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Chamber to Host Oil & Gas Certification Training
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will host the American Petroleum Institute’s Spec Q1 Training at the Holiday Inn-Boardman April 9 and 10. The training is an essential tool in the certification process that manufacturers and suppliers to the oil and gas industry must have, chamber officials said.
The class will be taught by Ed Durante, president of Texas International Engineering Consultants of Houston, will teach the class. He has more than 35 years of project experience in the industry.
API Spec Q1 Training is designed to give companies a thorough understanding of the oil and natural gas industry’s quality assurance requirements, interpretations and practical applications.
It will also compare API Q1 to ISO 9001:2000, in which many manufacturers in the region are certified.
API Spec Q1 training is the first significant step in obtaining the API Monogram, a certification that almost all manufacturers for products in the upstream and, soon, midstream industries need to legitimately compete for long-lasting business relationships in the industry, said Eric Planey, chamber vice president of international business attraction. “Many of the oil and gas industry executives we speak with want to use local manufacturers to fill the needs in their supply chain, but these companies do not have the API Monogram," he explained. "This class will diligently take our Valley and TechBelt companies down this road and further ensure that wealth created from the shale industry globally benefits the Mahoning Valley and our super-region for years to come.”
Co-hosting the class is the Ohio Shale Coalition and the program has the support of chambers throughout northeastern Ohio and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Tuition is $1,600. To register, call Jennifer Mascardine at 330 744 2131, Ext. 12. For more information on class content, call Planey at 330 744 2131, Ext. 26.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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