Meeting Archives

Crude Oil Quality Association

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, June 26-27, 2024

Wednesday, June 26th: Tour 

Tour of Enbridge Manhattan Terminal

Tour of CITGO Lemont Refinery

Lunch at Intertek Caleb Brett Laboratory

Light Sweet Crude Subcommittee Meeting (open to all conference registrants)

Fats, Oils, & Grease Subcommittee Meeting (NEW!)

Thursday, June 27^th: Main Program 

Gus Vasquez, Americas Editorial Manager, Crude and LPG, Argus Media
Trans-Mountain Expansion (TMX) Developments and Crude Quality Update

Sean Hill, Senior Economist, US Energy Information Administration
EIA’s Latest Short-Term Outlook on Global Oil Market Trends

Gene Flipse, Senior Director, Crude Oil Quality Assurance, Enterprise Products
ASTM D8252 X-ray Method for Metals in Crude Oil

Brett Hunter, Owner, Energy Hunter LLC
WTI Quality and Impacts on the Changing Market

Hillary Stevenson, Senior Director, Energy Market Intelligence, IIR Energy
PADD 2 Refinery Operations and US Refining Outlook

Kevin Milburn, Senior Consultant, Prism Services Manager, Baker & O’Brien
Renewable Feedstocks     

Michael Montgomery, Marketing Partner, Apollo Petroleum Services
Mercaptan and H2S Testing in Crude: Effects on the Supply Chain

Mayerly Bedoya, President, Senior Consultant,Advantage Insight Group,
Crude Oil Equalization and Impact on Quality

Randy Segato, President & CEO, QC2 Solutions, President, Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association (CCQTA)
ASTM D6377 RVPE (Reid Vapor Pressure Equivalent)