AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE'S MOTOR OIL MATTERS PROGRAM AWARDS CERTIFICATION TO METROLUBE

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2015 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) announced today that MetroLube, a motor oil distributor headquartered in Staten Island, NY, has been licensed under API’s Motor Oil Matters (MOM) program. API awarded the licenses after MetroLube demonstrated the company’s compliance with API’s motor oil chain-of-custody standard.

“MOM’s mission to make sure consumers are receiving only the best quality motor oil in their cars and trucks. In the end, much of this depends on distributors like MetroLube,” said Kevin Ferrick, API’s Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System Manager. “The MOM certification confirms that MetroLube is properly storing, labeling and distributing quality oils.”

MetroLube provides motor oil to a wide range of installers from lube centers and car dealers to heavy duty lubricants customers.

Motor Oil Matters is a consumer education and protection program run by the American Petroleum Institute. API relies on MOM to promote the benefits of API-quality motor oils and ensure consumers know the brand, viscosity grade and performance level of the motor oils installed in their cars and trucks. MOM’s goal is to make sure consumers get the right motor oil for their cars and trucks - every time.

For more information concerning Motor Oil atters or to enroll in the program, please visit www.MotorOilMatters.org.

About Motor Oil Matters

Motor oil distributors and oil change locations can join Motor Oil Matters and become a part of this new symbol of quality and accountability in the industry and reap the benefits of becoming a symbol that oil change locations and consumers will trust. Visit www.MotorOilMatters.org to join Motor Oil Matters and to find information on the benefits of using high quality motor oil.

About API

API is a national trade association that represents all segments of America’s technology-driven oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 600 members- including large integrated companies; exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses; and service and supply firms - provide most of the nation’s energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy, delivers $85 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested over $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.