Government/Industry Pipeline R&D Forum
Arlington, VA
February 19-20, 2020
Agenda
Good Morning and Welcome
Alan K. Mayberry Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, DOT/PHMSA
Opening Remarks by the PHMSA Administrator
Howard "Skip" Elliott - Speech - Presentation
National Perspectives on Key Technical Challenges
Moderator: Massoud Tahamtani, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs, DOT/PHMSA
Haz. Liquid: Jeff Whitworth Manager, Reliability & Integrity, Shell Pipeline
Gas Transmission: Shahani Kariyawasam Director, Risk & Engineering Strategy, TC Energy
Gas Distribution: Katherine Boden Vice President of Gas Engineering, ConEd
LNG: Kevin Ritz Sr. Engineering Technical Specialist, Gas Engineering & Standards, BGE
Working Group Objectives and Overview
Alan K. Mayberry Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, DOT/PHMSA
Becoming a Pipeline Professional
Christopher T. Kuhman Policy Advisor, Pipeline American Petroleum Institute, & Representing Young Pipeline Professionals USA
Competitive Academic Agreement Program Student Poster Paper Session Overview
Joshua Arnold CAAP Program Manager, DOT/PHMSA
Working Groups
1. Gas Gathering Pipelines
Leader: Steve Nanney, Senior Engineer Leader: Robert Smith, Senior R&D Program Manager
- Robert Smith and Steve Nanney, DOT PHMSA - PHMSA Research, Technical and Policy Perspectives
- Dennis Jarnecke, Oren Lever and Marta Guerrero Merino, Gas Technology Institute - Research, Safety, and Integrity Perspectives for Gas Gathering Pipelines
- Christopher T. Kuhman, Pipeline American Petroleum Institute - Industry Perspective on Gas Gathering Pipeline Challenges
2. Preventing & Mitigating Geo-Forces on Pipelines & Facilities
Leader: Kurt Baraniecki, Director of Pipeline Integrity, Enbridge Pipelines
- Nathan A. Schoenkin, DOT PHMSA - PHMSA Research, Technical and Policy Perspectives
- Joe Paviglianiti, Canada Energy Regulator - Under-Matched Weld Areas Susceptible to Axial Loading
- Carrie Greaney, PRCI - PRCI Committees Update, Geo-Forces
- Khalid Farrag, GTI - Modelling Pipeline Risk from Ground Movement - Case Studies
- Mike Hill, Enbridge Pipelines - Operator Perspective on Geohazard Management and R&D Opportunities
- Pete Barlow, BGC Engineering - Engineering Consultant Perspective on Geohazard Management and R&D Opportunities
- Kurt Baraniecki, Enbridge Pipelines - Changes in Linepipe Specifications to Prevent Girth Weld Failures in Newly Constructed Pipelines
3. Automation Solutions for Integrity Management Challenges
Leader: Francois Rongere, Manager of R&D and Innovation for Gas Operations PG&E
Leader: Munendra Tomar, Manager - Pipeline Integrity Process and Technology, Kinder Morgan, Inc.
- Zhou Zhongquan (ZZ), DOT PHMSA - PHMSA Research, Technical and Policy Perspectives
- Alicia Farag, LOCUSVIEW - Steel Material Traceability
- Shannon Katcher, GTI - Automations and Improvements in Data Collection
- Gary Choquette, PRCI - Automation Solutions for Integrity Management Challenges
- Ahra Kwan, Northeast Gas Association, NYSEARCH - Automation of ILI Robotics and NDE Technology
- Bryce Brown, ROSEN - Data to Information to Decision
- Jason Skow, C-FER Technologies - Multi-Source Inspection Data Fusion
- Ernest Lever, GTI - Risk Computation Automation
- Sade Ruffin, Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy - Rapid Encapsulation of Pipelines Avoiding Intensive Replacement
4. Underground Gas Storage Facilities
Leader: Dan Noack, Vice President Operations, Plains All American Natural Gas Storage
Leader: Steve Knapp, Senior Geologist, National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
- Zaid Obeidi, DOT PHMSA - PHMSA Research, Technical and Policy Perspectives
- Kristine Wiley, Gas Technology Institute - OTD Underground Storage Collaborative: Industry Needs
- Alistair Gill, Wild Well Control - How Engineering Analysis Helps you Understand Risk
- Vincent Velasquez, Wild Well Control - Well Control Emergency Response Preparedness and how to Mitigate Well Control Incidents
- Zoe Shall, PRCI - PRCI Research Perspective
5. Liquefied Natural Gas
Leader: Brian Normoyle, Operations Compliance Manager, NiSource
Leader: Ben Tuety Technical Services Manager, Cheniere
- Thach Nguyen, DOT PHMSA - PHMSA Research, Technical and Policy Perspectives
- Rich Kooy, GTI - Overview of Current PHMSA LNG Research Projects: PSM, QRAs, and Hazard Mitigation Measures
- Jayne Huggins, Honeywell - Fire and Gas Technology, Conventional and Gas Cloud Imaging
- Jeff Baker, CB&I - LNG Tank Integrity
- David Fontenot, Cheniere Energy - Bolted Joint Integrity Programs, Standards and Application
- John Norris, Stress Engineering Services - Challenges for Assessment of Low Temperature Equipment
- Phil Suter, Blue Engineering and Consulting - Part 193 updates, Guidance Documents on Part 193 compliance, Pipe-in-Pipe Technology Options, and Release Durations for Impoundment Sump Sizing and Design Spills
Working Group Report-Outs
Moderator: Sentho White, Director, Engineering & Research Division, DOT/PHMSA
- Gas Gathering Pipelines
- Preventing & Mitigating Geo-Forces on Pipelines & Facilities
- Automation Solutions for Integrity Management Challenges
- Underground Gas Storage Facilities
- Liquefied Natural Gas
Closing Remarks/Next Steps/Adjournment
Alan K. Mayberry Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, DOT/PHMSA
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