2020 GPA Midstream Convention Schedule
SUNDAY, April 19, 2020
| 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Sporting Clays Networking Event (additional purchase required) Novice and seasoned shooters are invited to join us for a day of friendly competition at the Riverside Lodge, Skeet and Sporting Clays facility in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Any convention registrant may sign up to participate individually or on a team of 4 (individuals will be placed on a team). This event is limited to 200 shooters. The entry fee for individual shooters is $210; the fee to enter a team of four is $840. The shooter/team entry fee includes sporting clays course fees, plus a light breakfast and lunch. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the event, and all participants will be eligible for door prize drawings. Note: this venue is 1.5 hours from the Hilton Riverside, so participants should make travel plans accordingly. |
| 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Golf Networking Event (additional purchase required) Carter Plantation is a David Toms Signature Golf Community in Springfield, Louisiana, nestled among moss-laden live oaks, towering pines and cypress trees. Any convention registrant may sign up to play. Players may designate their own foursome upon registration; otherwise, GPA Midstream will assign players to groups. The entry fee ($210 for individuals or $840 for foursome) includes transportation, breakfast, lunch, driving range and green fees. All participants will be eligible for door prizes. Note: this venue is 1 hour and 10 minutes from the Hilton Riverside, so while transportation is provided, participants should be aware of the travel distance while planning their convention schedules. |
| 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Registration Sponsored by Ariel Corporation |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | International Reception (additional purchase required) Open to any convention attendee with international business interests. |
| 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | GPSA Early Bird Reception with Vendor Night This reception is our kick-off event open to all registrants. We typically have close to 1,000 attendees join us for the reception, making it a great venue to mix and mingle. |
| 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | Company-Sponsored Hospitalities |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Fall Technical Program Committee Meeting |
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | "Good Morning GPA Midstream" Breakfast Sponsorship available! |
| 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Registration Sponsored by Ariel Corporation |
| 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break Provided by Therminol |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Regulatory Committee Meeting |
| 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Chapter Officers Roundtable |
| 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Process & Research Forum Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Karl Gerdes, Consultant; Dan McCartney, McCartney Gas Advisors; Chris Root, Consultant Presentation of Donald L. Katz Award Review of Current and Proposed GPA Midstream Research Projects and Introduction of Research Committee Members Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Based on the GPA Research Reports Shane Tierling, KBR Elemental Mercury Partitioning in Natural Gases Antonin Chapoy and Pezhman Ahmadi, Heriot-Watt University; Richard Szczepanski, Xiaohong Zhang and Alessandro Speranza, KBC; Junya Yamada and Atsushi Kobayashi, INPEX Corporation Dithiazine in Natural Gas Transportation: Solubility and Potential Issues with Deposition Su Wang and Kamal K. Botros, Nova; Melerin Madekufamba, Kevin L. Lesage, Paul M. Davis and Robert A. Marriott, Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd.; Karman Tittemore, TC Energy Methanol vs. Ethylene Glycol - A Comparison of Hydrate Inhibitors Used in Natural Gas Processing Jamie Gregan, Antero Resources; Zach Oremland, Bryan Research & Engineering |
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Safety & Reliability Forum Session Co-Chairs: Stephen Henderson, Enable Midstream Partners; Bruce Darter, Kinder Morgan Facility Siting: What You’re Not Thinking About Jeff Marx, Quest Consultants Inc. Public’s Individual Risk Level from a Pipeline Operation John Kill, G2 Integrated Solutions; Larry Bak, County of Delaware (PA) Troubleshooting Techniques and Improved Operations for BAHX: An Operator’s Perspective Jason Bayless, Enable Midstream Partners |
| 8:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Facility Design, Operations & Maintenance Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Legislative Committee Meeting | 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Market Fundamentals Forum Global NGL Markets – Issues & Trends Dr. Walter Hart, IHS Markit |
