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SUMMARY:Register Now for the American Petroleum Institute (API) 2026 API Storage Tank Conference & Expo – Oct 19 – Oct 22, 2026 – Austin, TX
DESCRIPTION:October 19–22, 2026\nHyatt Regency Austin\nAustin, Texas\nThe 2026 API Storage Tank Conference & Expo brings together storage tank professionals for four days of technical education, industry collaboration, and networking. Since 1995, this volunteer-driven conference has focused on safety, best practices, innovation, and professional development for the storage tank industry.\nAttendees can earn up to 21 Professional Development Hours (PDH/CPD), connect with industry experts, and explore the latest products and services from sponsors and exhibitors.\nConference Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nHighlights\n\n\nOctober 19\nAPI-NFPA Safe Tank Entry Workshop, Arrival Reception\n\n\nOctober 20\nSTI-SPFA Cold Storage/Cryogenic Tank Fundamentals Course, SPCC Compliance Course, Exhibition, Welcome Reception\n\n\nOctober 21\nAPI Storage Tank Conference & Exhibition\n\n\nOctober 22\nAPI Storage Tank Conference, NEW! API Refrigerated Tank Conference, Exhibition, Closing Reception\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nTank owners, managers, and operators\nStorage tank professionals\nSenior design and construction specialists\nRepresentatives from refineries, pipelines, utilities, and tank cleaning companies\nProfessionals involved in safe tank entry and confined space operations\n\nProgram Highlights\n\nTechnical presentations covering storage tank safety, inspection, corrosion, leak detection, robotics, coatings, compliance, and emerging technologies.\nIndustry keynote presentations and technical case studies.\nNetworking with storage tank professionals, sponsors, and exhibitors.\nProfessional Development Hours (PDH/CPD) for qualifying sessions.\n\nAPI Refrigerated Tank Conference\nCo-located on October 22, the API Refrigerated Tank Conference focuses on refrigerated and cryogenic storage technologies supporting LNG, NGLs, hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels, and other evolving energy markets.\nSessions will explore technology innovation, emissions mitigation, infrastructure development, inspection, construction, safety, and industry best practices for refrigerated and cryogenic storage tanks.\nWorkshops & Courses\nAPI-NFPA Safe Tank Entry Workshop\nThis one-day workshop covers confined space hazard identification, safe work practices, atmospheric monitoring, instrument calibration, decommissioning, repairs, inerting, and hands-on testing exercises.\nSPCC Regulatory Compliance Course\nLed by former EPA national SPCC program manager Mark W. Howard, this course provides practical guidance on Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) compliance, enforcement, inspections, reporting requirements, and implementation of 40 CFR Parts 110 and 112.\nCold Storage/Cryogenic Tank Fundamentals\nPresented by STI-SPFA, this course introduces cryogenic and cold storage tank design, construction, insulation, coatings, commissioning, maintenance, API standards, and inspection considerations.\nSponsorship & Exhibitor Opportunities\nSponsorship and exhibit opportunities are available for companies wishing to showcase products and services to storage tank professionals throughout the conference.