Meeting Archives

Crude Oil Quality Association

Sheraton Park City, Oct 18-20, 2023

Wednesday, Oct 18                                

Light Sweet Crude Subcommittee Meeting   

COQA Executive Board Meeting

Thursday, October 19

Ron Claybon, Executive Director, COQA
Introductions to COQA Park City 2023

Richard Dobies, Director, Analysis and Crude Quality, Phillips 66
Crude Informatics and "At-Line" Crude Quality                    

Paul Cannizzo, Vice President, Sustainability and Strategic Insights, Solomon Insights
Carbon Intensity as a Crude Quality Parameter

Thomas Holst, Senior Energy Analyst, University of Utah Kem C Gardner Policy Institute
Utah’s Crude Oil Landscape

Riley Brinkerhoff, Exploration Manager, Wasatch Energy Management
Uinta Wax: Crude Oil with a Utah Twist

Kit Pfeiffer, Vice President of Marketing, XCL Resources
Uinta Basin Waxy Crude Oil Characteristics and Production from a Producer’s Viewpoint

Brandon Payne, Heavy Oil Solutions Leader, Veolia
Best Practices and Technologies for Processing a Variable Crude Diet

Oussama Zenasni, RDE Program Leader (Downstream - Corrosion & Water Sustainability),Nalco Water
Elevated TAN Crude Processing Developments

Philip Weigand, VP Business Development, Q2 Technologies
Crude Contaminants, H2S, Mercaptans, & their Impact on Refining

Angel Fontenot, Director Laboratory Service Sales and

Amber Hickman, Account Development Manager, ASTM International
ASTM Crude Distillation and Crude Oil PTP programs

Hardik Shah, Sr. Licensing Manager,Topsoe
Topsoe's HydroFlex Technology: Producing Today's Renewable Fuels

COQA Discussion Session: Alternative Feedstocks and the “Crude” Oil Quality Association

Friday, Oct 20                                         

COQA Refinery Tour (includes drop-off at SLC airport)

Marathon Petroleum Salt Lake City Refinery &    

HF Sinclair Woods Cross Refinery Lab