11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. . | Center Stage Luncheon (open to all) It’s Time to Disrupt You! Keynote presentation featuring Jay Samit Forces of transformation in natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil seem to make the headlines with increasing frequency, whether it’s the digital revolution, big data, advanced analytics, and robotics; the ever-accelerating supply chain integration; or the growing focus on sustainability and the reduction of carbon footprints of energy and industrial operations. Sometimes it seems like the rate of disruption is getting faster each year. How will companies in oil and gas, chemicals, and the midstream sector stay ahead of the game and build a sustainable competitive advantage in a rapidly changing world? Jay Samit is an international bestselling author who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation. An adjunct professor at USC, Samit teaches innovation at America’s largest engineering school and is author of the best-selling book Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation. |
| 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Design and O&M Forum, Part 1 Session Co-Chairs: Mahdi Nouri, Worley Group Inc.; Chip Burkett, Integral Dynamics; Ralph Neumann, Neumann Consulting Review of Current GPA Midstream Facility Committee Projects Asset Integrity Management Practices Tony Poulassichidis, Consultant Startup Troubleshooting in Amine Units for LNG Plants David Engel, Cody Ridge and Scott Williams, Nexo Solutions A New Operating Mode - Maximum Throughput for Advanced Gas Processing Technologies Galip Guvelioglu, Saquib Ejaz and Fred Yamin, McDermott |
| 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Pipeline Safety Forum Session Co-Chairs: Jimmie Hammontree, Williams; Jimmy Oxford, Targa Resources Cathodic Protection Basics for Non-CP Engineer and Operations Managers Ted Huck, MATCOR Inc. Preparing for Changes to the Gas Pipeline and Underground Storage Rules: What You Need to Know Wallace McGaughey, G2 Integrated Solutions Geohazard Mitigation Experiences in the Appalachian Basin Steven Ladavat, AECOM Technical Services Inc. Safety Management Systems Not Required by Law - Yet Alice Ratcliffe, TRC Companies |
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | International Committee Meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Executive Roundtable |
| 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Measurement & Quantity Determination Committee Meeting |
| 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Treating Forum Session Co-Chairs: Tim Cullinane, ExxonMobil; Ben Gurtler, Koch-Glitsch Iron Sulphide - Friend or Foe Michael Sheilan and Ben Spooner, Sulphur Gas Experts Inc. Valkyrie – A Revolutionary H2S Removal Technology John Bourdon and Peter Photos, Streamline Innovations BASF PuraTreat® Stabilizer and Nalco INTERCEPT™ Corrosion Control for Gas Treating Amines Rudy Gonzalez, Nalco Water Midstream; Jesse Santos, BASF Gas Treatment; Matthew Mancuso, CNX Resources Sulfur Treating Solutions using Caustic and Where It Fits in the Gas Processing Plant Jessy Trucko, Jon Tertel and Maya Nair, Honeywell UOP |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Trends in Midstream Forum Water Midstream and Its Integral Role in an Evolving L48 Midstream Sector Evan Tikka, Wood Mackenzie |
| 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | GPSA Welcome Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Company-Sponsored Hospitalities |
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | “Good Morning GPA Midstream” Breakfast Sponsorship available! |
| 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Registration Sponsored by Ariel Corporation |
| 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break Provided by Therminol |
| 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Spouse/Guest Hospitality |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | GPSA Membership Meeting |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Opportunities and Challenges of Midstream Forum
A Midstream Legislative and Regulatory Overview Matthew Hite, GPA Midstream A speaker on Environmental Social Governance (ESG) will be announced soon. Check back here for updates. |
| 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | Worldwide Developments Forum Yamal LNG - A Project Beyond the Limit Christian Bladanet, TechnipFMC Getting It Over the Line - SemCAMS Wapiti Plant Cory Roberts and Rob Nimmo, SemCAMS Midstream ULC Other speakers to be announced; check back soon |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Emerging Technology Forum Session Chair: Stan Golemon, Cogent Energy The Use of CFD to Detect Slug Catcher Malperformance, with Case Study Edmund Duban, Holloman Corporation First Application of SRX NGL Recovery Technology Scott A. Miller, Honeywell UOP Geohazard Analysis & Mitigation Marcus Cope, AECOM |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | GPSA Board of Directors Meeting |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | Pipeline Design, Operations & Maintenance Committee Meeting |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | Pipeline Safety Committee Meeting |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
Attendees may choose from one of the three keynote luncheon options below. Please register for the lunch you wish to attend to guarantee a seat, but thanks to our luncheon sponsors, you won't have to pay any additional fees.
