Meeting Archives
2022 Fall: Sugar Land, TX, October 26-27
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Thursday, October 27th
Ron Claybon, Executive Director, COQA
COQA Fall 2022 Introductions
Ha Nguyen, IHS Markit
The Crude Quality Shock for Russia losing its status as an Energy Superpower
This analysis of global trends in the oil industry focused on five variables that will shape the oil market through 2023: Russian oil exports, Chinese demand, OPEC price defense, US Production growth and US government intervention.
Amanda Townsley,CME Group
Evolving Crudes, Evolving Risk Management
Beginning with a background on WTI, this presentation moved on to analyze quality & risk management through the impacts of shale contract enhancements, growth of grades trading, and international demand as WTI goes global.
Ron Ness, North Dakota Petroleum Council
Bakken Crude Oil Update
This presentation was interrupted by technical difficulties but provided the latest on North Dakota production and its impacts on crude oil markets nationwide.
Tom Jones, Xpansiv
Crude Oil, Quality, and the ESG Commodity Marketplace
This presentation provided an overview of the global liquidity hub for Environmental Commodities and drew connections between this new and developing space and the quality of crude oil.
Jeff Kralowetz, Argus Media
WTI quality and it’s role in WTI’s expanding role as a global price benchmark
This presentation looked at the WTI benchmarks and spoke to how Quality is critically important component of benchmark prices. It looked specifically at the national and global implications of WTI Cushing, WTI Midland, and WTI Houston.
Jim Mitchell, Refinitiv
How Crude Qualities Create Valuation Differences
The presentation looked at the types of crude quality data that are considered by traders using Refinitiv trading platforms.
Felipe Tello,MOTIVA
Refinery Crude Quality Monitoring
This presentation took us inside the crude quality monitoring initiatives at MOTIVA refineries, focusing on optimization strategies, on site crude analysis, and the resulting market advantages.
Peter Spitz, AmSpec
Alex Hodgson, VUV Analytics
Naphtha and Refining Hydrocarbon Types: More Accurate Identification of Hydrocarbon Types Means Money
This presentation looked at how the accurate, consistent quantification of hydrocarbon types in heavy naphtha and heavier distillates has been a challenge for a long time. It outlined the VUV method as an analytical technique that improves upon existing methods such as D6839 or D6730 with less processing time.
Nick Monchak, American Petroleum Institute
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