Start Date
December 2018

Background
This sub-committee has been initiated to:

• Provide a more streamlined path to obtaining samples from CCQTA member companies for CCQTA project work.
  
• Provide guidance to members and industry regarding sampling best practices.
  
• Provide advice to members and industry on sampling practices that are best fit for their testing application.
  
• Sub-committee meetings will be held to coincide with quarterly project meetings. This sub-committee meeting will be scheduled as the last meeting of the week to allow discussion of any sampling needs that may have developed during the course of the project meetings.
  

• Sub-Committee had its first meeting in December 2018.
  
• Currently have authorizations from: Suncor, Flint Hills, Gibson. These three authorizations cover the bulk of the products requested by projects. Authorizations are valid to February 2025.
  

• Current Sampling Projects:
  — PUB project is waiting for delivery of PUB4.
  — Crude Oil Compatibility project will be seeking samples for use in the ASTM D8253 ILS.