Distribution
| Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
Management of Direct Assessment Data
8:00 a.m.
Track: Regulatory Compliance and Integrity Management
Dana Book, GE Oil & Gas, PII Pipeline Solutions
Co-Presenter: Jay Smith, GE Oil & Gas, PII Pipeline Solutions
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering
Learning Objectives:
- Learn specific strategies for collecting data at various stages of ECDA.
- Understand how to resolve accuracy requirements.
- Discover how to streamline the overall data requirements to achieve successful ECDA projects.
This presentation focuses on the data challenges faced with ECDA projects, including managing the vast amounts of file-collected data and making certain that the right amount of data are available for analysis purposes.
How LiDAR and Digital Imagery Technologies Benefit Oil and Gas Applications
8:50 a.m.
Track: New and Evolving Technology
Jennifer Whitacre, M.J. Harden Associates, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Danny Ross, M.J. Harden Associates, Inc.
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering, Exploration and Production
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an understanding of LiDAR technology.
- See how LiDAR and digital imagery are being used to support the oil and gas community.
- See what applications are currently using LiDAR and imagery and why.
As remote sensing has evolved, so has the number of applications for LiDAR and digital imagery technologies in the oil and gas industry. These technologies are helping to supplement and relieve extensive surveying efforts for field collection. This paper will discuss how these technologies can and are being used to support the oil and gas community as well as provide a better understanding of LiDAR and digital image technology, and how we see varying differences in product accuracies in the market.
Monitoring Threats—Are Your Leaks Attached to Your Pipes?
9:40 a.m.
Track: Regulatory Compliance and Integrity Management
James Stout, UGI Utilities, Inc.
Co-Presenters: Anthony Sileo, Opvantek, Inc.
Vertical Markets: Distribution
Learning Objectives:
- Learn why leak and inspection data is important for DIMP.
- Improve leak and inspection data collection processes.
- Place repairs and inspections in a GIS on the correct facility.
DIMP regulations will require distribution operators to monitor threats to the integrity of their network. Leak, repair, and pipe inspection reports contain important information about various, specific threat categories. Many operators do not have an effective process for associating leaks and inspections with the correct facility. This presentation will share recent improvements to data collection processes at UGI, as well as best practices we have developed working with several other customers.
ConEd’s One Call and PipelinePatrol Prevention and Emergency Response
10:30 a.m.
Track: Emergency Response/Damage Prevention
Jeffrey Puuri, Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how ConEd implemented their pipeline patrol and one-call application.
- Discover how those applications prevent damage and aid emergency response.
- Discuss how they're integrated with an enterprise integrity management system.
Damage prevention and emergency response related to third-party encroachments are critical to pipeline companies. With a service territory that includes Manhattan, that threat is even more amplified for Consolidated Edison Company of New York (ConEd). This presentation will show how ConEd is meeting the challenge via onecall and pipeline patrol solutions, which facilitate locating one call tickets, verifying and identifying encroachments in the field, inclusion of contingencies for emergency response, and integration of systems and workflow with the enterprise integrity management system.
Using Available Data for Predicting Operating Conditions Around Pipeline Corridors
11:20 a.m.
Track: Corridor Management
Randy Claar, James W. Sewall Company
Co-Presenters: Clarence Young, James W. Sewall Company
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering
Learning Objectives:
- Discover ways to further utilize commonly available data.
- Use trends to forecast future corridor conditions.
- Identify corridor locations likely to undergo changes.
As systems developed for managing operations, pipeline operators made significant investments in data and processes modeling current conditions near pipelines. This data shows a measure of current operating compliance. As systems mature, operators seek predictive approaches using past and current results to develop models of future conditions. This can be achieved using data commonly available to operators. This presentation will highlight some approaches that achieve this goal without significant investment in data development.
Geospatial within IT Framework
2:40 p.m.
Track: New and Evolving Technology
Sridhar Seshadri, Saltmine
Learning Objectives:
- IT framework required for innovative geospatial solutions.
- Manage information in a better way through enterprise portal.
- Take decisions that could save time, cost and have quality process in place.
Sridhar Seshadri is a Utilities and Energy Practice Head at Saltmine. Geospatial within IT framework is becoming a growing importance. With the technology such as Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Earth becoming more demanding the need for new IT framework integrating Geospatial applications is increasing. Sridhar has more than 14 years experience in Geospatial Technologies and worked with Industry leaders in GIS such as Autodesk, Bentley and ESRI through various technology relationship. At Saltmine Sridhar leverages GIS technology to empower their energy and utility practice. This paper will focus on how various new technologies can fit into IT Framework such as SAP and other Enterprise Resource Management Systems.
