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Speaking at the GPA Midstream Midcontinent Chapter Annual Conference in Tulsa, Okla. Gov. Kevin Stitt discussed the importance of what midstream companies do to provide affordable energy, as well as his efforts to support the industry in Oklahoma, with U.S. President Joe Biden and with the U.S. Congress.Just back from SelectUSA, a U.S. Department of [...]

The 2023 GPA Midstream Technical Conference concluded April 6 after a flurry of presentations, committee meetings and networking events.With the energy industry poised for a major upheaval in the years ahead, keynote speaker Jackie Schirmer, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Reliability, Phillips 66, opened the three-day conference with an address about navigating change. Schirmer shared about [...]

GPA Midstream and GPSA Midstream Suppliers is saddened by the passing of Jon Jasper after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Jasper was an engineer and entrepreneur, who founded Jasper Ventures, a family-owned business dedicated to building world-class gas processing solutions for its customers. He was 75 years old.Born in Decatur, Ind., Jasper grew up [...]

GPA Midstream staff and members of the Environmental Committee traveled to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's air officials at their offices in the Research Triangle of North Carolina to discuss issues critical to the industry.During the March 22 meeting we discussed comments we filed with the EPA on their proposed methane rulemaking. Our purpose was [...]

GPA Midstream Association and GPSA Association joined forces to maintain a Clean Air Act-related rule that has been on EPA's books for 15 years. For GPSA, whose member companies have served the energy industry for nearly a century, this is a first foray into advocacy.The U.S. Environment Protection Agency has proposed the repeal of a [...]

Seeking to bring facts, data and realistic perspective to the worldwide conversation about energy, as well as to demonstrate the critical role played by midstream companies, GPA Midstream is entering a consumer-focused phase of the Let's Clear the Air campaign."Political discussions and media reports about energy, climate and energy transition too often omit critical considerations [...]

As the methane emissions rulemaking continues its journey through the regulatory process, GPA Midstream Association is making itself heard on proposals that would come with a huge price tag for members.In comments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GPA Midstream contends that aspects of the Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed and Modified Sources [...]

GPA Midstream's Let's Clear the Air campaign enters its second year with a plan to present targeted consumers with messaging offering facts and considerations that are largely overlooked in the public discussion of the future of energy.Media reports and political rhetoric often focus on long-term goals without due consideration of the resources and work needed [...]

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency begins its review of new and existing programs that could be affected by the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress last year, GPA Midstream Association submitted comments for the agency to consider in future rulemaking.The IRA's Methane Emissions Reduction Program imposes a waste-emission charge on methane from certain oil [...]

Industry leader and innovator Tom Russell (1933-2022)GPA Midstream and GPA Midstream Suppliers Associations mourn the recent passing of Tom Russell, an innovative entrepreneur whose ideas and drive revolutionized the oil and gas industry. He was 89 years old.I love to build stuff, Russell said. A gas processing plant is the most fascinating thing to build.During [...]