COQA's Fall 2026 conference is in Galveston! Join us for an event that will feature committee meetings, a full day of presentations, and social events.

Full Program 
                                                                                                   

COQA Galveston Program (.pdf)


Venue
                                                                                                               

Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Center
Address: 7 Hope Blvd, Galveston, TX 77554
Phone: (409) 741-8484

Our Venue will be the Moody Gardens Hotel.

The Gulf Coast Conference will be held in the Moody Gardens Convention Center the very same week! Join us for a full week of technical presentations and discussion of crude oil quality and measurement!



Program Information
                                                                                                               

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026

** Wednesday program subject to change depending upon forthcoming tour arrangements**

3:00pm - 3:30pm: COQA Advisory Board Meeting (representatives of annual corporate members only)
3:30pm - 4:00pm: Gulf Coast Quality/Hydrocarbons Lab Initiative (newly proposed subcommittee)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Light Sweet Crude Subcommittee Meeting

*subcommittee meetings are open to any interested attendee*

5:00pm - 7:00pm: COQA Reception presented by Intertek Caleb Brett

Thursday, Oct 15, 2026

7:30am: Breakfast Presented by Crude Oil Quality Association
8:20am - 11:30pm: General Presentations Morning Session
11:30am - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm - 4:00pm: General Presentations Afternoon Session

Confirmed Speakers
                                                                                                     

Evan Howell, Managing Editor – Americas Crude Oil, S&P Global
Gulf Coast Crude Oil Markets and Global Supply/Demand


Tom Ramsey, Chief Commercial Officer, America First Refining
New Brownsville Refinery Construction, Infrastructure, and Quality Initiatives


Shawnna Ryder, Manager Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Energy
US SPR Quality and Quantity Update


Amit Patel, Sr. Industry Technical Consultant, Nalco Water &
Graylon Williams, Sr. Industry Technical Consultant, Nalco Water
The Nightmare of H2S Scavenger-Derived Polymers: How MEA dithiazine (or polythiomethylene) enter the crude unit and create water system foulants


Pooja Bhatt, Regional Manager - Chemical Analysis, Analytik Jena 
&
Randy S. Rarig Jr., R&T Advisor: Refining Solutions Global Physical Analysis, Bayport Analytical Research & Quality, Ketjen
Improving Sodium Analysis in Crude when using ASTM D7691


Christian Schröder-Holzhacker, Product Manager, Eralytics GmbH
Combined Vapor Pressure and Density Testing of Crude Oil

Mohith Velamala, Energy Specialist: Oil, BloombergNEF
Conflict in Iran and the Impact on Short and Long term Crude Oil Markets


Paul Giammatteo, President, 4IR Solutions
Assay Grade Crude Characterization using Online NMR 

and more to come soon!

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