June 15, 2026 to June 19, 2026
2026 Summer Exploration and Production Standards Meeting
St. Louis Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
Overview
The 2026 Summer Exploration and Production Standards Meeting will be held Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19, 2026, in St. Louis, MO and is open to anyone who wishes to participate.
Reason For Attending
Participation in the Exploration & Production Standards Meeting remains an invaluable opportunity to be a part of how the global petroleum industry develops and maintains state-of-the-art standards.
The development of consensus standards is one of API’s oldest and most successful programs. It covers over 800 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.
The Committee on Standardization of Oilfield Equipment and Materials, CSOEM, is responsible for approximately 400 standards, of which approximately 275 of those standards forming the basis of the API Monogram Program.
In accordance with API’s ANSI accredited procedures, the standards development process follows the principles of due process, openness, and balanced representation.
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. API strives for balanced representation on its standards development to avoid a majority of any one interest category.
Benefits of Participation
- Attend technical committee meetings to gain insight on the rationale behind new and revised API upstream standards and proven practices used throughout the industry to promote safe, sustainable, and environmentally sound operations.
- Learn about the latest API sponsored research and development including future R&D efforts that may benefit your business in the long run.
- Network with colleagues and establish new business connections.
- Connect with exhibitors to learn about products, services, and technologies that may be important to your company.
- Qualify for the chance to win one of two complimentary registrations to the 2027 Winter Exploration & Production Standards Conference on Oilfield Equipment and Materials during the two networking breaks on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
- Earn Professional Development Hours (PDH) to maintain professional certifications.
Questions
- Registration (attendees, sponsors, or exhibitors): Aeyesha Farooqui, [email protected]
- Logistics: Jenna Mastrota, [email protected]
- Program: Jose Godoy, [email protected]
- CSOEM Committee Information: Jose Godoy, [email protected]
- API Corporate Membership status: Lillie Saunders, [email protected]
Program Details
The technical subcommittees that report to the CSOEM are:
- Subcommittee 5, Tubular Goods
- Subcommittee 6, Valve & Wellhead Equipment
- Subcommittee 8, Drilling Structures
- Subcommittee 10, Well Cements
- Subcommittee 11, Field Operating Equipment
- Subcommittee 13, Drilling, Completion and Fluids
- Subcommittee 15, Fiberglass and Plastic Pipe
- Subcommittee 16, Drilling Well Control Equipment
- Subcommittee 17, Subsea Production Equipment
- Subcommittee 18, Quality
- Subcommittee 19, Completion Equipment
- Subcommittee 20, Supply Chain Management
- Subcommittee 21, Materials
- Subcommittee 23, Drilling and Production Technology
NOTE: Some of these subcommittees may not be meeting at this conference; please check the online program to verify which subcommittees are meeting.
Who Should Attend:
Subject-matter experts and other individuals with responsibilities in the following:
- Users and manufacturers of oil country tubular goods
- Users and manufacturers of drill-through and well control equipment
- Users and manufacturers of well cements
- Users and manufacturers of drilling fluids
- Users and manufacturers of drilling and hoisting equipment
- Users and manufacturers of subsea production systems
- Materials engineers
- Quality management system professionals
- Supply chain management and professionals
PLEASE NOTE: You must register to receive access to the mobile meeting app.
Sponsor & Exhibitor Information
Thank you for your support of the 2026 Summer Exploration and Production Standards Meeting. We are pleased to offer a variety of opportunities for your company to showcase valuable products and services.
Apply for sponsorship items and exhibit display tables by completing your application and confirming the agreement terms here online. If you have questions during this process, please contact the Registrar at [email protected].
Sponsors receive:
- Acknowledgement of the sponsorship in the conference app.
- Customized sign with the company logo
- Your company listed as a sponsor on the API website with a link to your company website.
- A “Sponsor” ribbon affixed to the company representative’s badge for easy identification.
- A six-foot, tabletop exhibit space near the registration area to display company products and/or services Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
- Wi-Fi access at your display table.
Exhibitors receive:
- Acknowledgement in the meeting app.
- Your company listed as an exhibitor on the API website with a link to your company’s website.
- A six-foot, tabletop exhibit space near the registration area to display company products and/or services Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
- Wi-Fi access at your display table.
- An “Exhibitor” ribbon affixed to the company representative(s) badge.
Deadline for Sponsor and Exhibitor Cancellations and Refunds: Friday, April 17, 2026
Payment is due in full at the time of registration. If you require an invoice, your payment is due thirty (30) days from the receipt of your invoice. Full payment must be received to API no later than Friday, April 16, 2026.
