• National Association Of Manufacturers: $225,000
• National Association Of State Energy Officials (NASEO): $10,000
• National Conference Of State Legislators Foundation For State Legislatures: $7,500
• National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition (NESARC): $10,000
• National Foreign Trade Council: $15,000
• National Industrial Sand Association: $50,000
• National Journal Group: $50,000
• National Ocean Policy Coalition: $50,000
• National Retail Federation (NRF): $100,000
• Oil And Natural Gas Industry Labor Management Committee: $995,326
• Petroleum Association Of Wyoming: $30,000
• Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 396: $75,000
• Politico: $45,000
• Public Lands Advocacy: $11,000
• Republican Governor's Association: $125,000
• Republican State Leadership Committee: $75,000
• The Ripon Society: $25,000
• Rockwood Labor Club: $7,500
• Stanford University: $20,000
• State Review Of Oil And Natural Gas Environmental Regulations: $100,000
• Sustainable Remediation Forum: $30,000
• The Tax Foundation: $15,000
• Texas State Society Of Washington Dc: $50,000
• Toxicology Excellence For Risk Assessment: $25,000
• Tri-State Bird Rescue: $20,000
• Us Conference Of Mayors: $15,000
• United States Association For Energy Economics (Usaee): $15,000
• University Of California Davis: $139,271
• University Of Texas At Arlington: $10,000
• University Of Massachusetts Dept Of Microbiology: $117,000
• Virginia Chamber Of Commerce: $10,000
• Washington Humane Society: $10,000
• Washington Press Club Foundation: $10,285
• Western States Air Resource Council: $20,000

2011

• American Action Network: $250,000
• American Association Of Blacks In Energy: $10,000
• American Council For Capital Formation: $50,000
• American Council On Science And Health: $37,500
• American Forest & Paper Association: $21,700
• American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers: $30,000
• American Legion: $50,000
• Americans For Prosperity: $15,000
• America's Wetland Foundation: $50,000
• Association For Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation Inc: $10,000
• The Bryce Harlow Foundation: $7,500
• Building & Construction Trades Dept Afl-Cio: $50,000
• Business Institute For Political Analysis: $250,000
• Center For Legislative Energy & Environmental Research: $5,785
• Citizens To Protect Pennsylvania Jobs: $6,000
• Clemson University Foundation: $35,750
• Common Ground Alliance: $10,000
• The Congressional Award Foundation: $10,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $90,000
• Congressional Black Caucus Policy & Leadership Institute: $70,000
• Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $142,500
• Congressional Sportsmen'S Foundation: $12,500
• Consumer Energy Alliance: $100,000
• Coordinating Research Council Inc: $10,000
• Democratic Governors Association: $330,000
• Diabetes Research Institute Foundation: $10,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $50,000
• Environmental Council Of The States: $63,750
• Fight For Children: $9,000
• Ford's Theatre: $10,000
• Formula Sports Group LLC: $25,000
• Freedom Foundation Of Minnesota: $10,000
• FTI Consulting: $25,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $40,000
• Ground Water Protection Council: $307,500
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $15,000
• Independent Petroleum Association Of America: $100,000
• The Keystone Center: $15,000
• March Of Dimes-National Capital Area Chapter: $10,000
• Massachusetts Institute Of Technology: $33,000
• Missouri Chamber Of Commerce & Industry Education Foundation: $12,500
• National Association Of Hispanic Publications: $25,000
• National Capital Area Councilboys Scouts Of America: $10,000
• National Conference Of State Legislators Foundation: $37,500
• National Fish And Wildlife Foundation: $55,000
• National Foreign Trade Council: $21,000
• National Ocean Policy Coalition: $80,000
• National Urban League: $10,000
• Nebraska Ethanol Industry Coalition: $20,212
• New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance: $7,500
• New York Academy Of Sciences: $15,000
• North Carolina State Univeristy: $93,135
• Ohio Republican Party: $10,000
• Ohioans For Change Inc: $10,000
• Oil & Natural Gas Industry Labor Management Committee: $1,327,000
• Pennsylvania Federation Of Sportman'S Clubs Inc: $6,511
• Pennsylvania State Association Of Township Supervisors: $6,000
• Republican Governor's Association: $100,000
• Republican State Leadership Committee: $75,000
• The Sixty Plus Association Inc: $25,000
• Small Business And Entrepreneurship Council: $25,000
• Society Of Hispanic Professional Engineers Inc: $25,000
• Srlc South Carolina 2012: $25,000
• Stanford University: $20,000
• Flag Credit Union: $15,000
• Stronger: $100,000
• Susan G Komen For The Cure: $10,000
• Taxpayers For Common Sense: $30,000
• United State Association For Energy Economics: $15,000
• University Of California Davis: $201,794
• University Of Rochester Medical Center: $15,000
• Virgina Chamber Of Commerce: $10,000
• Washington Humane Society: $10,000
• Washington Press Club Foundation: $10,000
• Western Michigan University Foundation: $10,000

