Techstreet Powers the American Petroleum Institute's New Publications Online Store, Provides Oil and Gas Industry Professionals with Best-in-Class Industry Standards

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business, announced today a new online marketplace for the American Petroleum Institute (API), designed to provide oil and gas engineers with immediate access to API best-in-class publications and technical standards. Techstreet created the architecture and is hosting the global online store for API at: http://www.techstreet.com/api/apigate.html.

The new API online store uses advanced web technologies to provide customers with best practices for standards in health and safety, environmental protection, regulatory and legislative compliance and business operations. Seamless navigation and state-of-the-art advanced search, plus one-click access, to historical and redline documents provide accurate and immediate results among API's 600 technical standards and 1,000 research papers and publications. Customers can order print copies or quickly download PDF editions with full copyright protection. The online store also includes time-saving account management tools, a publication and standards tracking alert service and other value added services such as Techpoint Customer Rewards program for repeat customers.

"Techstreet is the market leader for standards and codes and we are thrilled to be chosen by the American Petroleum Institute, a leader in the oil and gas industry, to power their online store," said Todd Fegan, vice president and general manager of Techstreet."We will continue our collaborative relationship with API to ensure oil and gas professionals have the cutting edge web and e-commerce technologies they require."

About Techstreet
Techstreet, part of Thomson Reuters, uses advanced Web technologies to speed delivery of industry codes and standards to engineers and technical professionals worldwide. Anyone can freely and easily search an online database of over 500,000 codes, standards and technical books aggregated from over 350 of the world's leading authorities. Standards are available for individual purchase in PDF and print, or as an enterprise license through Techstreet Subscriptions, a Web-based information portal. For more information visit: www.techstreet.com.

About the American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. More than 400 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry. They are producers, refiners, suppliers, pipeline operators and marine transporters, as well as service and supply companies that support all segments of the industry. For information on API, visit: www.api.org.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs approximately 60,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.

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