New Technologies for 3D Distribution Mapping
2:40 p.m.
Track: New and Evolving Technology
Richard Rybka, Topcon Positioning Systems
Co-presenter: Todd R. Porter, Geospatial Corporation
Learning Objectives:
- Status of new terrestrial and underground mapping technologies.
- How these technologies can be combined.
- Functionalities of mobile mapping for distribution management.
Merging two new technologies provides a complete subterranean and above-ground 3D view of pipelines and distribution systems. Accurate location of underground installations is obtained from mechanical probes traveling through pipes. Surface conditions along the corridor are mapped with mobile LiDAR and imagery. By merging data from these sources, the distribution operator can rapidly visualize and access all essential as-built information for modeling, deployment of repair crews, and disaster management.
DIM Risk Analysis - A Spatial Perspective
3:30 p.m.
Track: Regulatory Compliance and Integrity Management
Brett Beaver, GL Industrial Services
Copresenter: Alicia Farag, GTI
Vertical Markets: Distribution
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the key points of the pending distribution integrity regulations.
- Learn how GTI, Advantica, and gas utilities are working together to develop a distribution risk an.
- Learn how this risk analysis model will leverage GIS.
In response to the pending Distribution Integrity Management (DIM) regulations, Gas Technology Institute (GTI - the leading non-for-profit energy research and development organization), GLIS, and several gas utilities across North America are working together to develop a comprehensive, open, industry standard risk model to support natural gas operators with assessing and prioritizing the risk associated with distribution assets. The model will have a spatial component and for most utilities will reside directly within the GIS environment. This presentation will describe the work being performed by GTI and GLIS to develop the risk model and how spatial technology will play a major role in the risk analysis process.
3:30 p.m.
Track: Regualory Compliance and Integrity Management
Langley Willauer, InMaps
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering
- Learn how GPS is being applied to leak survey tracking.
- Learn how the leak survey process is being integrated with other processes.
- Look ahead to how DIMP may impact leak survey.
Local Distribution Companies are required to regularly survey their facilities for leaks. This process has been going on for decades, with many different technologies applied to detection as well as tracking surveys and recording leaks. Today, companies use work management, mobile solutions, GPS, GIS and billing systems to automate processes. This paper explores all of these elements and defines what a complete solution, using current technology, could look like.
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
Successful Implementation of an Organization-Wide Electronic Field Data Collection System—A Case Study
8:30 a.m.
Track: New and Evolving Technology
Jake Haase, Colonial Pipeline Company
Co-Presenters: Carol Westphal, Colonial Pipeline Company; Troy Walda, Global Information Systems, LLC
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering, Exploration and Production
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about successful selection of the right technology for the job.
- Implement strategy to ensure upstream and downstream buy-in.
- Discuss training and ongoing support to ensure long term success.
Successful implementation of an organization-wide field data collection system requires more than the simple deployment of a quality software solution. An organization must match its needs to the right technology, a business case must be developed to acquire upstream buy-in, a proper implementation strategy should be defined to acquire downstream acceptance, and finally an on-going support system must be emplaced to achieve long term success. This presentation will show examples of how to achieve each critical element.
Natural Gas Pipeline Emergency Response with Differential Absorption Lidar
8:30 a.m.
Track: Emergency Response/Damage Prevention
Donald Price, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Co-Presenters: Trevis Gigliotti, ITT Corporation, ANGEL services; Rulon Simmons, ITT Corporation, ANGEL services
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to quickly survey natural gas pipelines after a disaster.
- Learn what should be done before a disaster.
- Discover methods for shortening response times.
Following a disaster, such as an earthquake, gas pipeline operators need to rapidly assess the integrity of high-pressure transmission pipelines and facilities. Destruction may preclude using traditional methods of inspection. Fortunately, with ITT's Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar (ANGEL) Services, hundreds of miles of pipeline can be surveyed per day. ANGEL Services, in collaboration with PG&E, is developing new processing methods that will significantly shorten response times and provide fast delivery of results.
Urban Oil and Gas Operations using GIS and Survey Grade data
10:30 a.m.