2011

• A Wider Circle'S Center For Community Services: $10,000
• American Association Of Blacks In Energy: $10,000
• American Chemistry Council: $18,000
• American Council For Capital Formationcenter For Policy Research: $50,000
• American Fuel And Petrochemical Manufacturers: $75,000
• American GI Forum Of The US: $10,000
• American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research: $25,000
• Americans For Prosperity: $25,000
• Americans For Tax Reform: $50,000
• American'S Wetland Foundation: $50,000
• Association For Environmental Health & Sciences Foundation: $10,000
• Battelle Memorial Institute: $25,000
• Business Institute For Political Analysis (Bipac): $275,000
• Boy Scouts Of America82 National Capital Area Council: $10,000
• Building & Construction Trades Department Afl-Cio: $15,000
• Canada-Us Business Council Chicago: $10,000
• Capital Hill Publishing Corp: $60,000
• Citizens For Sound Conservation: $10,000
• Coalition For American Jobs: $412,969.00
• Coastal America Foundation: $10,000
• Common Ground Alliance: $10,000
• Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute: $50,000
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: $105,000
• Consortium Of Catholic Academies Of The Archdiocese Of Washington Inc: $25,000
• Consumer Energy Alliance: $50,000
• Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc: $30,000
• Environmental Council Of States: $25,000
• Everybody Wins Dc: $9,200
• Ford'S Theatre Society: $10,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $40,000
• Ground Water Research & Education Foundation: $10,000
• Ground Water Protection Council: $200,000
• Health Effects Institute: $75,000
• Hispanic Association On Corporate Responsibility: $15,000
• Jefferson Islands Club: $15,000
• Massachusetts Institute Of Technology: $16,500
• Midwestern Legislative Conferencethe Council Of State Governments: $10,000
• National Conference Of State Legislators: $30,000
• National Fish And Wildlife Foundation: $60,500
• National Foreign Trade Council: $15,000
• National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: $12,500
• National Ocean Policy Coalition: $50,000
• Ncsl Foundation For State Legislatures: $7,500
• Nebraska Ethanol Board: $20,212.00
• Nicholls State University Foundation: $15,000
• Offshorse Rig Museum Inc: $20,000
• Oil And Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee: $762,822.00
• Professional Dairy Managers Of Pa: $15,000
• Regents Of The University Of California At Berkeley: $94,402.00
• Rice University (William Marsh Rice University): $25,000
• Small Business And Enterpreneurship Council: $25,000
• Stanford University: $15,000
• Stop Oil Seeps California Inc: $10,000
• Stronger Inc: $100,000
• The Bryce Harlow Foundation: $7,500
• The Congressional Sportmen'S Foundation: $12,500
• The Hammner Institutes: $50,000
• The Horinko Group: $10,000
• The Keystone Group: $65,000
• The Sixty Plus Association Inc: $25,000
• The Washington Humane Society: $7,500
• The Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars: $10,000
• Toxicology Excellence For Risk Assessment: $10,000
• Tri-State Bird Rescue And Research Inc: $15,000
• United States Association For Energy Economics: $7,500
• Univ Of Connecticut Pharmacy Alumni Association: $113,040
• Univ Of New Hampshirecoastal Response Research Center: $133,812.00
• Virginia Chamber Of Commerce: $10,000
• Washington Press Club Foundation: $10,000

