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October 9 & 10, 2024
EKOGA Annual Meeting
Prairie Band Casino & Resort
Mayetta, KS
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EKOGA Annual Meeting
October 9-10, 2024
On behalf of Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association (EKOPA) We are proud to welcome you to Mayetta for EKOGA's 67th annual meeting. Join us as EKOGA returns to Prairie Band Casino and Resort.
Our schedule of events remains much the same as in years past, but we have a couple of changes this year. We will NOT host a golf tournament this year. The course will be closed for aerating during our event and will not reopen until Friday. You are welcome to make yourself a tee time on Friday. The President's Banquet will not include an industry keynote but, instead, a pickpocket/magician. Gene Turner has been entertaining audiences since he left his job in insurance in 1985. Get ready to be amazed by his magic skills. We are working on our education sessions and will have details out as soon as we get the speakers confirmed.
We look forward to seeing you at Prairie Band Casino and Resort!
The schedule of events follows:
Wednesday, October 9
1:00-4:00 PM Tradeshow Set-Up
5:00 PM Welcome Reception w/ Live Auction
7:00 PM Open for Dinner
Thursday, October 10
8:00-11:00 AM Tradeshow Booth Set-up
8:30-9:00 AM Board of Directors Meeting
9:00-11:00 AM Education Sessions
11:00 AM-2:30 PM Silent Auction
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch Buffet
1:30-3:00 PM Tradeshow Bar Open
5:30-6:00 PM President's Reception
6:00-7:30 PM President's Banquet
7:30-8:30 PM Entertainment - Magician Gene Turner
Click HERE for the registration/sponsorship form.
Questions can be sent to judy@ekoga.org or by calling 620-431-1020.
To receive the EKOGA room rate of $99, call Chele with Prairie Band at 785-966-7742 to reserve your room. Deadline for reservations is September 30, 2024.
Look forward to seeing you at Prairie Band.
EKOGA Mid-Year
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Thank you to all who came to our Mid-Year. We had a great turnout and some informative presentations. We appreciate all our presenters: Brian Posler, Reza Barati, Ryan Hoffman, Troy Russell, Dick Schremmer and Warren Martin.
Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support.
Kansas Strong - Reception Sponsor
CVR Energy - Ammunition Sponsor
Altavista Energy Inc. - Platinum Sponsor
Ascent Midstream Partners - Platinum Sponsor
D.E. Exploration, Inc. - Platinum Sponsor
Maclaskey Oilfield Services - Platinum Sponsor
Colt Energy - Gold Sponsor
Trimble & Maclaskey Oil LLC - Gold Sponsor
Hurricane Services - Silver Sponsor
The Monarch Cement Company - Silver Sponsor
Utah Oil Silver Sponsor
Frick Energy Services Bronze Sponsor
McGown Drilling Bronze Sponsor
Verde Oil Company Bronze Sponsor
Citizens State Bank Shoot Station
Gressel Oil Field Service, LLC Shoot Station
Plains Marketing LP Shoot Station
Sunrise Oilfield Supply Shoot Station
Kansas Oil & Gas Day
& Legislative Breakfast
Thank you to all who joined us on January 18, 2024, for Kansas Oil and Gas Day and Legislative Breakfast co-hosted by EKOGA and KIOGA.
We had a sizeable turnout of members and legislators. Members had the opportunity to speak with the senators and representatives about topics and issues important to the Kansas Oil and Gas industry and to their individual businesses.
A special thanks to Citizens State Bank for sponsoring the event.
EPA Methane Proposal Brief
The EPA hosted a webinar Monday, November 14, 2022, regarding a supplemental proposal they say will help reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production across the United States. The supplemental proposal is a modification of their November 2021 proposal, which met with significant criticism from the industry. The EPA received over 470,000 written comments on the 2021 proposal.
The revised proposal implements more common sense into the rule by tailoring requirements to various sectors of the industry. Rather than a "one size fits all" remedy for methane release inspections, EPA is proposing monitoring requirements for four categories of well sites:
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Single wellhead-only sites and small well sites would be required to conduct what are known as "AVO" (audio, visual and olfactory) inspections, where inspectors listen, look and smell for leaks. These inspections would be required quarterly.
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Wellhead-only sites with two or more wellheads would be required to conduct quarterly AVO inspections and monitor every six months using OGI or EPA Method 21.
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Sites with major production and processing equipment and centralized production facilities would be required to conduct bimonthly AVO inspections and monitor quarterly using OGI or EPA Method 21.
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Well sites on the Alaska North Slope would have different monitoring schedules to account for weather.
Guidance from the EPA will also allow states to implement their own plans, subject to review and approval from the EPA.
There will be an additional session November 30,2022, to examine the plan as it relates to small businesses. The webinar will be held from 3PM-5PM Central time. Pre-registration is required. Sign up here.
Links to the full document, as well as the summary, may be found at the following links:
EPA Oil and Gas Supplemental Overview EPA's Supplemental Oil and Gas Proposal