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2005 Workshop – Agenda and Speaker Presentations

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12th Annual Natural Gas STAR
Implementation Workshop
Houston, TX
October 24-26, 2005

Monday, October 24

5:00 – 6:30	Open Registration (Champions III)
6:00 – 7:30	Welcome Reception (Champions III) — Sponsored by Western Gas Resources, Inc.

Tuesday, October 25

7:30 – 8:30	Breakfast & Open Registration - Sponsored by Solar Injection Systems & ITT Industries Network with Exhibitors & Learn About Their Technologies & Practices
8:30 – 9:00	Welcome & Opening Remarks Roger Fernandez, Natural Gas STAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9:00 – 10:30	Plenary Session: Highlighting Natural Gas STAR Partners Moderator: Carey Bylin, Natural Gas STAR Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
	Welcome New Partners and Endorsers (Roger Fernandez, Natural Gas STAR Program, PDF, 19 pp., 686 KB) Focus on Leadership - Partner Highlights (Carey Bylin, Natural Gas STAR Program, PDF, 14 pp., 1,310 KB) International Production and Processing (Krish Ravishankar, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, PDF, 9 pp., 344 KB) Implementation of the Natural Gas STAR Program at Kinder Morgan (Thomas Bach, Kinder Morgan, Inc., PDF, 11 pp., 707 KB) Devon Energy Partner Experience in Methane Emissions Mitigation (Ron Truelove, Devon Energy Corporation, PDF, 25 pp., 743 KB)
10:30 – 11:30	Break: Network with Exhibitors – Sponsored by the American Gas Association
11:00 – 12:30	Plenary Session: Environmental, Policy & Market Issues Partner Moderator: Mitch Masterson, Apache Corporation
	Building Management Support for Natural Gas STAR (Joel Howard, Marathon Oil Company, PDF, 9 pp., 467 KB) Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership: Challenges and Accomplishments (Bent R. Svensson, The World Bank Group, PDF, 19 pp., 1,050 KB) Capacity of New Technology to Support Better Stewardship and Waste Reduction (Don Dutlinger, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, PDF, 31 pp., 1,610 KB) Winter Gas Crisis Efficiency Programs Help (Peter Turnbull, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PDF, 11 pp., 271 KB)
12:30 – 2:30	Awards Luncheon: Presentation of Natural Gas STAR Partner Awards (Champions III and V) – Sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute Moderator: Roger Fernandez, Natural Gas STAR Program Keynote Speaker: John Morgan, President – Western Hemisphere, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation (PDF, 20 pp., 2,020 KB)
2:30 – 5:00	Concurrent Sessions: Presentations on Partner Reported Opportunities, Best Management Practices & Lessons Learned
	Production/Processing Session Partner Moderator: Jeff Ross, Duke Energy Field Services
	Directed Inspection and Maintenance at Selected Processing Facilities (James "Bubba" Frederick, Chevron/Unocal Corporation, PDF, 19 pp., 499 KB & Shankar Ananthakrishna, Dynegy Midstream Services, PDF, 21 pp., 2,130 KB) Reducing Methane Emissions with Microturbines (Stephen Frantz, BP, PDF, 13 pp., 953 KB) MMS GOADS and Offshore Methane Emissions (Mike Pontiff, Newfield Exploration Company, PDF, 11 pp., 118 KB)
	Break: Network with Exhibitors — Sponsored by the American Gas Association Partner Moderator: Greg Southworth, Shell Exploration & Production Company
	Cost-Effective Methane Emissions Reductions for Small and Midsize Natural Gas Producers (Don Robinson, ICF Consulting, PDF, 15 pp., 691 KB) Optimize Gas Well Unloading Time (PRO) (Reid Smith, BP, PDF, 8 pp., 391 KB) Natural Gas STAR Online BMP Management System (Brian Boyer, COMM Engineering & Dr. Gerry Knap, Louisiana State University, PDF, 23 pp., 2,510 KB)
	Transmission/Distribution Session Partner Moderator: Ruth Jensen, Northern Plains Natural Gas Company
	Optical Imaging to Detect Gas Leaks in Gas Gathering and Transmission Pipeline (Brady Dodson, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., PDF, 15 pp., 868 KB) Low Cost Solutions for Emissions Reduction in Transmission (John Cordaway, El Paso Pipeline Group, PDF, 16 pp., 2,100 KB) Detection and Measurement of Fugitive Emissions Using Airborne Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) (Dan Brake, ITT Industries ANGEL Service, PDF, 19 pp., 2,210 KB)
	Break: Network with Exhibitors Partner Moderator: Steve Moore, Aquila, Inc.
	Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories and the Natural Gas STAR Program (Lillian Woolley, DTE Energy, PDF, 21 pp., 3,460 KB) Gas Savings Through Pipeline Pump Down Techniques (Tony Segura & Scott Lange, Duke Energy Gas Transmission & Keith Paul, Reserve Equipment, PDF, 13 pp., 2,040 KB) Northern Natural Gas at the Forefront of New Technology (Rick Loveless, Northern Natural Gas,, PDF, 34 pp., 2,400 KB)
5:30 – 7:00	TexMex Barbeque Reception (Champions III) – Sponsored by BP

Wednesday, October 26

7:30 – 8:30	Breakfast & Open Registration Network with Exhibitors & Learn About Their Technologies & Practices
8:30 – 8:45	Opening Remarks
8:45 – 10:15	Cross Fire: Growing the Natural Gas STAR Program in Your Company – Join us for an intense look into award-winning strategies for cost-effectively reducing methane emissions. Facilitators: Roger Fernandez & Carey Bylin, Natural Gas STAR Program
	Panelists: Mike Pontiff, Newfield Exploration Company Steve O'Connell, Devon Energy Corporation Brady Dodson, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. Lillian Woolley, DTE Energy Rick Loveless, Northern Natural Gas
10:15 – 10:45	Q & A: Workshop Participants
10:45	Closing Remarks & Adjournment
11:00 – 5:00	Producers Technology Transfer Workshop Marathon Oil Company Headquarters

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