API Opens Call for Abstracts for 2026 Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit

The American Petroleum Institute (API) invites subject matter experts, industry professionals, researchers, and practitioners to submit abstracts for the 2026 Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit.

The 2026 Summit will explore the theme Maintaining Asset Integrity in the Evolving Energy Industry, focusing on how companies are adapting to changing energy landscapes while ensuring the safety, reliability, and performance of critical assets. We welcome abstracts that reflect innovation, address emerging challenges, and highlight evolving practices aligned with this theme.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is Monday, August 18, 2025.

The Summit features four Industry Divisions and a Multi-Sector Division (applicable to all sectors) that run concurrently. Each day will offer technical sessions that span various areas of the oil, gas, chemical, and petrochemical industries. Therefore, each Division is further organized into three core tracks (as shown below). In addition, three focused tracks are utilized to address specific topics (as shown below). The Summit’s main program for all sessions, including panels, runs Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Individual presentation sessions will be 35 minutes in length, which includes time for Q&A at the end. Training day sessions will be held on Monday.

Division Oil, Gas, Chemical, and Petrochemical Industry Sectors Covered:

• Upstream (Drilling, Sub Sea, Production Systems)
• Midstream (Pipelines, Terminals, Tankage, Transportation)
• Downstream (Refining infrastructure and processes, Storage, Renewable fuels)
• Petrochemical (Olefins, Fertilizer, Specialty Chemicals, SynGas)
• Multi-Sector (Presentation topic applies to more than one (1) division)

Core Tracks:

• Inspection/NDE/Monitoring
• Metallurgy/Corrosion
• Engineering & Asset Integrity Management

Focused Tracks:

• Digital Transformation
• Storage Tanks
• SynGas
• Unmanned Inspection Systems