March 07, 2022 to March 18, 2022
2022 Spring Committee On Petroleum Measurement Standards Meeting – Virtual
API Virtual Event
Overview
Due to the continuing circumstances caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and after much thoughtful deliberation and evaluation of the evolving situation, we regret to advise that we decided to move the 2022 Spring Committee on Petroleum Standards Meeting to a fully virtual format.
These virtual meetings will be held over a two-week period, March 7-11, 2022, and March 14-18, 2022.
We hope that this change in the meeting format will not present too much of a challenge for you. We value your support and expertise and are certainly looking forward to your participation virtually.
The development of consensus standards is one of API’s oldest and most successful programs. It covers about 550 standards for all segments of the oil and natural gas industry. The breadth of this vital program is an important indication of the varied industry contacts that attendees can make during the sessions and networking opportunities.
Reasons for Attending
The Committee on Petroleum Measurement Standards Meeting remains an invaluable opportunity to be a part of how the U.S. petroleum industry develops and maintains state-of-the-art standards. With that in mind, we will host COPM as a hybrid event this Spring.
To ensure that the meetings are open to all who may have a “direct and material interest in the subject of the standard”, we have added virtual participation as a registration option with a registration fee to support the virtual meeting capabilities. This is in accord with our ANSI accredited Procedures for Standards Development, which state the following regarding openness and meeting procedures, emphasis added:
5.2 Due Process
5.2.1 Openness
Participation in API standards activities is open to all parties (persons and organizations) that have a direct and material interest in the subject of a standard.
5.2.2 Balance
5.2.2.1 Overview
API seeks broad input to its standardization activities including the participation of all parties representing interest categories appropriate to the nature of the standard and allows for open attendance at standards meetings.
5.10 Standards Meeting Procedures
5.10.1 General
Committees dealing with standards activities shall meet as needed to conduct their work. Except for those portions of meetings dealing with policy and/or budget issues, standards meetings are open to all interested parties.
Benefits of Participation:
- Gain access to technical committee meetings covering API standards and best practices used throughout the industry to promote safe and environmentally sound operations.
- Learn about the latest research and development on measurement techniques and equipment, including future R&D efforts that may benefit your business in the long run.
- Network with colleagues and establish new business connections.
- Earn Professional Development Hours (PDH) to maintain professional certifications.
Questions?
- Registration (attendees, sponsors, or exhibitors): Brittany Ellis, 202-682-8195, at [email protected]
- Logistics: Lindsay Morrison, 202-682-8194, [email protected]
- Program: David Miller, 202-682-8159, [email protected]; Paula Watkins, 202-682-8197, [email protected]; Sally Goodson, 202-682-8130, [email protected]; Nick Monchak, 970-313-6868, [email protected]; Patty Fusaro, 202-682-8417, [email protected]
- API Corporate Membership Status: Lillie Saunders, 202-682-8475, [email protected]
Program Details
The Committee on Petroleum Measurement, COPM, is responsible for ~180 standards used worldwide for custody transfer operations. The technical subcommittees that report to the COPM are:
- Committee on Liquid Measurement
- Committee on Gas Fluid Measurement
- Committee on Production Measurement & Allocation
- Committee on Measurement Quality
- Committee on Measurement Accountability
- Committee on Evaporative Loss Estimation
- Committee on Measurement Education & Training
*As not all subcommittees meet during the Measurement meetings, please be sure and check the online program to verify which subcommittees are meeting at this conference.
Who Should Attend?
Industry professionals including:
- Engineers
- Loss/Control Specialists
- Sales and Marketing Managers
- Measurement Specialists
- Measurement Auditors
- Chemists
Anyone involved in Petroleum Measurement whose companies are:
- Oil Producers
- Transporters
- Refining and Marketing Firms
Sponsor Information
Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available
As a Meeting Contributor, you will receive the following:
- A dedicated page for your Virtual Exhibit Booth, featuring your corporate logo, link to your corporate website, and introductory paragraph
- Ability to include an embedded video, marketing collateral, and external links on your dedicated page
- Your Company Listed on API Website
- An acknowledgement of Meeting Contributors during the General Session and Annual Awards Ceremony.
- Push notifications, created by you, sent twice a day (morning and afternoon) to help draw attendees to your booths or virtual meeting rooms. (Final push notification content subject to approval by API.)
- 2 complimentary registrations. You will be contacted by API Registrar once your registration is completed.
Meeting Contributor Pricing: $1,500
If you are interested in sponsoring, you can add this option during the registration process.
Sponsor and Exhibitor follow-up information for the Virtual Website: Meeting Contributor will receive a confirmation email from Smartsheet once applications have been entered online. You will be asked to update your application submission as follows:
- Confirm the name, Meeting Contributor who will attend the meeting
- Confirm the phone number and email address for the contact.
- Request an invoice for any balance due.
- Provide company description, not to exceed 100 words.
- Company URL
- List of persons who will use any complimentary or discounted passes for registration to the meetings.
2022 Meeting Contributors
Registration Fees and Details
For method of payment inquiries, please 202-682-8195 or [email protected]
Cancellations, Refunds, and Substitutions: Substitutions may be made at any time by written request to [email protected]. Cancellations and requests for refunds must be made in writing and sent to [email protected] by Friday, February 25, 2022. A refund, less a $100 cancellation fee, will be made if notice is received by this date. No refunds given after Friday, February 25, 2022.
Registration Fees
Virtual Attendance
| By February 25 | |
| API Members (Your company is a corporate member of API.) |
$535 |
| Committee Members (Active member on a standards committee.) |
$560 |
| Non-API Members (Your company is not a corporate member of API.) |
$600 |
| One-Day Participants (You will only participate on one day between March 7-11.) |
$315 |
Sponsor a First-Time Attendee
Share your standards expertise with the next generation of oil and natural gas professionals by providing a complimentary registration to a new participant from your company. The cost is complimentary, and your sponsored attendee is welcomed to participate in all COPM meetings, except for executive sessions and members only meetings.
To qualify for this complimentary registration option, you must be a new participant and sponsored by a prior, API standards meeting participant from your same company. If you are sponsoring someone from your company, that person must be registered under your registration record in Cvent at the time you enter your own registration. You may only register two sponsored attendees.
(NOTE: This option is only applicable to first-time attendees who are sponsored. First-time attendees not sponsored pay applicable registration fees.)
Terms of Participation
API standards meetings are open to all interested parties. By participating in these meetings and the standardization process, you agree: (1) to fully comply with API’s policies and procedures governing standards and antitrust concerns, (2) that once balloted and approved by API, API shall have a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free worldwide license to use any materials submitted by the participant for use in the standard, including creation of any derivative works that will be solely owned by API, (3) you will not provide any material that will violate the rights of any third parties, including, but not limited to, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks, (4) not to provide any technical information or other materials that would violate U.S. export control laws, (5) to disclose the existence of any patented technologies in the material that you provide, (6) you will not make audio recordings, video recordings, or take screen shots of API meetings and content without the express written consent of all persons who will be presenting their content, and (7) you must act professionally and comply with your company’s code of conduct at all times.