\n\n\n\nOpportunity\nCost\n\n\nPlatinum Sponsor\n$6,000\n\n\nExhibitor\n$3,750\n\n\nAdditional Sponsor/Exhibitor\n$495\n\n\n\nApplication & Artwork Deadline: September 25, 2026\nSponsor/Exhibitor Cancellation Deadline: August 7, 2026\nExhibition Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nActivity\n\n\nOctober 20\nExhibitor Set-Up\n\n\nOctober 21\nExpo Open & Welcome Reception\n\n\nOctober 22\nExpo Open, Move-Out & Closing Reception\n\n\n\n \nWednesday, October 21, 2026\n7:00 am – 8:00 am\nRegistration, Continental Breakfast, & Exhibit Viewing\n8:00 am – 8:15 am\nWelcome: Opening Remarks and Safety Moment\n2026 Conference Co-Chairs:\nDave Cushman, West Virginia Paint, LLC\nEarl Crochet, Crochet Midstream Consulting\n8:15 am – 9:00 am\nKeynote Session: API 653 at 35! The more it changes, the more it stays the same!\nSpeaker: Earl Crochet, The Tank Whisperer, CMC\n9:00 am – 9:20 am\nMorning Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing\n9:20 am – 10:30 am\nSESSION 1A: Cascading Failure\nModerator: Peter Williams, Concord Tank Corp.\nSpeaker: Adam Henson, US Chemical Safety Board\nSESSION 1B: Managing the Unknown: A Risk-Based Approach to Unexpected Tank Floor Corrosion\nModerator: Mark Kachelmyer, P66\nSpeaker: Ahmed Al-Issa, Transmountain\n10:30 am – 10:50 am\nMorning Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing\n10:50 am – 12:00 pm\nSESSION 2A: Ask the Experts\nModerators: Dave Cushman & Earl Crochet\nSpeakers: Our Audience is the Brain Trust\nSESSION 2B: EPA Regulatory Updates\nModerator: Dane Asuigui, API\nSpeaker: Christie Torres Rosa, Ted Walden, US EPA\n12:00 pm – 12:40 pm\nLunch\n12:40 pm – 1:10 pm\nExhibit Viewing\n1:10 pm – 1:55 pm\nSESSION 3A: Robotic Internal Shell Inspection of Insulated Atmospheric Storage Tanks\nModerator: Rama Challa PhD, PE, Advanced Tank\nSpeaker: Jerome Vaganay, Square Robot\nSESSION 3B: Considerations For Utilizing Non-Fluorinated Concentrates in systems designed for AFFF\nModerator: Jerry Kolek, Consolidated Fabrication & Constructors, Inc.\nSpeaker: James Morgan, Williams Fire & Hazard Control\n1:55 pm – 2:15 pm\nAfternoon Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing\n2:15 pm – 3:25 pm\nSession 4A: Tank Reliability Centered Maintenance: Working within Regulations to Focus on “Bad Actors”\nModerator: Earl Crochet, The Tank Whisperer, CMC\nSpeaker: Rafael Rengifo, Becht\nSESSION 4B: Measuring the Right Metric: Emissions Performance Versus Mechanical Integrity in Floating Roof Seal\nModerator: Todd McClellan, Colonial Pipeline\nSpeaker: Kimberly Hayes, Valkim Technologies\n3:25 pm – 3:45 pm\nAfternoon Refreshment Break\n3:45 pm – 5:00 pm\nSESSION 5A: Former EPA Program Perspectives on SPCC and FRP Compliance Monitoring (Inspections)\nModerator: Joe Mentzer, Steel Tank Institute\nSpeaker: Mark Howard, Ounce of Prevention Consulting LLC\nSESSION 5B: Ultrasonic Mode Imaging – A Nonintrusive AST Assessment and Management Tool\nModerator: Wesley Oatman, Dunham Engineering\nSpeaker: Dr. Steve Ziola, Antech Systems, Inc.\nSESSION 5C: What is your Showstopper?