October 12, 2026 to October 16, 2026
2026 Fall Committee on Petroleum Measurement Standards Meeting
Hyatt Regency Austin, Austin Texas
Overview
The 2026 Fall Committee on Petroleum Measurement Standards Meeting (COPM) will be on Monday, October 12 – Friday, October 16, 2026, in Austin, Texas. The meeting will be open to industry professionals who wish to participate.
Reason 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.
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.
- Connect with exhibitors to learn about products, services, and technologies that may be important to your company.
Questions
- Registration (attendees, sponsors, or exhibitors): Veronica White, [email protected]
- Logistics: Jenna Mastrota, [email protected]
- Program: Patty Fusaro, [email protected] (COPM, COLM, CELE, CPMA,NLDC)
- Kemi Allston, [email protected] (COMQ)
- Sarah Sowden, [email protected] (COMET, COGFM, COMA)
- COPM Committee Information: Jalal Mohamed, [email protected]
- API Corporate Membership Status: Lillie Saunders, 202-682-8475, [email protected]
- Visit our Membership Website
Program Details
Program:
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 (COLM)
- Committee on Gas Fluid Measurement (COGFM)
- Committee on Production Measurement & Allocation (CPMA)
- Committee on Measurement Quality (COMQ)
- Committee on Measurement Accountability (COMA)
- Committee on Evaporative Loss Estimation (CELE)
- Committee on Measurement Education & Training (COMET)
*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
PLEASE NOTE: You must register to receive access to the mobile meeting app if you plan to attend in person.
Sponsor an 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.
Complimentary registration is limited to first-time attendees only. Those persons must be sponsored by a prior, API standards meeting participant from your same company. This person must be registered in your registration record at the time you enter your own registration. You may only register two sponsored attendees.
Sponsor & Exhibitor Information
Thank you for your support of the 2026 Fall Committee on Petroleum Measurement 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 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.
- A “Sponsor” ribbon affixed to the company representative’s badge for easy identification.
Exhibitors receive:
- Acknowledgement in the conference 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, August 14, 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, August 14, 2026.
Sponsors and Exhibitors may cancel their obligation up to Friday, August 14, 2026. However, 50% of the fee for sponsors and for exhibitors is nonrefundable. Notice of cancellation must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Refunds will not be given on cancellations received after Friday, August 14, 2026.
| Opportunity | Cost | Complimentary Registration |
| Sponsor – Lanyards | $8,500 | Three (3) complimentary registrations included |
| Sponsor | $5,000 | Two (2) complimentary registrations included |
| Sponsor – Women in Measurement Lunch | $4,000 | Two (2) complimentary registrations included |
| Exhibitor | $53,000 | One (1) complimentary registration included |
| Additional Exhibitor | $500 |
Deadlines – Friday, August 14, 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, August 14, 2026, so that we have time to have those items produced and shipped to Austin in time for the start of the meeting.
Marketing Requirements:
Within your application, you will be required to provide the following items at the time that you register:
- Marketing contact’s full name and email address
- Company logo in EPS or Adobe Illustrator (ai) format only
- Company URL
- Company description not to exceed 100 words
Sponsors & Exhibitors
2026 Sponsors – Coming Soon
Hotel
Hyatt Regency Austin
208 Barton Springs Road
Austin, Texas 78704
Room Rate: $289 single or double occupancy
Mention the API 2026 Fall COPM, to receive the API group rate.
Reservations questions: If you need additional assistance, please call (512) 477-1234.
Reservations Deadline: Thursday, September 17, 2026, 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. The 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.
Registration Fees & Details
REGISTER NOW – Coming Soon
| Register by Friday, January 30 |
Register after Friday, January 30 |
On-Site Registration starting Sunday, March 8 |
|
| API Member | $825 | $975 | $1,125 |
| Committee Member | $925 | $1,075 | $1,225 |
| Non-Member | $1,025 | $1,175 | $1,325 |
| One-Day Participant (You will only participate on one day between Monday, March 9 – Friday, March 13) |
$500 | $600 | $750 |
For registration questions or method of payment inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Early RSVP Date: Friday, September 4, 2026
Refund cutoff Date: Friday, September 11, 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, September 11, 2026, Cancellation shall be effective, final, and binding upon receipt by API. Cancellation requests received by Friday, September 11, 2026, will receive a refund of the registration fee less a $100 cancellation fee. Refunds are not provided for cancellation requests received after Friday, September 11, 2026 and will be processed in the original form of payment. Substitutions are welcome.
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.)
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.
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