The Natural Gas Processors Suppliers Association is an

organization of companies with specialized knowledge of and

interest in the supply and service needs of the natural gas processing
industry. One of its historical and principal contributions to the
industry is to provide cooperative, organized diversion at meetings
of the Natural Gas Processors Association.
This activity eliminates the competitive expensive, and
distracting entertainment by individual companies, which is
common to many industry meetings. The organization operates
under rigid rules to assure an atmosphere conducive to productive
technical meetings of the NGPA; these rules also assure equal
opportunity to all supply and service companies in contacting
customer personnel at NGPA meetings.
A second major service to the gas processing and related
process industries is embodied in the Engineering Data Book, which
was first published in 1935. Over 150,000 copies of prior editions
have been used throughout the world by engineers, operating
personnel, and students. Over 90% of these have been distributed
free Of charge by NGPSA member companies as a service to their
customer-clients.
The first edition contained much advertising and a little
technical information. In subsequent editions, technical and design
information was expanded to