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SUMMARY:2026 GPA Midstream Technical Conference April 20-23, 2026 – Plano, Texas
DESCRIPTION:This event reminder is sponsored by: Inline Services, leaders in pipeline pigging products and service.\n\nGPA Midstream was founded in 1921 to address the growing oil and gas industry’s need for technical standards. Since then, the association’s technical committees have developed and maintained industry standards and reference bulletins, in addition to publishing more than 200 research reports. Technical committees and workgroups collaborate year-round to ensure the accuracy of technical information companies use to make important operating decisions.\nGPA Midstream’s Technical Conference brings together the industry’s technical community and offers educational sessions, vital committee work, and valuable networking opportunities.\nThe 2026 GPA Midstream Conference will take place April 20-23 at the Hilton Granite Park in Plano, Texas.\nThe Hilton Granite Park is a four-star waterside property and excellent host to Technical Conference the past several years. The venue comfortably handles more than 20 committee and workgroup meetings, as well as presentation of dozens of research papers offering practical solutions to common industry challenges.\nWith restaurants and recreation steps from the hotel, this spot has become an ideal home for GPA Midstream’s annual gathering of the industry’s technical community.\nConference Agenda\nAPR 21, TUE\n\n\n\nTime\nEvent\n\n\n7:00 AM – 8:00 AM\n*Sponsored* Breakfast Briefing — AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP\n\n\n8:00 AM – 5:30 PM\nRegistration\n\n\n8:00 AM – 10:00 AM\nResearch Forum\n\nVentless Purging with Vacuum Technology — Doug Sahm, ZEVAC\nMinimum Wall Thickness for Supercritical CO2 Pipeline — Guofu Chen, Audubon Companies\nSatellite Pipeline Monitoring: PHMSA 192 ROW Compliance and How Its Working in the Field — R. Peter Weaver, Orbital Advisors\n\n\n\n\n8:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n8:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nNAECE (New Attendee Enhanced Conference Experience)\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\nLunch & Learn: sponsored by Horton, Inc.\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\n*Sponsored* Lunch & Learn — AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP\n\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nPipeline Forum\n\nDefensible Use of a Non Welded Steel Compression Sleeve for External Corrosion and Crack Like Pipeline Defects — Pushpendra Tomar, T.D. Williamson\nAPI STD 1104 21st Edition: Real World Implementation and Adoption — Paul Spielbauer, Lake Superior Consulting\nManaging Oxygen Corrosion Risk in Natural Gas Pipelines — Marcus Knox, Joe Hedges, Erik Anduri; EcoVapor Recovery Systems\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nEmissions Committee Meeting\n\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n3:15 PM – 4:15 PM\nOpening General Session Keynote: Optimal Decisions, Optimal Life: Navigating Challenges in Midstream Leadership — Dr. C S Wilson, AdvanceTech\n\n\n4:30 PM – 5:30 PM\nGPA Gives Back: Welcome Reception\n\n\n\nAPR 22, WED\n\n\n\nTime\nEvent\n\n\n8:00 AM – 5:00 PM\nRegistration\n\n\n8:00 AM – 10:00 AM\nAnalysis Forum\n\nAmine-Based Post-Combustion Capture — Ben Murill, Pan Tech Corporation\nFluid Quality Specifications: The Critical Role of Mercury Measurement Method in Hydrocarbon Transmission Systems — Michael Langford, Expro\nTBD — Gene Flipse, Enterprise Products\n\n\n\n\n8:00 AM – 10:00 AM\nPipeline Committee Meeting\n\n\n8:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n8:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nMeasurement Forum\n\nMaking Vapor Count: Three Decades of GPA 8195 from Tentative to Standard — Don Sextro, Targa; Jennifer Hagerman, MPLX\nBLM Update — Fred Young, Enterprise\nManaging Oxygen Corrosion Risk in Natural Gas Pipelines — Duane Harris, Endress + Hauser; Eric Estrada, Targa Resources\n\n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nIntegrity Committee Meeting\n\n\n11:30 AM – 12:30 PM\nGrab & Go Lunch\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\n*Sponsored* Lunch & Learn — AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\n*Sponsored* Lunch & Learn — AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP\n\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nEmissions Forum\n\nRemote Emissions Event Diagnosis Using Integrated Continuous Monitoring and Process Data — Jon Bain, Brad Roger, Ben Montgomery; Qube Technologies\nLessons learned from rod-packing, dry-seal, process controller, and blowdown recovery — Doug Sahm, ZEVAC\nFeasibility and Economics of Low Carbon Liquified Synthetic Gas Obtained from Direct Air Capture CO2 and Green Hydrogen — Simon Albo, John Woods, David Mitchell; Wood\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nFacilities Committee Meeting\n\n\n1:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n1:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n3:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nFacility Forum\n\nUnderstanding Gas Dehydration Duty & Effective Sizing of BTEX Units — Tim Rickel, ARC Energy\nCO2 Freezing Identification and Remediation Options — Nathan Ohl, River City Engineering\nExtending Adsorbent Service Life in Gas Dehydration Units: Parametric Analysis and Practical Strategies — William Kennedy, Ana Govar; Arkema Inc\n\n\n\n\n3:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nMeasurement Committee Meeting\n\n\n6:30 PM – 8:30 PM\nSocial Networking: Game Night!