Track: Corridor Management
Robert L. Young, Digital Mapping Services, L.P.
Learning Objectives:
- Value of accurate Survey Grade Data in regulatory matters.
- Integration of Surveying and GIS is essential.
- GIS is a very effective tool for decision making.
Urbanized drilling operations has created more value for GIS professionals as the on-going changes in municipal ordinances and other regulatory agencies are applied for compliance & permitting. This involves buffering when choosing a well site and pipeline routes in populated urbanized areas. The use of high resolution aerial data, along with Survey Grade data of boundary lines, physical improvements and other hazards that create the criteria for location of facilities saves time and money.
Integrating a Web-based Enterprise Solution for Mobile Workforce
11:20 a.m.
Track: New and Evolving Technology
Kevin Shows, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Co-Presenter: Glenn Vlass, CartoPac Field Solutions, Inc.
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering, Exploration and Production
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss how automated, Web-based solutions will optimize and reinforce business practices.
- Present real-life examples to illustrate the positve adoption by field teams.
- Learn best practices to support the data flow from field to the office and improve data accuracy.
Discuss how a business can enable a two-way connectivity between the company headquarters, satellite field offices, and roving field technicians with Web technology. Enable your workforce to collect highly accurate data, while using the most up-to-date information from the company database without timely data conversions.
Assest Management- Distribution Business
1:00 p.m.
Track: Business Process Integration
Justin Anderson, CenterPoint Energy
Vertical Markets: Distribution
Learning Objectives:
- Gain a better perspective on how CenterPoint Energy manages assets leveraging GIS.
- See how a GIS helps in reporting CenterPoint Energy gas assets to regulatory agencies.
- Discover new technology being used to predict infrastructure damage and speed up restoration.
The presenter will discuss how CenterPoint Energy's Enterprise GIS organization helps to not only manage CenterPoint Energy gas assets but also leverages new technology to improve communication when reporting to regulatory agencies, risk analysis to the gas infrastructure, and gathering better data to improve pipeline integrity. The discussion will also cover how an enterprise GIS serves as a vital technology for emergency planning and restoration.
Managing the Environmental Aspects of ROW Maintenance using a Federated GIS
1:50 p.m.
Track: Corridor Management
Chuck Leppert, Natural Resource Group, Inc.
Co-Presenters: Joe Flannery, Natural Resource Group, Inc.
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering
Learning Objectives:
- Discover ways to reduce duplication of effort and data.
- Gain an understanding of a service architecture that scales.
- See new service based technologies that simplify application development.
Ensuring that right of way (ROW) maintenance plans comply with environmental best practices is a challenge that provides many opportunities for improvement in efficiency and accuracy. Federated GIS services can be consumed and integrated with internal services to provide efficient decision support and base data for maintaining ROWs. Examples of various types of client applications using data and functionality from federated services provided across organizational and agency boundaries for decision support in ROW maintenance are provided.
GIS In a Box—A Pipeline Emergency Response Kit
2:40 p.m.
Track: Emergency Response/Damage Prevention
Robert Weddell, Marathon Oil Company
Co-Presenter: Douglas Carr, Marathon Oil Company
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering, Exploration and Production
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the value of GIS in the field during pipeline emergency.
- See a checklist of GIS equipment, software, and data for emergency responses.
- Discuss preparation of a GIS team for emergency response situations.
Explore the value of deploying GIS technology to the field during a pipeline emergency. Review the contents of a GIS tool kit used in actual emergency response situations. Discuss GIS team preparation and training as emergency responders.
New Practices and Technologies Supporting Asset Life-Cycle Management
2:40 p.m.
Track: Business Process Integration
Michael Gloven, Petro IT America
Vertical Markets: Distribution, Transmission, Gathering
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about practical uses of business process management tools.
- Discover data quality assurance methods.
- Understand considerations for selecting performance management metrics.
The successful build-out and maintenance of today's energy transportation system typically requires the coordination and collaboration of numerous stakeholders working toward common objectives, and the consideration of various standards, regulations, and industry practices that ensure "on-the-asset" activities are performed in an effective, safe, and reliable manner. This presentation focuses on a case study of new, Web-based technologies and practices supporting pipeline construction and integrity management activities. The presenter will discuss the use of role-based dash-boards for asset performance management, business process management tools for team collaboration and communication, and near real-time quality assurance methods that support improved productivity and reduced project costs.