Distribution Engineers & Distribution Integrity Management Programs Round Table

Due to the increased activity in DIMP, these two round tables will be combined in 2008.

Part of the SGA Operating Conference 2008

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July 22-24, 2008

Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel - Atlanta, GA

 

Chairmen

Distribution Engineers:

• Hans Bell, Manager Engineering Design, Nicor Inc. (HBell@NICOR.COM)
• Jim Rieske, Manager, Laclede Gas Co. (jrieske@lacledegas.com)

more about the Distribution Engineers Interest Group

 

Distribution Integrity Management Programs:

• Phillip Murdoch, Atmos Energy (Phillip.Murdock@atmosenergy.com)
• Mike Beatty, South Carolina Gas & Electric, a SCANA Company (mdbeatty@scana.com)
• Craig Hoeferlin, Laclede Gas Co. (choeferlin@lacledegas.com)
• David Cicoria, Columbia Gas of VA, a Nisource Co. (dcicoria@nisource.com)

more about the Distribution Integrity Management Programs Interest Group (DIMP)

 

Contribute to the Discussion

This is your meeting!  Weigh in with the Round Table Chairmen to offer suggested topics for discussion.

 

Discussion Outline

 

Wednesday Morning - July 23, 2008 (8:00 to 11:30)

Distribution Integrity Management

• Review of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (anticipated)
• Comparision to GPTC guidance
• Points of compliance
  1. Know your system
  2. Threats
  3. Reassess & prioritize
  4. Case study

Wednesday Afternoon - July 23, 2008 (1:30 to 2:30)

 

Excess Flow Valves - Track 1

Moderators: Phillip Murdock, Mike Beatty

• Vendor presentation
• EFV basices - implementation & sizing considerations
• Purging, record keeping
• Load increases

Damage Prevention - Track 2

Moderators: Jim Rieske, Hans Bell

• Laclede case study
• Data collection / D.I.R.T.
  1. Root cause analysis
  2. Incident investigation
  3. Performance measures
• Enforcement
• Engineering role in damage billing - gas loss calculation

 

Wednesday Afternoon - July 23, 2008 (3:00 to 4:30)

 

Distribution Integrity - General Topics - Track 1

• Texas regulatory discussion
• Couplings
• Leak survey
• Threat mitigation

Damage Prevention - General Topics - Track 2

• RP 1162
• Map and facility record policies
• CGA best practices
• Contract locators QA/QC
• Open discussion

Thursday Morning - July 24, 2008 (8:00 to 11:30)

 

Distribution Engineering Round Table

Moderator: Hans Bell

• System planning
• High rise installations
• Aging infrastructure
• Biogas
• Mapping / GIS
• SUE - Subsurface Utility Engineering

 

Conference adjourns @ 11:30

 

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Vendor Participation:

Parts of this session will be open to vendors. Please click "View Event Agenda" above for specifics.

Or check with the Chairs (listed above) for more details.

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Questions?

Mike Grubb

Southern Gas Association

mgrubb@southerngas.org

972-620-4022

 

This page updated: February 25, 2008