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Workshops/Conferences
14th Annual Natural Gas STAR
Implementation Workshop
Houston, TX
October 22-24, 2007 |
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Monday, October 22
6:00 – 7:30pm |
Registration and Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, October 23
8:00 – 9:00am |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:30am |
Welcome/Opening Remarks—2006/2007 Gas STAR Accomplishments
Suzie Waltzer, Natural Gas STAR Program, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (PDF, 22 pp., 682 KB) |
9:30 – 12:00pm |
Session: Greenhouse Gas Management Programs and Strategies
Moderated by Suzie Waltzer, Natural Gas STAR Program, EPA |
9:30 – 10:00am |
Keynote Speaker: Climate Policy Update
Janet Peace, Pew Center on Global Climate Change (PDF, 28 pp., 1.3 MB) |
10:00 – 10:30am |
Oxy Operational Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Krish Ravishankar and Luis de Angulo, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation (PDF, 27 pp., 3.2 MB)
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10:30 – 11:00am |
Break
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11:00 – 11:30am |
El Paso California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) Climate Action Leadership Initiative
Fiji George, El Paso Corporation; Katarzyna Chruscik and Naomi Cortez, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (PDF, 16 pp., 538 KB) |
11:30 – 12:00pm |
Air Contaminants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking in Canada
Hasan Imran, TransCanada (PDF, 22 pp., 895 KB) |
12:15 – 2:00pm |
Awards Luncheon and Presentation
Jerome Blackman, Natural Gas STAR Program, EPA
View Natural Gas STAR Award Winners
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2:00 – 4:45pm |
Concurrent Sessions: Presentations on Partner Reported Opportunities, Best Management Practices & Lessons Learned |
2:00 – 4:45pm |
Production Concurrent Session
Moderated by Karin Ritter, American Petroleum Institute (API)
- Well Completion Optimization - Philip Snider, Marathon Oil Company (PDF, 21 pp., 1.1 MB)
- Low Emission Wellsites - Nikhil Shenoi, BP
- Break
- Vapor Recovery Tower - Lori Maldonado, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (PDF, 10 pp., 404 KB)
- Smart Automation Hardware/Software - Skip Desaulniers, BP (PDF, 18 pp., 3.3 MB)
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2:00 – 4:45pm |
Processing Concurrent Session
Moderated by Johnny Dreyer, Gas Processors Association
- Methane Savings through Efficiency - Bob Berry, DCP Midstream (PDF, 13 pp., 191 KB)
- Oxy Acid Gas Removal/Molecular Gate Technology - Mark Shemaria, Occidental Oil & Gas Tidelands and Michael Mitariten, Guild Associates, Inc. (PDF, 27 pp., 2.8 MB)
- Break
- PetroCanada Experience using REMvue Slipstream - Phil Croteau, PetroCanada (PDF, 47 pp., 1.3 MB)
- Methane Reduction from Natural Gas Dehydration - Scott Mason, EnCana (PDF, 14 pp., 636 KB)
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2:00 – 4:45pm |
Transmission and Distribution Concurrent Session
Moderated by Lillian Woolley, DTE Energy
- Reduce Distribution Pipeline Leaks - Anthony Mancino, Consolidated Edison Company of New York (PDF, 28 pp., 1.0 MB)
- California Public Utility Commission Initiatives on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Incentives: Update - Keith Reed, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) (PDF, 34 pp., 816 KB)
- Break
- Zero Emission Compressor Seals using Ejector - Hasan Imran, TransCanada (PDF, 32 pp., 1.5 MB)
- Direct Emission Measurement Results of Cast Iron Pipes - Lillian Woolley, DTE Energy (PDF, 21 pp., 322 KB)
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4:45 – 5:00pm |
Conclusion of Day 1
Suzie Waltzer, EPA |
6:00 – 7:00pm |
BBQ Dinner |
Wednesday, October 24
8:00 – 8:30am |
Coffee/Networking |
8:30am |
Opening
Carey Bylin, Natural Gas STAR Program, EPA |
8:30 – 9:00am |
Keynote Speaker: Shell's Membership in the United States Climate Action Partnership
Judith Moorad, Shell Oil Company |
9:00 – 11:30am |
Session: Advanced Technologies and Practices to Detect Leaks
Moderated by Wayne Sadik, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
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9:00 – 9:30am |
Remote Sensing Technologies—Overview and New Developments
Wayne Sadik, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
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9:30 – 10:00am |
Conoco Phillips Directed Inspection and Maintenance (DI&M) Implementation
Roxanne Pettipas, ConocoPhillips (PDF, 19 pp., 315 KB) |
10:00 – 10:30am |
Break |
10:30 – 11:00am |
Optical Imaging Quantification Development
John Cordaway and Butch Gidney, El Paso Corporation (PDF, 19 pp., 470 KB) |
11:00 – 11:30am |
Panel Discussion: Remote Sensing Leak Detection
Daniel Brake, ITT
Larry Richards, HyBon
Bud McCorkle, Leak Surveys, Inc.
Milton Heath, Heath Consultants
Winston Johnson, LaSen Inc. |
11:30am |
Conclude Workshop
Suzie Waltzer, EPA |
11:40 – 5:00pm |
Field Trip to Kinder Morgan's Midcon Texas Pipeline Corporation Sugarland Compression Station |
11:45 – 1:30pm |
Departure/Box Lunch
Overview of Field Trip and Onsite Safety Briefing
Brad Stevener, Kinder Morgan |
1:30 – 4:30pm |
On-site Tour |
5:00pm |
Return to Hyatt Regency Houston Hotel |
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