\n\n\n\nAPR 23, THU\n\n\n\nTime\nEvent\n\n\n7:00 AM – 8:00 AM\nChromatography School Instructors Meeting\n\n\n8:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nRegistration\n\n\n8:00 AM – 10:00 AM\nIntegrity Forum\n\nAdvancing Fired-Heater Risk Management: Lessons from a No-Flow Firing Incident and Novel IR Diagnostic Application — Kyle Ruehle, Becht; Timothy Wheeling, MPLX\nModernizing Mechanical Integrity: Lessons from a Midstream Collaboration — Greg Bauer, Evident Scientific; Rick Seaver, The Williams Companies, Inc.\nColorimetric Chemical Sensors for Detecting Internal Corrosion Compounds and Inhibitor Effectiveness in Oil/Gas Pipelines — Rick Sugden, Dr. Ying Huang; ReSpark Innovations.com\n\n\n\n\n8:00 AM – 10:00 AM\nAnalysis Committee Meeting\n\n\n8:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n8:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nWorkgroup Meetings\n\n\n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nTechnical Community Roundtable and Awards\n\n\nImmediately Following\nRAFFLE: immediately following TC Roundtable and Awards\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM\nTechnical Conference Planning Committee Debrief\n\n\n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nTechnical Executive Committee Meeting\n\n\n\n \nMembership Benefits & Programs\nAdvocacy\nFor all companies, small, mid-size and large, GPA Midstream’s presence on Capitol Hill provides enhanced communications with legislators and regulators on the issues that matter most to the midstream industry. Using a collaborative approach involving staff, the association’s committee system and allied industry groups, GPA Midstream advocates for policies to meet demand, engages on environmental policy, and supports practical pipeline safety regulations.\nTechnical\nGPA Midstream and GPSA’s joint technical committees have developed and maintained industry standards and reference bulletins, in addition to publishing more than 200 research reports. Technical committees and workgroups engage year-round to ensure the technical information companies use to make important operating decisions remains accurate. Any employee of a GPA Midstream or GPSA member company has access to our cloud-based publications, including research reports and the GPSA Engineering Data Book.\nSafety\nGPA Midstream and GPSA collects and publishes industry-wide statistics, providing a forum through the Safety Committee to share best practices, and working with regulatory agencies to ensure rules and regulations promote a culture of safety that protects midstream professionals and the communities where we live and work.\nTraining\nProfessional development is essential to the future of the midstream industry. Through GPA Midstream and GPSA, operators, suppliers, and subject matter experts collaborate to provide vital training, including:\nIntroduction to Midstream\nGPSA Engineering Data Book Training\nGPA Midstream School of Gas Chromatography\nProfessionals can also learn about the latest innovations while earning continuing education credits at the GPA Midstream Convention or Technical Conference.\nNetworking Opportunities\nEach fall, GPA Midstream hosts the premier yearly gathering of midstream industry professionals, the GPA Midstream Annual Convention.\nEach spring, our Technical Conference brings together the industry’s technical community and offering educations sessions and facilitating vital committee work, and valuable networking opportunities.\nCommunications\nGPA Midstream keeps members informed across multiple communications channels. Midstream News is the industry’s bi-monthly digital flagship publication providing industry and association news, updates on legislative and regulatory actions, progress from GPA Midstream’s Let’s Clear the Air consumer education campaign.\nMember company employees are encouraged to join the conversation through social media platforms. This rapidly growing community of more than 15,000 followers is an ideal forum to share insights and opinions. Member-focused content is available across platforms — website, newsletter, and social media — to provide ease of access.\nEvent Mentorship\nNew Attendee Enhanced Conference Experience Program\nThe New Attendee Enhanced Conference Experience (NAECE) Program pairs experienced committee members (mentors) with new midstream industry employees or first-time event attendees (mentees) employed by GPA Midstream and GPSA member companies who are looking for support and guidance to get more value out of their GPA Midstream Technical Conference or Annual Convention attendance.\nMTV Program\nMidstream Technical Veteran Program\nThrough GPA Midstream’s Midstream Technical Veteran (MTV) program, recent retirees can support the association’s technical efforts and share a career full of lessons learned to share with younger volunteers.\nAwards\nIndustry Recognition\nGPA Midstream awards are a tangible, public expression of appreciation by the industry, the association, and industry colleagues to individuals and companies who have made significant contributions to the advancement and development of the midstream industry.\n
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