Sponsors and Exhibitors may cancel their obligation up to Friday, April 16, 2026. However, 50% of the fee for sponsors and for exhibitors is non-refundable. Notice of cancellation must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Refunds will not be given on cancellations received after Friday, April 17, 2026.
| Opportunity | Cost | Complimentary Registration |
| Sponsor – Lanyards | $8,500 | Three (3) Complimentary registrations |
| Sponsor | $5,000 | Two (2) Complimentary registrations |
| Exhibitor | $3,000 | One (1) Complimentary registration |
| Additional Exhibitor | $600 |
Deadlines – Friday, May 1, 2026
Sponsors, if your application is for the sponsorship of items that need to be designed and produced, such as bags, lanyards, app. etc., please submit your online applications by Friday, May 1, 2026, so that we have time to have those items produced and shipped to Chicago in time for the start of the meeting.
Marketing Requirements:
Upon receipt of our application, you will be contacted by the API Registrar to confirm your application, method of payment, and let you know how the collection process for the following items:
- Marketing contact’s full name and email address
- Company logo in EPS or ai format
- Company URL
- Company description not to exceed 100 words
If you require an invoice and/or wish to pay by check, your full payment is due by Friday, April 17, 2026. If you wish to pay by credit card, the Registrar will also assist with that option.
Hotel
St. Louis Union Station Hotel
1820 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
Online Reservations
Room Rate: $229 single or double occupancy
Mention the API 2026 Summer E&P Standards Meeting to receive the API group rate.
Reservations questions? If you need additional assistance, please call (314) 231-1234. Ask for in-house reservations if you have difficulty making online reservations or have specific questions.
Reservations Deadline: Friday, May 20, 2026, by 5:00 pm, or until room block is sold out.
After this date and time, reservations will be accepted on a space and room type availability basis and at the hotel’s best rate available.
Room Guarantee and Reservation Cancellation: A credit card guarantee is required to confirm and hold everyone’s reservation. Cancellations must be received by the hotel at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to arrival and a cancellation number must be obtained or the card will be charged for the first night’s room rate. Hotel is responsible for informing guests of this requirement. API assumes no responsibility. Any payments received by the hotel, as a result of late cancellations or no-shows will be credited to API’s room block for attrition purposes.
Avoid Housing Scams
Note: API has not contracted with any third party for hotel arrangements and will not call or email you directly to make housing arrangements on your behalf.
Should you receive a call or email from a third-party provider, please collect as much information as you can and let us know immediately. “Room Poachers” have been known to act as representatives of API, or authorized providers of API, to offer room discounts or alternative accommodations to our attendees – often to the attendee’s detriment. These companies are not affiliated with API, and reservations made through these companies for our meeting cannot be guaranteed.
How It Works
This deceptive practice (called “room poaching”) is carried out by third‐party companies that act as travel agencies, wholesalers, or even API to solicit registrants for room reservations. The poacher might inform registrants that the hotel room block is “sold out,” and that if you do not book with them immediately, you may not get a room. Room poachers make it more difficult for us to meet our room block commitments, and expose us to penalties and increased room rates for our events. Room poachers often don’t deliver on promises to customers. When customers arrive, reservations are non‐existent or the hotels are not conveniently located. Sometimes the rooms have been cancelled and hefty cancellation fees have been placed on the customer’s credit card.
Don’t Be Deceived
If you are contacted by anyone asking if you need a room for the API Conference, please get as much information as you can (their name, company name, phone number, etc.) and pass it along to [email protected]. Always make your room reservation directly with the information provided by API or a trusted source.
API will use all legal means possible to prevent these groups from operating.
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Registration Fees & Details
Registration Coming Soon
| Register By Friday, May 1 |
Register After Friday, May 1 |
On-Site Registration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| API Member | $795 | $945 | $1,125 |
| Committee Member | $895 | $1,045 | $1,225 |
| Non-Member | $995 | $1,145 | $1,325 |
| One-Day Participant (You will only participate on one day between June 15 – Friday, June 19) |
$450 | $650 | $750 |
For registration questions or method of payment inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Early Registration Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2026
Refund Cutoff Date: Friday, May 15, 2026 (No refunds granted after this date.)
Cancellations, Refunds, and Substitutions:
Cancellations and request for refunds must be made in writing and sent to [email protected] by Friday, May 15, 2026. Cancellation shall be effective, final, and binding upon receipt by API. Cancellation requests received by Friday, May 15, 2026, will receive a refund of the registration fee less a $100 cancellation fee, and will be processed in the original form of payment. Refunds are not provided for cancellation requests received after Friday, May 15, 2026. Registration fees are non-transferable to other API meetings. Substitutions within the same event may be made at any time by written request to [email protected].
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.
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 API Standards 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.)
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