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Registration is open for the 2026 GPA Midstream Technical Conference — where the industry’s technical decisions get made. This is the annual meeting point for midstream engineers, operators, and subject-matter experts to shape standards, analyze ideas, and move critical work forward. Technical Conference is an ideal time for new volunteers to experience the industry’s technical landscape and become contributors. If you want to influence how systems are designed, measured, operated, or maintained, this is where you need to be.

Technical Conference keynote speaker Dr. Christopher Wilson will help attendees identify and dismantle mental barriers, enhance problem-solving capabilities, and create a culture of proactive and positive decision-making within their teams and organizations.

Sponsorship opportunities for the 2026 GPA Midstream Technical Conference are open for purchase. Become a sponsor to put your company’s products and services front-and-center with midstream’s technical leaders and decision-makers.

GPA Midstream announces that Dave Curtis is joining the association staff as Vice President, Technical Services. Curtis brings more than three decades of technical, operational, and leadership experience in the oil and gas industry, with a career that includes field work, entrepreneurship, corporate operations, and executive leadership.

Spring 2026 is shaping into a busy time for GPA Midstream. From governance meetings to education, and our annual Technical Conference, the months ahead are packed with opportunities for professional growth, peer connection, and practical learning. If developing people and strengthening expertise are priorities for you and your organization, this is an ideal time to engage.

The GPA Midstream research program, founded by association leaders in the 1960s, continues to partner with academic, scientific, and industry organizations to address the midstream industry’s most pressing technical operational needs.

Survey shows the 2025 GPA Midstream Convention delivered strong value, standout content, and top-tier networking—and offers clear insights shaping the 2026 event.

Matthew Yglesias joins hosts Bryan Nix, Stuart Saulters, and Kevin Broom to discuss the need for climate advocates to shift strategies from long-term organization around ambitious targets and timelines to a pragmatic approach that may not meet these goals but still lead to significant progress in addressing global warming.

In this episode of the Let's Clear the Air Podcast, Tucker Perkins — energy expert and President of the Propane Education and Research Council — joins to discuss energy challenges we face over the next few years, as well as possible solutions.

GPA Midstream and GPSA announced their 2025-26 officers and new board members during the 2025 GPA Midstream Convention in San Antonio.