National Petrochemical and Refiners Association

I want to welcome you all into a special installment of Hydrocarbon Processing's podcast series, The Main Column.

We are live from the AFPM Summit.

And joining us today is a very special guest, Gary Chang, who is the Director of FCC Strategic Marketing for WR Grace.

Gary, how are you doing today? I'm doing great, Lee.

So WR Grace is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

It's a specialty catalyst and chemicals company.

And we support the energy industry right in the thick of things where we are at AFPM.

We supply FCC hydro processing catalysts, polyolefin catalysts for refiners and downstream petrochemical manufacturers as well.

And I would say the same of the short line rail industry representatives, the MARS, SWARS, SARS, all of these different groups serve a purpose, whether it's full throated to every member or just some of the members, they speak with a purpose for their representative organizations.

And just to give background to everyone who is listening, those groups that came out were the Alliance for Chemical Distribution, the American Chemistry Council, the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, the Fertilizer Institute and the National Industrial Transportation League.

Yeah.

And I echo what Dan says.

I want to welcome you all to this special installment of Hydrocarbon Processing's podcast series, The Main Column.

And we are live from the AFPM Summit.

And joining us today is a very special guest, Erica Perryman.

She is the Vice President of Communications for the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, or AFPM.

I want to welcome her in.

Erica, how are you doing today?

But before

we get to those crucial topics, there's a lot of listeners around the world that are listening to this now.

Starting with August 31st, the Pipeliners Association of Houston has our monthly dinner meeting over at Norris Conference Center.

August 31st through September 3rd, the AFPM Summit will take place in Grapevine, Texas.

September 1st through the 3rd, the NISTM Above Ground Storage Tank Conference and Trade Show will take place in Long Beach.

Some near-save-the-dates you want to look out for is September 14th through the 18th, the LDC Gas Forums, MidContinent, AI Data Center, Demand, LNG Exports, and more over in Chicago.

All right.

So next up we have AFPM applauds Senate introduction of CRA resolutions challenging California vehicle and engine mandates.

Can you tell that she's a, has a regulatory background-

[laughs]

... with all the acronyms that she...

I'm not gonna even try to read all that.

So basically there's an organization called American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, that's the AFPM, who actually we did some work for a long time ago.

They wanted to borrow one of our studios, and we gave it to them for free just 'cause we like them.