Pipeline Safety – Moving Forward, Holding Steady,
or Slipping Back?
Hotel Monteleone | New Orleans, Louisiana | November 2-3, 2017
DAY ONE – Thursday, November 2
8:45 – 9:00Welcoming Comments – Queen Anne Ballroom
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
9:00 – 9:30Opening Address – Is Change Needed to Enable a Clean, Safe and Secure Energy Future? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Brenda Kenny, Member, Expert Panel on the Modernization of the National Energy Board
9:30 – 10:15General Session – Overview of recent and pending changes that will affect pipeline safetyQueen Anne Ballroom
Alan Mayberry, Associate Administrator of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
David Murk, Pipeline Manager, American Petroleum Institute
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
10:30 – 10:45Break
10:45 – 12:00Breakout Sessions
New Data, New Metrics – Will Any Of It Be Helpful? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Opening Comments – Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Blaine Keener, Director, Operations System Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Barb van Noord, Vice President, System Operations, National Energy Board of Canada
Katherine Murphy, Project Manager, Data Visualization, National Energy Board of Canada
Katherine Murphy – Tableau Charts software demonstration
10:45 – 12:00Internal Corrosion – The Major Cause of Significant Incidents – What’s Being Done? – Royal Salon
Kenneth Lee, Director, Engineering and Research Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Tony Rizk, Vice President, Operations & Engineering, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
Steve Ernst, Integrity Management Services Supervisor, Marathon Pipe Line
12:00 – 1:15Lunch- Royal Room
1:15 – 1:35Keynote – Drue Pearce, Deputy Administrator, PHMSA – Queen Anne Ballroom
1:35 – 1:45Fun With Data – Are we driven by data, or is data driving us nuts? – Queen Anne Ballroom
1:45 – 3:00Breakout Sessions
Communicating Pipeline Risks to Public Audiences – Queen Anne Ballroom
Sara Gosman, Vice President, Pipeline Safety Trust
Dr. Matt Babcock, Principal, Wider Lens Research LLC
Dr. Christie Murray, Director of Outreach and Engagement, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Terri Larson, Principal, Larson Communications & Consulting, and Chair, API RP 1162 Task Group
Carl Weimer, Elected Member, Whatcom County Council
1:45 – 3:00Third-Party Excavation Damage – The Major Cause Of Deaths And Injuries – What’s Being Done? – Royal Salon
Sarah Magruder Lyle, President & CEO, Common Ground Alliance
Dave Mulligan, Community Liaison, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Eric Swartley, Senior Manager, Pipeline and Public Safety, UGI Utilities, Inc.
3:00 – 3:15Break
3:15 – 4:30Breakout Sessions – Beyond Engineering and Economics: Pipelines and Culture
Queen Anne Ballroom
Kairn Klieman, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Houston
3:15 – 4:30Preventing Failures – Are Smart Pigs Smart Enough? – Royal Salon
Kenneth Lee, Director, Engineering and Research Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
Geoff Foreman, Senior ILI Technology Advisor, GE
Dave Chittick, Director of Pipeline Integrity, TransCanada
5:30 – 7:00Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors’ Reception for Attendees – Royal Room
DAY TWO – Friday, November 3
8:00 – 9:30Breakfast Buffet available Queen Anne Parlor
8:45 – 9:00Welcome
Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
Food For Thought Session – Speaking past each other – You think probability, I think consequence
Speaking past each other – You think probability, I think consequence
9:00 – 9:30Keynote – Queen Anne Ballroom
Beyond Dakota Access Pipeline: Why the Energy Industry Should Embrace Tribal Consultation
9:30 – 10:45General Sessions
Pipelines In Indian Country: Issues of Jurisdiction, Ownership, Compliance, and Communication – Queen Anne Ballroom
Peter Ortego, Chief Counsel, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Ernest House Jr, Executive Director, Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs
David Smith, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
10:45 – 11:15Food For Thought Session – Hearing From Those Impacted By Pipeline Failures
Mr. Jim Toye, City Manager, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Movie Trailer – BROKE The Santa Barbara Oil Pipeline Spill of 2015
11:15 – 11:30Break
11:30 – 12:45Breakout Sessions
Safety Management Systems – Does Implementation Change Behavior or Performance? – Queen Anne Ballroom
Introduction – Bruce Brabec, Treasurer, Pipeline Safety Trust
Shawn Lyon, Vice President, Operations, Marathon Pipe Line LLC
11:30 – 12:45School Pipeline Safety Programs – Royal Salon
Dr. Linda Knight, Education Director, Enterprise for Education’s Safe at Home program
Jeff Farrells, Executive Director, Pipeline Association for Public Awareness