Right of Way Round Table
Part of the SGA Operating Conference
- July 22-24, 2008
- Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel - Atlanta GA
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- Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel - Houston TX
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Handouts
Roster
Agenda
Agenda / Discussion Outline - 2008
Wednesday (9 to 11:30)
Workforce Planning (9 to 10:30)
- Finding quality people
- Transfer of knowledge
- Retaining 3rd party contractors
- Are contracts binding?
- Retaining clauses
- Recruiting
- Head hunters more active
Training
- How do contractors train their agents?
- The need to partner
Introduction for Aerial Coalition Technologies - Presentation (10:30 to 11:30)
This collaborative presentation is designed to showcase the state-of-the-art utility patrol services offered by Aerial Coalition Technologies, which utilizes FLIR’s new Ultra 8000e fugitive emissions detection system and the Red Hen Systems’ digital geospatial video management sDVR.
Presenters:
- Gary Luebs – Owner and Chief Pilot, Aerial Coalition Technologies, LLC
- Hoot Gibson – Marketing Manager for Red Hen Systems, Inc.
- Ed Jones and Gary Lux – Managers for FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Mike Ruchti, professional helicopter pilot, who has 28 years experience performing ROW patrol/protection w/Columbia Gas Transmission.
Aerial Coalition Technologies is utilizing several new technologies to offer the utility industry a ROW patrol program designed to dramatically enhance pipeline integrity management:
- Aerial Coalition Technologies is a long time provider of helicopter services in the United States. Their Bell Jet Rangers provide the platform for careful and deliberate observation of the utility operators’ ROW, by experienced pilots and dedicated observers.
- FLIR Systems Ultra 8000e Airborne Environmental Imaging and Fugitive Emission Detection System enables the simultaneous capture of color visual imagery and thermal imagery leakage detection.
- Red Hen Systems’ sDVR allows the recording and management of digital geospatial video on removable hard drives. All video is GPS/date/time stamped for location purposes, ease of documentation, and quick referencing.
When combined, these technologies offer many benefits to the end user:
- The patrol program provides an easy-to-watch video of all patrolled ROW, which allows the pipeline operator to view his/her remote assets from the office. This will help promote effective reactions to encroachments, activities near facilities, and geologic events.
- The video can be shared between multiple business units to globally address issues involving canopy, clearing, house counts, changes in location class, the condition of water crossings, and the general condition of above ground appurtenances.
- The option to pull still photos from the video, query the video for selected attributes, and to look at previous patrols, are just a few of the added benefits of the program.
- The thermal imagery leakage detection is a valuable tool for annual leakage patrol, High Consequence Area patrols, and on-demand response for support of operations personnel responding to a pressure problem on a particular ipeline.
- The data produced by the patrol program can be downloaded to the pipeline operators’ IT system or to the secure Red Hen Server where it can be accessed and queried at anytime with the proper login and password.
The end result for the pipeline operator is a second-to-none patrol program, offering benefits reaching far beyond the capabilities of traditional programs.
Lunch with Exhibits (11:30 to 1:30)
Wednesday Afternoon Session (1:30 to 5:00)
ROW Clearing
- Best practices
- Lessons learned
- Leak survey
- State parks
- Ohio – tougher state to work in as far as ROW is concerned
- What you have cleared is what you have
- You have rested on your rights so due to your un-action, your ROW rights are gone or diminished
- Ohio Right of Way Bill (http://www.ohiobike.org/rightofway.html)
- Doug Holley, Nisource - to lead the discussion
ROW Encroachment
- Best practices
- Lessons learned
- Concrete
- Paving
Shallow Depth Pipelines
- Increased liabilities
- If lands are still cultivated, pipelines need to maintain certain depths
- Who pays for what?
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Notification
Integrity Management Issues
- Discovery of anomalies
- Leads to more digs
- Any new regulation around this?
Reception / Dinner @ the Georgia Aquarium - 5:00 to 8:00
Our Centennial Celebration features a reception at the Georgia Aquarium. This is an adult tour/reception/dinner. Spouses need to register. Breathtaking views provide the backdrop in the Aquarium’s Oceans Ballroom. With two large aquatic observation windows, we will be face-to-face with beluga whales, exotic fish and marine life from every corner of the globe.
Your name badge is required for admission to this event!
- Admission to the aquarium (5:00 to 7:00 pm)
- Open bar (6:00 to 8:00 pm)
- Buffet dinner (6:00 to 8:00 pm)
Thursday (8 to 11:30)
PIPA (Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance)
- How to protect the pubic
- How to protect the pipeline
- Risk analysis
- API and AOPL re-writing the guidelines
- January 2008 meeting in Washington DC
- Presenter/discussion leaders:
- James Sanford, NuStar Energy, L.P.
- Dave Johnson, Panhandle Energy
Topics submitted by members of the ROW Interest Group
- How does your Company track unauthorized activity with the ROW (e.g no one-call submitted prior to the start of work) and what is the recording criteria?
- What types of recourse does your Company take with outside parties where their unauthorized activity is discovered and you must excavate, inspect, and repair coating or make pipe repairs?
More Information About this Interest Group
Right of Way Interest Group
Questions?
Mike Grubb
Southern Gas Association
mgrubb@southerngas.org
This page updated: July 31, 2008
