Midstream News

This edition of Midstream News features the announcement of economist, bestselling author and former presidential advisor Dr. Pippa Malmgren as the keynote speaker for the 2026 GPA Midstream Convention. Additional coverage includes election-year advocacy priorities, GPA Midstream efforts to simplify Nationwide Permit reviews and streamline EPA Risk Management Program requirements, technical standards and BLM reform discussions at ISHM, newly published technical documents and ballot results, and two new staff openings at GPA Midstream.

In this issue: GPA Midstream and GPSA announce safety award winners, GPA Midstream and member companies urge PHMSA to improve pipeline safety enforcement procedures, University of Texas-Arlington is helping upgrade the GPA Midstream School of Gas Chromatography, GPA Midstream warns against patchwork hazmat rules, and GPA Midstream urges EPA to align Quad-O rules with real-world operations. Plus, check out new spotlights on technical workgroups and research projects.

GPA Midstream’s Sarah Miller credits collaboration for a record Technical Conference attendance, Jeff Stake calls on midstream to lead electrification of large‑scale behind‑the‑meter consumers, and the association details its D.C. advocacy push, BLM commingling fixes, and Clean Air Act reform coalition work. Also: sponsorships open for the 2026 Convention, Environmental Award nominations are live, and Engineering Data Book Training delivers results.

GPA Midstream advocates for practical EPA air regulations, shares midstream safety inspection perspectives with PHMSA, comments a Fish and Wildlife Service review of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, and supports the need for federal preemption of state rules to enable safe and efficient energy transport. Also, the Convention speaker deadline is April 10, Technical Conference registration is approaching a new record high, registration is underway for the July Introduction to Midstream, and GPA Midstream members have approved a technical ballot.

PHMSA appointed Robert Mitchell to the agency's Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee, last chance to register for the Engineering Data Book Training, Technical Conference registrations are on pace to set a new attendance record, GPA Midstream member Mark Smith urges workforce development investment, and the Convention call for papers deadline has been extended. Also, the push to fund Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity funding, and support for reauthorizing PHMSA pipeline safety programs.

In this issue of Midstream News: GPA Midstream submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Furnace Rule Case, the association advocacy team is urging the U.S. Senate to pass permitting reform, and GPA Midstream joined an industry coalition commenting on EPA's Clean Water Act Section 401 proposal. Also: registration is open for the July Introduction to Midstream Course, GPA Midstream is seeking a new member for the federal advocacy staff, important deadlines for Convention and Technical Conference are coming soon, and technical ballots information is available.

In this issue: GPA Midstream is preparing comments in response to a Bureau of Land Management proposed commingling rule, association boards and committees met to chart midstream's future, GPA Midstream joined a coalition supporting offshore energy development, registration is underway for the GPSA Engineering Data Book Training and the GPA Midstream Technical Conference, and Vendor Night Lottery Registration for the 2026 GPA Midstream Convention begins March 2.

In this issue of Midstream News: GPA Midstream files comments with PHMSA, EPA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Plus: Technical Conference updates, technical ballots and documents, members should submit safety data, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is partnering with industry on a PHMSA midstream research project, and the 2026 GPA Midstream Convention Call for Papers begins Feb. 9.

In this issue of Midstream News: GPA Midstream adds a Vice President, Technical Services, President and CEO Sarah Miller writes about workforce development offerings, plus regulatory updates, advocacy engagement, and growing the Let's Clear the Air consumer education campaign.

Read this week's issue of Midstream News: House passes the SPEED Act, safety data launch, 2026 renewals and conference dates, appliance choice legislation, GPSA training, and ballots in progress.