2004 Workshop – Agenda and Speaker Presentations

11th Annual Natural Gas STAR
Implementation Workshop
Houston, TX
October 25-27, 2004

4:00 – 5:30

Online Tools Demonstration

9:00 – 9:30

Opening Remarks and Natural Gas STAR 2003/2004 Program Accomplishments

• Roger Fernandez, EPA (PDF, 24 pp., 260 KB)

9:30 – 12:00

Session 1: Partner Experiences

• Production: Greg Southworth, Shell (PDF, 12 pp., 335 KB)
• Processing: Doug Jordan, GulfTerra (PDF, 29 pp., 1.54 MB)
• Transmission I: Allison Berkowitz, NiSource (PDF, 19 pp., 1.27 MB)
• Transmission II: John Cordaway, El Paso Pipeline Group (PDF, 17 pp., 1.2 MB)

12:00 – 1:30

Awards and Recognition Luncheon

• Sponsored by American Gas Association (AGA)
• Keynote Speaker: John Richels, President, Devon Energy Corporation (PDF, 30 pp., 894 KB)

1:30 – 4:00

Session 2: Facility Optimization

• Mike Pontiff, Newfield Exploration (PDF, 8 pp., 1.97 MB)
• Milton Heath, Heath Consultants, Inc. (PDF, 30 pp., 2.66 MB)
• Shankar Ananthakrishna, Dynegy (PDF, 25 pp., 872 KB)

4:00 – 5:00

Session 3: Dehydration Technologies

• Forrest Heath, Engineered Concepts (PDF, 40 pp., 838 KB)
• Don Anderson, Western Gas Resources, Inc. (PDF, 21 pp., 586 KB)

9:00 – 10:00

Session 4: International Issues

• Methane to Markets Initiative, Roger Fernandez, U.S. EPA (PDF, 24 pp., 259 KB)
• Ukraine Success Story, Olena Mandra, CherkassyTransgaz (PDF, 22 pp., 3.45 MB)

10:00 – 10:30

Session 5: Rates Revision

• Roger Cooper, American Gas Association (PDF, 17 pp., 236 KB)

10:30 – 11:30

Session 6: Vapor Recovery

• Brian Boyer, COMM Engineering (PDF, 17 pp., 459 KB)
• Larry Richards, Hy-Bon Engineering (PDF, 41 pp., 8.09 MB)

11:30 – 12:00

Session 7: Technology Verification

• Greenhouse Gas ETV Center, Tim Hansen, Southern Research Institute (PDF, 25 pp., 2.04 MB)

12:00 – 12:15

Closing Remarks - EPA

12:15

Adjourn