2010

In 2010, API contributed to the following organizations

• American Council for Capital Formation ($50,000 for "General Support")
• American Legislative Exchange Council ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Americans For Prosperity ($25,500 for "Energy Education")
• Americans for Tax Reform ($50,000 for "Energy Education")
• America's Wetland Foundation ($50,000 for "General Support")
• Association For Environmental Health and Sciences ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Building Construction and Trades Department ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Business Industry Political Action Committee ($250,000 for "Energy Education")
• Carbon Sequestration Council ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Coalition for American Jobs ($1,000,000 )
• Common Ground Alliance ($10,000)
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ($50,000 for "General Support")
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus ($125,000)
• Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation ($10,000)
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus ($125,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Consumer Energy Alliance ($35,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Institute for Energy Research ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")
• Environmental Council of the States ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Ground Water Research and Education Foundation ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Independent Petroleum Association of America ($100,000 for "Energy Education")
• Institute for Energy Research ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")
• International Conservation Caucus Foundation ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($33,000 for "Energy Education")
• Montana Department of Environmental Quality ($66,64 for "Petrochemical Research")
• Montana Economic Developer's Association ($10,00 for "Petrochemical Research")
• National Black Chamber of Commerce ($30,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($50,00 for "General Support")
• National Foreign Trade Council ($20,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• National Foundation for Women Legislators ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• National Petrochemical & Refiners Association ($45,000 for "Energy Education")
• NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Nicholls State University Foundation ($20,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Northwestern University School of Law ($40,000 for "Civil Justice Issues")
• Offshore Energy Center ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Oil and Natural Gas Labor Management Committee ($220,000 for "General Support")
• Republican Governors Public Policy Committee ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Stanford University ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• STRONGER ($200,000 for General Support")
• Texas Oil and Gas Association ($10,000 for "Legal Issues")
• The Bryce Harlow Foundation ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")
• 60 Plus Association ($25,000 for "Energy Education")
• United States Association For Energy Economics ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• University of California-Davis ($180,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effect Research")
• University of Connecticut (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) ($256,839 for "Petrochemical Research")
• Virginia Sustainable Building Network ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Volta Live ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Kasich-Taylor New Day Inaugural Committee ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Natural Gas Association ($37,500 for "Advocacy Efforts-Proposed Tax")
• The Corbett Cawley Inaugural Committee ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital ($30,000 for "event sponsorship")
• Naleo Education Fund ($30,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")

2009

In 2009, API contributed to the following organizations

• Alliance to Save Energy ($100,000 for "Energy Education")
• American Chemistry Council ($24,000 for "General Support")
• American Council for Capital Formation ($50,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• American Enterprise Institute ($25,000 for "General Support")
• American GI Forum of the United States ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers ($10,000 for "General Support")
• American Legislative Exchange Council ($40,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• American Tort Reform Association ($10,100 for "Energy Education")
• Americans for Prosperity ($43,000 for "Energy Education")
• Americans for Tax Reform ($50,000 for "Energy Education")
• America's Wetlands Foundation ($50,000 for "General Support")
• Arizona State University ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Building and Construction Trades Department ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Business Industry Political Action Committee ($250,000 for "Energy Education")
• California Climate Action Registry ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Citizens Against Government Waste ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Coastal America Foundation ($20,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Colorado State University ($10,000 for "Petrochemical Research")
• Common Ground Alliance ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Competitive Enterprise Institute ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute ($55,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Conservative Political Action Conference ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Consumer Energy Alliance ($67,500 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Energy Policy Research ($30,000 for "Energy Policy Research")
• Everybody Wins (7,200 for "General Support")
• Foundation for American Communications ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Freedom Works ($55,000 for "General Support")
• Ground Water Protection Council ($47,500 for "Energy Policy Research")
• Health Effects Institute ($380,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effect Research")
• Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Independent Petroleum Association of America ($60,000 for "Energy Education")
• Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States ($61,000 for "Environmental Research")
• Institute for Energy Research ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")
• International Conservation Caucus Foundation ($50,000 for "General Support")
• Environmental Council of the States ($15,000 for "Support for the ITRC Biobased Fuels Team")
• The Keystone Center ($80,000 for "Energy Education")
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($33,000 for "Energy Education")
• Michigan State University ($50,000 for "Environmental Research")
• Montana Department of Environmental Quality ($34,974)
• National Black Chamber of Commerce ($45,000 for "General Support")
• National Board of Professional Teaching Standards ($15,000 for "General Support")
• National Foreign Trade Council ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• National Marine Sanctuary ($10,000 for "Energy Education")
• Nebraska Ethanol Board ($26,000 for Petrochemical Research")
• NM Association Conservative Districts ($50,000 for "General Support")
• North American Metals Council ($7,000 For "Petrochemical Research")
• North Carolina Agricultural Foundation ($28,000 for "Environmental Research")
• Northwestern University School of Law ($40,000 for "Civil Justice Issues")
• Nicholls State University ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor Management Committee ($292,500 for "General Support")
• PA Chamber of Business&Industry ($5,333 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Rebuilding Together National Office ($100,000 for "Energy Efficient Homes")
• Regents of University of California ($30,000 for "Energy Education")
• San Antonio Hispanic Chamber ($6,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Stanford University (Terman Engineering Center) ($15,000)
• STRONGER ($100,000 for "General Support")
• American Conservative Union ($25,000 for "General Support")
• The Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy ($40,000 for "Energy Education")
• The Bryce Harlow Foundation ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")
• The Fund for Peace ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• The James Madison Institute ($30,000 for "General Support")
• 60 Plus Association ($35,000 for "Energy Education")
• University of Houston-Clear Lake ($19,000 for "Petrochemical Research")
• University of California-Davis ($45,000 for "Petrochemical Research")
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ($30,000)
• University of Oklahoma Parrington ($27,620 for "Petrochemical Research")
• University of Rochester ($23,695 for "Support-Educational")
• US Chamber of Commerce ($136,000 for "Event Sponsorship")

