Meeting Archives

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Thursday, June 23rd

Ron Claybon, Executive Director, COQA
COQA Summer 2022 Introductions

Monica Lloyd, Project Clean Slate (a Macquarie Process) &
Vikas Dwivedi, Macquarie Group
Project Clean Slate: an Introduction

This presentation outlined a new process for reducing TAN in crude oil potentially improving commercial and environmental attributes.

Christian Schröder-Holzhacker, Eralytics (GmbH Austria)
Combined Vapor Pressure and Density Testing of Crude Oil

This presenter argued for a combined measurement of vapor pressure and density as opposed to conventionally testing each individually. It looked at the analyzers available for the process and the benefits in speed, accuracy, and the elimination of bias.


Lisa Orme & Laura Huchzermeyer, S&P Global
North American Crude and WTI Midland/ Dated Brent Update

This presentation combined a broader analysis of North American crude oil markets, including production, exports, refining margins and capacity, and pipeline capacities with a detailed look at the rationale and impact of WTI Midland’s inclusion in the Dated Brent crude oil benchmark.


Hugo Lozano, Q2 Technologies
Maintaining WTI Quality Concerns: Managing H2S and Mercaptans

This presentation argued for a Smart H2S treatment for Liquid Hydrocarbons in order to meet pipeline specs and achieve improved netback prices.

Umberto Cabarrocas, KECO
H2S in Liquid Analysis: 205 PermaStream

This presentation provided details and specs on the KECO analyzers responsible for measuring H2S in Crude Oil, Fuel Oil, Drilling Mud, Diesel, Naphtha, and more.

Erika Coombs, BTU Analytics, a FactSet Company 
Market Analysis & Production Forecasts for the Permian and other key US Regions

The presentation asks why high prices aren’t leading to surging production and points to financial pressures and operational headwinds, including supply chain constraints, labor constraints, and inflationary pressure.

Robert Auers, RBN Energy - Refined Fuels Analytics
Refined Products, Russia, Heavy Crude, and Renewable Diesel

Refined Products and Refining Margins, Russia, Heavy Crude and IMO, Renewable Diesel and LCFS

Randy Segato, President, Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association

CCQTA Projects Update

This presentation provided a status update on recent CCQTA projects.