Oil and gas industry employment
STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
11 millionjobs
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).
- 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