Oil and gas industry employment

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
11 millionjobs
estimate

United States · as of 18 Aug 2026

Oil and gas industry employment in United States stood at 11 million jobs as of 18 August 2026 (API).

Original source
Publisher
API
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The American Petroleum Institute (API) represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry, supporting nearly 11 million U.S. jobs.

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APA
American Petroleum Institute. (2026). API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/18/api-strengthens-pipeline-integrity-management-standard. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0Y
MLA
American Petroleum Institute. "API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard." 2026, https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/18/api-strengthens-pipeline-integrity-management-standard. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0Y.
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute. "API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard." 2026. https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/18/api-strengthens-pipeline-integrity-management-standard. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0Y.
BibTeX
@misc{api2026industrydt9t0y, author = {{American Petroleum Institute}}, title = {API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0Y}, note = {Original source: https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/18/api-strengthens-pipeline-integrity-management-standard. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
American Petroleum Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard
Type
Press release
Published
18 August 2026
Locator
API Strengthens Pipeline Integrity Management Standard
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0Y