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Twenty Years After the Bellingham Tragedy –
What’s Changed, Are We Safer?

Hotel Monteleone | New Orleans, Louisiana | November 7-8, 2019

 

DAY ONE — Thursday, November 7
8:30 – 9:00 Welcoming Comments

  •  Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
    slide presentation (pdf)
Queen Anne Ballroom
9:00 – 9:30 Opening Address — Howard “Skip” Elliott – PHMSA Administrator Queen Anne Ballroom
9:30 – 10:15 Food For Thought – Clearly There is Still Much Safety Work Left To Do

  •  Dan Rivera, Mayor, Lawrence, Massachusetts
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Roger Evans, Senior Pipeline Accident Investigator, National Transportation Safety Board
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Q & A
Queen Anne Ballroom
10:15 – 10:30 Break Queen Anne Parlor
10:30 – 10:45 Food For Thought – What does the data tell us about “safer”

  •  Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
    slide presentation (pdf)
Queen Anne Ballroom
10:45 – 12:00 The Last Big Thing – Integrity Management. Has It Lived Up To The Promise?

  •  Alan Mayberry, Associate Administrator, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  C.J. Osman, Director of Operations, Safety, and Integrity, INGAA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Steve Ernst, Integrity Engineering Manager, Marathon Pipe Line, LLC
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Mobeen Khan, Director, Systems Enhancement, New Jersey Natural Gas Company
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Q & A
Queen Anne Ballroom
10:45 – 12:00 Pipeline Safety in a Time of Energy Transition –

  •  Dr. Jeffrey Insko, Associate Professor of American Literature, Oakland University
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Dr. Kai A. Bosworth, Assist. Professor, School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Dr. Stacey Balkan, Assist. Professor, Environmental Literature & Humanities, Florida Atlantic Univ.
    slide presentation (pdf)
Queen Anne B
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch Royal Room
1:15 ­– 1:45 Food For Thought – Clearly There is Still Much Safety Work Left To Do

  •  Don Gilliam, Director, Lincoln County Kentucky Emergency Management & Trish O’Quin, Deputy Director, Lincoln County Kentucky Emergency Management
Queen Anne Ballroom
1:45 – 3:00 Have Major New Non-Regulatory Initiatives in the Past 20 years Improved Safety?

  •  Dr. Christie Murray, Director of Outreach & Engagement, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Mojgan Karimi, Mgr of Integrity First Implementation, Canadian Energy Pipeline Assoc.
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Luke Litteken, Sr Vice President of Gas, Xcel Energy Inc.
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Nancy Conder, Director SMS and Quality, CenterPoint Energy
    slide presentation (pdf)
Queen Anne Ballroom
1:45 – 3:00 What’s new in this Year’s Congressional Reauthorization bills?

  •  Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  John Stoody, Vice President, Government & Public Relations, Association of Oil Pipe Lines
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Christina Sames, Vice President, Operations and Engineering, American Gas Association
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Jim Gordon, Manager, Federal Government Relations & Policy, TC Energy
    slide presentation (pdf)
Queen Anne B
3:00 – 3:15 Break Queen Anne Parlor
3:15 – 4:30 Applying Gas Leak Detection Data Analytics to Risk Modeling and Assessment

  • Joe von Fischer, Professor of Biology, Colorado State University
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Aaron Van Pelt, V.P. of Product Strategy, Picarro, Inc.
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Andrew Argeski, Manager, Gas Planning & Design, PSE&G (NJ gas utility)
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Brien Sheahan, Commissioner (and past Chair), Illinois Commerce Commission
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Q & A
Queen Anne Ballroom
3:15 – 4:30 Have Technology Advances Over the Past 20 Years Improved Safety?

  • Max Kieba, Engineer, Engineering & Research Division, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Grant Coleman, Vice President of Technology, Enduro Pipeline Services
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Matt Romney, Senior Product Manager, T.D. Williamson
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Jeff Sutherland, Products Portfolio Leader, Process and Pipeline Services, Baker Hughes
  • Christopher De Leon, Head of Integrity Solutions, ROSEN Group
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Tim Clarke, Senior Integrity Consultant, Boardwalk Pipelines
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Q & A
Queen Anne B
5:30 – 7:00 Pipeline Safety Trust Board of Directors’ Reception for Attendees

And – INGAA ILI (Smart Pigs) Technology Showcase

Royal Room
DAY TWO — Friday, November 8
8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast Buffet available Queen Anne Parlor
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome – Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
slide presentation (pdf)
Queen Anne Ballroom
8:45 – 9:15 Keynote – Jim Hall, Former NTSB Chairman – Twenty Years Later Queen Anne Ballroom
9:15 – 10:30 The Next Big Thing? – Gathering Lines

  • Aaron Martinez, Marathon Petroleum & Committee Chair, API RP 1182 Large Diameter Gathering Lines
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Mary Friend, Director, Pipeline Safety, West Virginia Public Service Commission
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Sara Gosman, Pipeline Safety Trust Board President and GPAC Member
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • John Gale, Director, Office of Standards & Rulemaking, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Q & A
Queen Anne Ballroom
9:15 – 10:30 Have Major Data and Transparency Initiatives Since Bellingham Improved Safety?

  •  Massoud Tahamtani, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  David Murk, Pipeline Manager, American Petroleum Institute
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Christina Sames, Vice President of Operations and Engineering, American Gas Association
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Graham Emmerson, Chair, CSA Z260 Technical Committee
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Q & A
Queen Anne B
10:30 – 10:45 Break Queen Anne Parlor
10:45 – 12:00 Engaging the Public – Do People Really Want to Engage With People With Differing Views?

  •  Dr. Christie Murray, Director of Outreach & Engagement, Office of Pipeline Safety,  PHMSA
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Kandilarya (Kandi) Barakat , Project Manager, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Chuck Lesniak, Principal, CL3 Consulting
    slide presentation (pdf)
  •  Shawn Lyon, President, Marathon Pipe Line LLC
    slide presentation (pdf)
  • Q & A
Queen Anne Ballroom
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch On your own
1:30 – 3:00 A Roundtable Discussion – 20 Years After Bellingham, Are We Really Safer?
Is Safety Really the Priority?
Queen Anne Ballroom

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