Crude Oil Quality Association
Domestic Trading Center Subcommittee (DTC)

Aaron Dillard with ConocoPhillips presented a summary of the 2000 Basin Pipeline sampling and testing program, a COQA Mid-Continent Subcommittee collaborative effort between the pipeline companies, shippers and connecting carriers.

During this meeting:

• The group discussed why the Basin project was not a complete success. (we had hoped for a more thorough buy-in, but at least gravity and sulfur specs were instituted)
• Decided to focus our efforts on one location and one product at this time so we could perfect the approach and later expand it to all DTCS sites, all products. (baby step)
• The Site selected was Cushing , Oklahoma
• The Product selected was Domestic Sweet
• Don Hamilton will propose a written formal mission statement before the next meeting and submit this to Tish and John Maurer.  The statement will be forwarded to all interested parties (listed above) for comment.
• The Interested parties will indicate which of them take wet barrels of Domestic Sweet at Cushing , OK prior to the next meeting.  Submit this information to Tish at COQA.
• The DTCS Group will develop a plan to approach MERC for comment and possible buy-in.
• Using the mission, the members will develop the basis to obtain formal consortium buy-in from DTCS members.

Action Items:

• Visit the website perf.org to see an example of a similar consortium
• Members are to check on the development of a new simulated distillation method in ASTM.  UPDATE Harry Giles later reported that ASTM recently published D 7169-05 for Boiling Point Distribution of Samples with Residues such as Crude Oils and Atmospheric and Vacuum Residues by High Temperature Gas Chromatography.
• Don Hamilton will submit the mission statement to Maurer and COQA for distribution
• Members are to review the mission statement and prepare comments
• Members are to identify those who take wet barrels of Domestic Sweet from Cushing.
• Members are to identify pipeline service providers of Domestic Sweet from Cushing.
• Maurer will submit a list of interested parties (updated) to COQA for posting on the web site.
• Contract Lab members of the DTCS group are to prepare rough estimates of per sample costs for analysis as per the protocol established during the May 2005 COQA DTCS meeting.
• Collaborative identification of mandated of testing parameter penalty points (subcommittee collaboration via E-mail)