# American Petroleum Institute (معهد البترول الأمريكي)

> American Petroleum Institute is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [American Petroleum Institute](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/american-petroleum-institute.md)
- Categories: Aerospace & Industrial, Certification & Testing
- Official site: https://www.api.org/
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/american-petroleum-institute

## About

Trade association setting standards and lobbying for the U.S. oil and natural gas industry

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A community report in February 2026 documented that the site's API standards and codes, critical to the oil and gas industry, are unavailable in Syria, with the site stating the product is not offered in Syria among other sanctioned countries. No outreach to the organization has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-04 — Investigated. Users in Syria cannot access the API codes, which are crucial for the oil and gas industry. "This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria"

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/american-petroleum-institute?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/american-petroleum-institute/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/american-petroleum-institute
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/american-petroleum-institute.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/american-petroleum-institute.md