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15th Annual Natural Gas STAR Implementation Workshop

San Antonio, TX - November 11-13, 2008

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Tuesday, November 11

8:00am – 4:00pm	Field Trip Site Visit (Option 1 - Processing) – DCP Midstream's Wilcox Processing Plant
8:00am – 4:00pm	Field Trip Site Visit (Option 2 - Production) – Pioneer's Pawnee Plant and Production Wells
6:00 – 8:00pm	Registration & Opening Reception

Wednesday, November 12

8:00 – 8:30am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00am	Welcome & Opening Remarks Jerome Blackman, US EPA – Natural Gas STAR Program (PDF) (23 pp, 528K)
9:00am – 12:30pm	Session: Greenhouse Gas Management Programs and Strategies
9:00 – 10:00am	Keynote Speaker Dina Kruger, Director – Climate Change Division US EPA (PDF) (21 pp, 251K)
10:00 – 10:30am	Break
10:30 – 11:00am	Greenhouse Gas Awareness Programs Cindy Allen, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) (PDF) (21 pp, 952K)
11:00 – 11:30am	An International Company's Approach to GHG Management Systems A.B. Chakraborty, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) (PDF) (22 pp, 542K)
11:30am – 12:00pm	Methane Emission Reduction Project Identification Tool Michael Layer, Natural Resources Canada (PDF) (31 pp, 983K)
12:00 – 12:30pm	El Paso's Road to Being a Climate Action Leader Tom Hutchins, El Paso Corporation (PDF) (18 pp, 394K)
12:30 – 1:15pm	Lunch Presentation in Memorium: James "Bubba" Frederick (PDF) (5 pp, 260K)
1:15 – 2:15pm	Award Ceremony & Photos Suzie Waltzer, USA EPA – Natural Gas STAR Program View Natural Gas STAR Award Winners
2:15 – 5:00pm	Concurrent Technology Sessions: Presentations on Partner Reported Opportunities, Best Management Practices & Lessons Learned
2:15 – 5:00pm	Production Concurrent Session Methane Savings from Vapor Recovery Units – Clyde Finch, Citation Oil and Gas Corporation (PDF) (24 pp, 3.5MB) Brian Woodard, Devon Energy (PDF) (28 pp, 1.2MB) Reduced Emission Completion Options for Low Pressure Gas Well – Reid Smith, BP (PDF) (8 pp, 524K) Break Solar Powered Pumps – Daniel Moreno, BP (PDF) (24 pp, 2.6MB) Offshore Methane Emission Reduction Opportunities – Phil Miller, Chevron (PDF) (24 pp, 1.8MB) Partner Experience: Equatorial Guinea – Paula Bremer, Marathon Oil Company (PDF) (16 pp, 829K)
2:15 – 5:00pm	Processing Concurrent Session Acid Gas Recovery – Don Robinson, ICF International (PDF) (25 pp, 423K) Processor Best Methane Emission Reduction Practices – David Picard, Clearstone Engineering (PDF) (22 pp, 187K) Break Centrifugal Compressor Seals – Martha Palomino and Fernando Juarez, PEMEX (PDF) (24 pp, 1MB) Compressor Controls: Automated Air-Fuel Ratio – Milos Krnjaja, BP (PDF) (28 pp, 1.5MB) Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Leak Detection – Brady Dodson, Enbridge Energy Partners, LP (PDF) (5 pp, 26K) Bud McCorkle, Leak Surveys, Inc. (PDF) (10 pp, 472K)
2:15 – 5:00pm	Transmission and Distribution Concurrent Session Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs – Rick Kottemann, Laclede Gas Co. (PDF) (11 pp, 80K) Cherkasytransgaz Leak Inspection and Repair Activities at Gas Transmission Systems – Olena Mandra and Natalia Kovakivska, Cherkasytransgaz (EXE) (4.5MB) Break Pipeline Rehabilitation – Cast Iron Joint Sealing Robot (CISBOT) – William Papp, Consolidated Edison of New York (PDF) (15 pp, 1.1MB) Pipeline Pumpdown Techniques – Mike Callegari, Williams Gas Pipeline Fugitive Emissions Inventory – Rick Loveless, Northern Natural Gas (PDF) (23 pp, 1.1MB)
5:00 – 5:15pm	Conclusion of Day One Session
5:30 – 8:00pm	Reception and Barbeque Dinner

Thursday, November 13

8:30 – 9:00am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15am	Opening Remarks
9:15 – 11:45am	Leak Detection and Measurement Technology Session Moderated by Don Robinson, ICF International
9:30 – 10:45am	Aerial Leak Detection Technologies James Charles Morehead, West Texas Gas (PDF) (5 pp, 15K) Rusty Jennett, LaSen, Inc. (PDF) (6 pp, 124K) Bob Berry, DCP Midstream (PDF) (7 pp, 301K) John Cordaway, El Paso (PDF) (11 pp, 2.8MB) Dwight Greenlee, ITT (PDF) (24 pp, 3.2MB) Ground-based Leak Detection Technologies Scott Mason, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. (PDF) (10 pp, 273K)
10:45 – 11:00am	Break
11:00 – 11:45am	Alternative Leak Detection Technologies: GOSAT Professor Gen Inoue, Nagoya University – Japan (PDF) (22 pp, 1.1MB) Dr. Kazuhiko O'hashi, Nippon Steel Corporation Leak Measurement Techniques Oleg Talikov, Uglemetan (PDF) (14 pp, 724K)
11:45am – 12:00pm	Break – pick up lunch buffet in room
12:00 – 2:00pm	Carbon Credits and Finance Session Moderated by Meredydd Evans, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
12:00 – 2:00pm	Panel Discussion Michael Cote, Ruby Canyon Engineering (PDF) (10 pp, 149K) John Savage, Verdeo Group (PDF) (9 pp, 1.4MB) Neil Cohn, Macquarie Bank Limited (PDF) (9 pp, 840K) Brian Jones, M.J. Bradley and Associates (PDF) (12 pp, 320K) Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, World Bank (PDF) (7 pp, 140K) Questions and Answers
2:00pm	Adjourn

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