Keynote Luncheon - Energy, Economy, Environmental: Critical Thinking and the Role of Natural Gas Dr. Scott W. Tinker, Switch Energy Alliance Sponsored by Brown & Root Industrial Keynote Luncheon - Engagement: How to Reach and Keep Customers Amanda Slavin, marketing strategist and brand engagement expert Sponsored by Atlas Copco Gas and Process Keynote Luncheon - How Faith Intersects with Business Daniel Gomez, award-winning motivational speaker, corporate trainer and confidence architect Sponsored by Cummins and Infinity Project Management |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Chromatography School Instructors Meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Design and O&M Forum, Part 2 Session Co-Chairs: Mahdi Nouri, Worley Group Inc.; Chip Burkett, Integral Dynamics; Ralph Neumann, Neumann Consulting Review of Current GPA Midstream Facility Committee Projects Design Challenges Associated with Usage of CO2 Rich Natural Gas for Regeneration of LPG Purification Systems Yugo Furubayashi and Hiroyuki Sangawa, JGC Corporation; Olivier Ducreux and Christophe Nédez, Axens Design Considerations for NGL Fractionators Timothy Oneal, Exterran Increased Throughput and Low Flow David Dickinson, Honeywell UOP |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Environmental Forum, Part 1 Session Co-Chairs: Jaron Hill, Pegasus EHS; Jena Resnick, Antero Resources Environmental Excellence Award Presentation Update on Federal Air Regulations Impacting Midstream Operations Karl Moor, Deputy Assistant Administrator in Office of Air and Radiation Methane Rule Developments in New Mexico Adrienne Sandoval, New Mexico Oil Conservation Division Environmental Committee and Natural Resources Subcommittee Updates |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Natural Resources Subcommittee Meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Project Economics Forum Session Co-Chairs: Ajey Chandra, Muse, Stancil & Co.; Jonathan Jackson, Andeavor Logistics Incorporating Producer Contracts in Gas Plant Optimization Techniques Reegan May, Targa Resources; Jeremiah Baker, Bryan Research & Engineering Factors Influencing Oil & Gas Prices Tom Seng, The University of Tulsa Economics and Efficiencies of Large Volume Produced Water Treatment for Reuse Abheek Banerjee, Exterran Commissioning and Start-Up Best Practices Anne Branson, LDIS |
| 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Safety Committee Meeting |
| 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Analysis, Test Methods and Product Specifications Committee Meeting |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Environmental Forum, Part 2 Session Co-Chairs: Jaron Hill, Pegasus EHS; Jena Resnick, Antero Resources Consent Decree - Now What? Don Kinder, MPLX; Jake Fournier, Marathon Petroleum Legal and Regulatory Risks: What to Expect If There’s a New Administration Aaron Flynn, Hunton Andrews Kurth A Dynamic Look at Design of Storage Tank Vapor Control Systems James Van Horne, SLR International Corporation What is ESG, Why It is Important and How Companies Can Create Their Own Program Valerie Banner, Exterran |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | LNG Forum Session Co-Chairs: Shawn Hoffart, Black & Veatch; Scott Northrop, ExxonMobil A New Nitrogen Rejection Technology from Produced Gas Gokhan Alptekin, SulfaTrap Increased Dehydration Bed-life: NGL and LNG Gas Plant Case Studies Peg Greene and Justin Pan, BASF; Adam Gray, Dominion Energy Transmission Inc. Small-Scale LNG: Coming of Age Brandon Johnson and Uday Turaga, ADI Analytics Integrated Mid-Scale Natural Gas Liquefaction Solution- Factors That Can Lead to a Viable Mid-Scale Project Rajeev Nanda and George Hu, Technip Energies |
| 6:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. | Company-Sponsored Hospitalities |
WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2019
| 7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break Sponsorship available! |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Breakout Session Session Chair: Chris Root, Consultant It Should be EASY to Model My Midstream Gathering System and Its Liquid Surges from Our GIS – Right? Dewayne Anderson, VMG - a Schlumberger Technology; Michelle Ehlers-Peterson, MPLX |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Breakout Session Session Chair: Jim Leathers, Superior Pipeline Accelerating the Midstream Build-Out / Private Equity's Role in Midstream Uday Turaga and Brandon Johnson, ADI Analytics |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Breakout Session Session Chair: Chris Root, Consultant Improvements in Modeling Gas Gathering Systems Michael Everett, Clay Noble and Deen Akinrinsola, Targa Resources; Michael Istre and Thuy Nguyen, Gregg Engineering |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Breakout Session Session Chair: Jim Leathers, Superior Pipeline U.S. & Global LNG Markets Tom Seng, The University of Tulsa |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session Session Chair: Chris Root, Consultant Starting (Nearly) From Scratch – Implementing PSM at a Start-up Midstream Company Naomi Baker, Navitas Midstream Partners |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m | Breakout Session Session Chair: Jim Leathers, Superior Pipeline Pipeline Safety and the Normalization of Deviance (NoD): Lessons Learned from Five Pipeline Incidents Bernardo Cuervo and Mark McQueen, G2 Integrated Solutions |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session Session Chair: Jimmie Hammontree, Williams From the Hill: Legislative and Tax Reform Impacts on GPA Midstream Members Dean Zerbe, alliantgroup |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m | Breakout Session Session Chair: Jim Leathers, Superior Pipeline How to Create and Sustain High Performing Teams to Create a Reliability Advantage Melanie Zamora and Jim Turner, OE Advisors |