This month, Eric Planey and Sarah Boyarko of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber visited Houston, TX, for three days to meet with representatives of energy companies and trade associations.  From the meetings, they learned they can help local companies be a part of the oil and gas supply chain in Ohio by facilitating American Petroleum Institute (API) certification.

Once you’re an API-certified company, it makes the opportunities in the oil and gas industry that much better—Eric Planey, Vice President of International Business Attraction, Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber (Regional Chamber to Facilitate API Certification, 12/17/12)

The Chamber is working with a Houston consulting firm to hopefully schedule a three-day course to help local manufacturer’s get an API certification.  Once the companies complete the course, API representatives come to the company’s facility to approve the certification.  EID sat down with Rebecca Heimlich of API for the Sunday Shale Show in November to learn more about the organization.

The Chamber is working with the Ohio Shale Coalition, part of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, to get the course scheduled as soon as March.  This way, local companies and manufacturers can begin the process of entering the supply chain during the early stages of the shale play.  Planey and Boyarko held 13 meetings in Houston in which they learned the benefits using local companies in the supply chain.

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