2008

In 2008, API contributed to the following organizations

• American Highway Users Alliance ($25,000 for "Energy Education")
• American Chemistry Council ($17,500 for "Public Health Forum")
• American Council for Capital Formation ($100,000 for "Energy Research Policy")
• American Enterprise Institute ($35,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• American GI Forum ($25,000 for "Energy Education")
• American Legislative Exchange Council ($ 38,000 for "Energy Education")
• American Oil and Gas Historical Society ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• American Tort Reform Association ($15,000 for "Law Review Article Support")
• Americans for Prosperity ($30,000 for "Energy Education")
• Americans for Tax Reform ($375,000 for "Energy Education")
• America's Wetland Foundation ($50,000 for "Energy Education")
• Asian Pacific American Institute ($5,000 for "Energy Education")
• The Bryce Harlow Foundation ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Center for Excellence in Education ($10,000 for "Energy Education")
• The Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research ($5,000 for "Energy Education")
• Citizens Against Government Waste ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs ($20,000 for "Energy Education")
• Coloradans for a Stable Economy ($200,000 for "Energy Legislation Support")
• Common Ground Alliance ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• The Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus ($6,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Consensus Building Institute ($40,000 for "US-Muslim Engagement Project")
• Consumer Energy Alliance ($30,000 for "Energy Education")
• Democratic Governors Association ($50,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Energy Policy Research Foundation ($60,000 for "Energy Policy Research" for "Energy Policy Research")
• Environmental Council of the States ($20,000 for "Energy Regulation Research")
• Foundation to Eradicate Duchennepo ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Foreign Policy Association ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Freedomworks ($75,000 for "General Support")
• Friends of New Orleans ($35,000 for "Event Support")
• The Fund for Peace ($15,000 for "Event Support")
• Ground Water Protection Council ($57,500 for "Energy Policy Research")
• Hispanic Alliance for Progress ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Health Effects Institute ($25,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects")
• Hispanic College Fund ($5,000 for "Event Support")
• Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States ($20,000 for "Environmental Research")
• Institute for Policy Innovation ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Jobs for America's Graduates ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Jefferson Island Club ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute ($75,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")
• March of Dimes Foundation ($10,000 for "General Support")
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($15,000)
• Meridian International Center ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Montana Department of Environmental Quality ($15,658 for "Petrochemical Research")
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")
• National Association of Manufacturers ($1,163,650 for "NAAQS Coalition")
• National Association of Neighborhoods ($5,000 for "General Support")
• National Conference of Black Mayors ($30,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• National Chamber Foundation ($10,000 for "General Support")
• National Foreign Trade Council ($15,000 for "USA Engage Unilateral Sanctions Project")
• National Marine Sanctuary Foundation ($30,000 for "Energy Education")
• National Taxpayers Union ($100,000 for "Energy Policy Education")
• National Conference of State Legislatures ($9,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Nebraska Ethanol Board ($25,000 for "Petrochemical Environmental Research")
• North American Metals Council ($10,000 for "Petrochemical Environmental Research")
• Northwestern University ($40,000 for "Civil Justice Issues")
• Offshore Energy Center ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Petroleum Association of Wyoming ($80,000 for "Energy Development Research")
• Pipeline Research Council ($17,500 for "Pipeline Safety Research")
• Rebuilding Together ($551,312 for "Energy Efficient Homes")
  • Rebuilding Together Oakland ($5,500 for "Energy Efficient Homes")
  • Rebuilding Together Hartford ($50,000 for "Energy Efficient Homes")
• Climate Action Reserve ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Republican Governors Association ($5,000 for "General Support")
• William Marsh Rice University ($25,000 for "Graduate Fellowship")
• Rutgers State University ($80,000 for "Benzine Symposium")
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Stanford University ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• State Review of Oil and Gas Environmental Regulations ($75,000 for "General Support")
• The American Conservative Union ($33,500 for "General Support")
• The Aspen Institute ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• The Fund for American Studies ($10,000 for "Scholarship")
• The Heartland Institute ($25,000 for "Energy Education")
• James Madison Institute ($30,000 for "General Support")
• National Conference of State Societies ($5,000 for "event sponsorship")
• The Keystone Center ($45,500 for "energy education")
• The Mercatus Center ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Sixty Plus Association ($143,000 for "Energy Education")
• The University of Texas at Austin ($6,500 for "Energy Education")
• The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ($5,000 for "Energy Issues")
• Third Way ($40,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Tread Lightly ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")
• US Chamber of Commerce ($50,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• University of California-Davis ($56,425 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")
• University of Houston-Clear Lake ($15,000 for "Energy Education")
• University of Colorado Foundation ($455,133 for "Benzine Research")
• University of Connecticut ($196,840 for "Petrochemical Health effects Research")
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign ($63,900 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")
• University of New Hampshire ($36,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")
• University of Oklahoma ($24,574 for "Petrochemical Research")
• University of Tulsa ($52,353 for "Petrochemical Research")
• Waterfall Foundation ($6,000 for "Event Sponsorship")
• Western Business Roundtable ($25,000 for "General Support")
• Wright State University ($35,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")

