Government Affairs Brief

ILTA is excited to be moving forward with a newly improved safety survey and awards program.

A working group made up of a subset of our Health and Safety Committee, led by Chair Shannon Caldwell of Zenith Energy, has been reviewing and remodeling the program since March 2022.  The working group has delivered a product focused on leading indicators to complement the reliance on lagging indicators such as the total recordable incident rate (TRIR). 

This Excel based survey is the second of two parts of data submission by terminal operator members for consideration for the ILTA Safety Excellence Award.  The survey is the 2023 Terminal Member Survey of 2022 OSHA Statistics and is based on U.S. OSHA Forms 300 and 300A. 

Jon Hunt, Senior Vice President of Operations at Energy Transfer, first began his career in the liquid terminals industry by working in oil refining—an area he stayed in for the first 20 years of his career.

“I’d worked for a refining company when I was in engineering school on a summer internship basis, and they hired me out of school,” Hunt said. “The refining business in the in the U.S. particularly has been a challenging business, as gas production and supply has become a global business. At the time, I was working with Sunoco, and then transitioned to Sunoco’s logistics affiliate, which is how I specifically got into the liquid terminal part of the business.”

In its 43rd year, the ILTA conference and trade show is the largest industry gathering with 4,500 liquid terminal industry professionals. Participants gain a greater awareness of issues impacting terminal facilities, discover innovative approaches to improve operations and build relationships with colleagues and suppliers from around the world. Expert-driven educational sessions, networking opportunities, and the largest trade show in the industry will equip you with the tools you will need to succeed. This is the one industry event you will want to attend in 2023.

Daniel Yergin is a leading authority on energy, geopolitics, and the global economy, bestselling author, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for the 2023 Annual Operating Conference and Trade Show in Houston on May 22-24, 2023:

Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. He is Vice Chairman of S&P Global and chairman of CERAWeek, which CNBC has described as "the Super Bowl of world energy."

On December 14, ILTA hosted an Energy Transition Briefing to discuss how liquid fuels and liquids commodities would play a significant role in the transition and diversification of energy sources from fossil fuels to other fuel sources. The purpose of the briefing was to help ILTA members better understand the business and strategic relevance of the liquid storage and logistics industry’s role in long-term transition and diversification of energy sources. A copy of presentation slides is attached below.