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Carolina Operations Round Tables

November 27-28, 2007

Greenville, SC

November 29-30, 2007

Greensboro, NC

 

2007 Round Table Chairmen

- NC meeting:  Allen Casstevens, City of Lexington

- SC meeting:  Brian Woody, Piedmont Natural Gas

This meeting is scheduled annually and is generally scheduled in November. More information for the November 2008 meeting will be posted here in the future.

 

Notes from the November 2007 Round Tables

  1. American Gas Association Plastic Pipe Data Collection: http://www.aga.org/Kc/resourcesbydiscipline/OperationsEngineering/ppdp/
  2. Operator Qualificiation. For an update from one of our Thought Leaders, go to: http://www.southerngas.org/DISTRIBUTION-OPERATIONS/OperatorQualification.htm and download, "Report to the Transmission and Distribution Operating Section Managing Committees-September 2007"
  3. DIMP. For an update on DIMP, visit the SGA DIMP Interest Group's webpage (http://www.southerngas.org/DISTRIBUTION-OPERATIONS/DistributionIntegrityManagementProgramsDIMP.htm) and download their discussion document from that page (updated in late November).
  4. Vertical mains. SGA hosted a workshop on this topic, April 2007. To access the handouts from that meeting go to: http://www.southerngas.org/ServingTheHighRiseMarket.html
  5. Business Districts. See page 19-22 of the PHMSA presentation.
  6. Leak City. There was some interest in this training facility located in Athens Alabama. More information: http://leakcityathens.com/about/testimonials.php. SGA conducts training at this facility each September.
  7. Public Awareness. For information about what the Texas Pipeline Awareness Alliance is doing to comply with RP 1162, go to: http://www.pipeline-safety.org/. Be sure to click "Listen/view media ads".  

 

Additional Notes from this Meeting

 

Continuing Education Credits

 

Notes from the November 2006 Round Tables

Registration

- $150 (includes materials, continental breakfast, breaks, reception)

- $250 non-members

- Registration will be available on this page soon.

 

 

 

 

This page updated: December 5, 2007