API Ties to Saudi Oil

According to Americans United for Change (AUFC), API has filed documents with the Internal Revenue Service showing that executives of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company and its subsidiaries have served on API's board of directors.

Current Personnel

• President and CEO: Jack N. Gerard
• Executive Vice President: Martin J. Durbin
• Vice President: John E. Robertson
• Vice President: Kyle Bisakower
• Vice President Linda Grozett
• Group Director: Erik G. Milito
• Director: John D. Modine
• Director: Alvis Truman Hunt
• Director: Howard J. Feldman
• Chief Economist: John C. Felmy
• General Counsel and Secretary: Harry M. Ng

Board Members

• • J. Larry Nichols (Chairman of the Board)
  • Clarance Cazalot (Board Member and Treasurer)
  • William E. Albrecht
  • Tofig Al-Gabsani
  • Morten Arntzen
  • Patrick D. Daniel
  • Chadwick C. Deaton
  • Timothy C. Felt
  • Bruce C. Gottwald
  • James T. Hackett
  • Frederic C. Hamilton
  • Paul Howes
  • Ray L. Hunt
  • W. Herbert Hunt
  • A. V. Jones
  • James F. Justiss
  • Peter D. Kinnear
  • David J. Lesar
  • Steve Malcolm
  • James P. McGregor
  • Lamar McKay
  • John Miller
  • Bjourn Moller
  • Jack B. Moore
  • James J. Mulva
  • Rod Nelson
  • Marvin Odum
  • Robert L. Parker
  • Corbin J. Robertson
  • David Seaton
  • Kathleen Shanahan
  • Rex W. Tillerson
  • Hank A. True
  • John S. Watson
  • David W. Williams
  • David M. Wood
  • John M. Yearwood

Past Personnel

• Philip Cooney
• Red Cavaney, retired as API's president in October 2008

Contact information

American Petroleum Institute
1220 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-4070
Phone: (202) 682-8000
Website: http://www.api.org

Articles and Resources

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• David Armiak, RAGA’s Pay-to-Play Scheme Exposed in Effort to Kill Methane Fees, ExposedbyCMD, May 3, 2022.
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