COQA Galveston 2026

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.

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

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

Meghan Conan, Manager, Instructor-Led Training, ASTM International
ASTM Courses and Training in Crude Oil Quality

and more to come soon!

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