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Gas Control Roundtable

July 19-21, 2010

Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel - Houston, Texas

Part of the SGA Operating Conference

Click this link to register and to view the over-all conference agenda.

Chairs

Pat Baker, Chief Gas Controller, ONEOK
Terry Shuck, Pressure Control Manager, Atmos Energy

2010 Roundtable Information

The planning process for the 2010 roundtable will begin in March. Check back here for more information in the near future.

Help shape the disucssion! Share your ideas for topics with either of the roundtable co-chairs.

Future Locations

Operating Conference - July 12-14, 2011: Jacksonville FL (Hyatt Hotel)
Operating Conference - July 2012: Ft. Worth TX (Omni Hotel)

The information below is from the 2009 program. More details for the 2010 program will be available here starting early 2010.

Handouts

Final roster
Agenda
Control Room Management-Moore
Cirdadian Technologies Presentation
Evaluation summary - see what attendees said about this meeting

Associate Member Participation

Tuesday morning - gas company attendees only
Tuesday afternoon - gas company attendees only (due to the large volume of registrations for this roundtable, we have to limit the tour to gas company attendees only)
Wednesday morning - gas company and vendor participation is welcome. Attend this session to get an update on the CRM rulemaking.

Chairmen - 2009

Wayne Rutledge, AGL Resources (wrutledg@aglresources.com)
Pat Baker, ONEOK Gas Transmission (pbaker@oneok.com)

Following this roundtable is a Control Room Management project meeting (see details towards the bottom of: http://www.southerngas.org/OPERATIONS/GasControl.php). Make plans to attend both the roundtable and this CRM project meeting.

Contribute to the Discussion

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

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Round Table Session – 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Discussion Outline

CRM Progress Update

Provide brief update on the progress made by the CRM working group that met in Nashville on May 11th and 12th

Points of interest for Gas Control roundtable meeting agenda relating to specific points within CRM regulation

Managing Fatigue
Alarm Management
Control Room Layout
Managing Distractions (Control Room Access)

Staffing Levels
Alarm Load
Calls
Shift Schedule
Levels are unique to company’s operations

Gas Control Tour – 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

TransCanada Control Center
Presentation will be given on site by the group that designed TransCanada’s control center
717 Texas Street; Houston - 26th floor

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Round Table Session – 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Circadian Presentation: "Recognizing the Signs of Fatigue" – 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Todd Dawson, Vice President - Circadian Technologies, Inc.

Industry Participation – 9:00 AM to 10:00

How do we as an industry group work together to minimize cost particularly for smaller shops with limited resources
Common Tools, Processes, Etc. that can be developed in collaboration by the industry group and shared amongst SGA / AGA members to help reduce cost.

CRM Update Daron Moore – 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

Closing Comments – 11:15 AM to 11:30 AM

Meeting Adjourns – 11:30 AM

Program note:

The CRM Working Group meeting takes place immediately following this roundtable. We anticipate many of the people attending this roundtable will also choose to attend that working group meeting.

The discussion in that working group meeting will focus on the upcoming CRM rule. The chairs for this roundtable are working to develop the roundtable discussion such that it compliments the discussions that will take place during the working group meeting.