Contributions in the 2020 cycle: $5,217,923. But analysts debate whether API sees it … French oil giant Total announced on Friday that it would not renew its membership to the American Petroleum Institute (API), a stunning blow to the oil industry’s most powerful business lobby. The Dickinson API raises funds for scholarships, promotes education, and makes an impact in the community where we live and work. The Houston Chapter of the API is a nonprofit organization of oil and gas professionals dedicated to providing a forum for discussion of energy related issues and promoting actions to improve the energy industry through education and personal interaction. American Petroleum Institute hired 16 lobbyists in 2019, spending a total of $6,610,000. But Shell decided to keep its membership in the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and seven other trade associations, despite … Total SE exited the American Petroleum Institute, a lobbying group that counts major oil companies among its members, after deciding it wasn’t aligned with the organization on climate change. Lobbying in 2019: $5,350,000. Total pointed to its differences with API over climate policy as its main motivation. The American Petroleum Institute held its annual “State of American Energy.” It’s business as usual. See the lobbyists it hired. Welcome to the web site of the American Petroleum Institute's Houston Chapter. American Petroleum Institute organization profile. The American Petroleum Institute traces its beginning to World War I, when Congress and the domestic natural gas and oil industry worked together to help the war effort. The American Petroleum Institute, the top lobbying group for the oil and gas industry, is moving toward endorsing a carbon tax. Outside Spending in the 2020 cycle: $0. The Dickinson Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute is a nonprofit organization comprised of service-oriented individuals who serve the local oil and gas industry. The Houston Chapter of the API is a nonprofit organization of oil and gas professionals dedicated to providing a forum for discussion of energy related issues and promoting actions to improve the energy industry through education and personal interaction. Total has opted not to continue being a member of the American Petroleum Institute (API), expressing differences of opinion over climate change.