\nModerator: Kathy Hawks, Colonial Pipeline\nSpeaker: Todd McClellan, Colonial Pipeline\n5:00 pm – 5:05 pm\nWrap Up of Day One\n2026 Conference Co-Chairs:\nDave Cushman, WV Paint\nEarl Crochet, Crochet Midstream Consulting\n5:05 pm – 6:00 pm\nWelcome Reception, Exhibit Viewing, & Networking – Presented by our Platinum Sponsors\nThursday, October 22, 2026\n8:00 am – 8:15 am\nOpening Remarks and Safety Moment\n8:15 am – 9:00 am\nSession K2: EPA Perspective on SPCC and FRP Compliance Monitoring\nModerator: Joe Mentzer\nSpeaker: Christie Torres Rosa, Ted Welden, US EPA\n9:00 am – 9:20 am\nMorning Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing\n9:20 am – 10:30 am\nSESSION 1A: … Before It is Too Late… An Industry Symposium on Some Disturbing Trends\nModerator: Earl Crochet, The Tank Whisperer, CMC\nSpeaker: David Cushman, West Virginia Paint, Phil Myers, PEMY Consulting\nSESSION 1B: EPA’s Roles and Responsibilities during an Oil Spill\nModerator: Mark Howard, Ounce of Prevention Consulting LLC\nSpeaker: Christie Torres Rosa, Ted Welden, US EPA\n10:30 am – 10:50 am\nMorning Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing\n10:50 am – 12:00 pm\nSESSION 2A: A Tank on Borrowed Time: Risk, Repairing the Unrepairable, and Results\nModerator: Andy Wong, PEMY Consulting\nSpeaker: Joseph Attia, VTEK Consultants\nSESSION 2B: Improved Tank Construction Efficiency Using High Strength Stainless Steel Coil\nModerator: Larry Foster, Marathon Petroleum\nSpeaker: John Grocki, Advantage Resources Consulting\n12:00 pm – 12:40 pm\nLunch\n12:40 pm – 1:10 pm\nExhibit Viewing\n1:10 pm – 1:55 pm\nSESSION 3A: Corrosion Cracking of Horton Spheres- Refinery Case Study\nModerator: Wesley Oatman, Dunham Engineering\nSpeaker: Sukumar Reddy Dasari, Ameer H Hamza, Rakan M Samman, Samer S Mulla,\nYanbu Aramco Sinopec Refinery\nSESSION 3B: Operating Integrity for Volatile Crude Storage Under Elevated TVP Condition.\nModerator: Jerry Kolek, Consolidated Fabricators\nSpeaker: Riazuddin Amir Qureshi, ADNOC\n1:55 pm – 2:15 pm\nAfternoon Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing\n2:15 pm – 3:25 pm\nSESSION 4A: Advances in UHP Waterblast and Robotics-Improvements in Production, Safety and Environmental Impact\nModerator: David Cushman, West Virginia Paint\nSpeaker: Jeff Borgran, Shape Waterblast Group\nSESSION 4B: Firewater Storage Tanks: Critical Differences Between NFPA and API Requirements\nModerator: Mark Jordan, CB&I\nSpeaker: Wesley Oatman, Dunham Engineering\n3:25 pm – 3:45 pm\nAfternoon Refreshment Break & Final Exhibit Viewing\n3:45 pm – 5:00 pm\nSESSION 5A: Tank Lining Internals inspection with High Voltage Spark Testing – Plenty of Room Left to Play\nModerator: David Kopala, West Virginia Paint\nSpeaker: Surojit Mukherjee, International Paint\nSESSION 5B: Interaction Between Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors and Cathodic Protection for Aboveground Storage Tanks\nModerator: Amy Baxter, Enbridge\nSpeaker: Pavan Shukla, Battelle Savannah River Alliance\nSESSION 5C: AI in Midstream & Liquid Storage Terminals: From Optimization to Autonomy\nModerator: David Nadel, Third Coast Terminals\nSpeaker: Chris Commander, North Side Energy Services\n4:55 pm – 5:00 pm\nClosing Remarks\n2026 Conference Co-Chairs:\nDave Cushman, West Virginia Paint LLC\nEarl Crochet, Crochet Midstream Consulting\nRama Challa, Advanced Tank\nNeville Stokes, Bechtel\n5:00 pm – 6:00 pm\nClosing Reception and Networking – Presented by our Platinum Sponsors\nSchedule note: The published program lists Thursday’s final sessions from 3:45–5:00 pm and closing remarks from 4:55–5:00 pm. Both times are retained here. The program also uses “Ted Walden” on Wednesday and “Ted Welden” on Thursday; spellings are retained as published.\n
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