Part of the 2025 GPA Midstream Convention — the annual hub for 1,800+ midstream pros comparing what works across ops, commercial, and policy. Regular registration is underway — register now:.#GPAMidstream2025 #Midstream #Reliability #NaturalGas.

When/Where: Mon, Sept 22, 2025 | 8-8:45 a.m. CT.Commercial Track | Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio.Session: “Winter Storm Uri” with Kent Bayazitoglu (Baker & O’Brien).

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What you’ll take back: priorities that matter under duration (not just cold snaps), cold-start plans that actually work, clear dependency maps for gas↔power, and faster operational + commercial signals so action beats the next cascade.

Bayazitoglu’s vantage point: industry expert in ~a dozen Uri-related disputes, then 25 years spanning ExxonMobil projects/engineering, market analytics and risk modeling at Gelber & Associates, and consulting at Baker & O’Brien. Plant floors, trading screens, and the aftermath.

The loop you never want: less gas → less power → less compression/processing → even less gas. Two interdependent systems starving each other. Break any link — fuel availability, restart procedures, emergency power — and the spiral stops.

Regions froze at the same time, blunting power and gas imports. What you usually lean on for relief wasn’t there. That’s a planning problem as much as a weather problem — and it changes how to think about contingency across footprints.

What stacked the outages: days-long cold that froze equipment and instrumentation, facilities that couldn’t stay warm between shifts, and infrastructure never designed for prolonged statewide exposure. Duration — not just temperature — did the damage.

At the 2025 GPA Midstream Convention (San Antonio): “Winter Storm Uri” (Commercial Track). Consultant Kent Bayazitoglu (Baker & O’Brien) lays out how the outages stacked — and what operators can change to keep facilities running when the next deep freeze hits.

9.9 million without power. Hundreds of lives lost. Winter Storm Uri wasn’t one failure — it cascaded. This talk is about how to stop the next one before it starts.

Leave with the vocabulary, context, and confidence to talk shop with plant teams on day one. Washington, DC | Oct 6-8, 2025.Register:

Hands-on with the GPSA Engineering Data Book (industry standard since 1935): clear explanations, light calculations, and a team project to design a gas processing facility.

Three focused days with veteran instructor Jim Johnstone: how a gas plant runs, why each unit is there, and how those choices shape safety, reliability, and product value.

Introduction to Midstream → Washington, DC | Oct 6-8, 2025. Why DC:.- Steps from Capitol Hill + federal agencies.- High-value networking (happy hour[s] + optional Hill briefing).- October in the capital — fall color + landmarks

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Planning to be in San Antonio (Sept 21–24)? Locking it in now keeps $100 in your budget and improves lodging options. You’re already budgeting travel and approvals — handle registration today and focus on the work.

Now (thru tonight): Member $1,000 | Non-member $1,700.After deadline: Member $1,100 | Non-member $1,800.

Will you keep the $100—or pay it?.At 11:59 p.m. CT tonight, rates increase +$100 per person for the 2025 GPA Midstream Convention. Many have already locked the lower rate. Will you be one of them?

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GPSA Engineering Data Book — Training & Certification — Houston | Oct 20-24, 2025.Turn the book into decisions you can stand behind: real cases, practice, and a credential on passing. Seats are limited.

Introduction to Midstream — Washington, DC | Oct 6-8, 2025.Get the working map of a gas plant: plain-English basics and a team design exercise that makes it stick.