The American Petroleum Institute (API) is an organization that promotes oil and petroleum in the USA as well as worldwide. They have published two Quality Management System Specifications as well as maintain more than 800 product specifications.
API Q1 spec is the Quality Management System Requirements for Organizations Providing Products for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry. The API Q1 10th edition comes with new requirements for the products which help companies.
The objective of this specification is to outline the minimum requirements for the establishment of the Quality Management System that provides for continual improvement, emphasizes defect prevention, and strives to minimize variation and waste from manufacturing organizations. It is designed to promote reliability in the manufacturing sector of the petroleum and natural gas industry.