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The questions you’re asking right now don’t have easy answers. How do you close the gap between what your safety program says and what actually happens in the field? How do you hold onto institutional knowledge when the people who carry it are retiring? How do you prepare your team for regulatory scrutiny before an...

Regulatory Insights Turn into Operational Preparedness for SGA Members. If you’re leading compliance, safety, operations, or field readiness inside today’s environment, you’re likely feeling the growing gap between what regulations say on paper and how they actually play out operationally in the field. That is why SGA is bringing former PHMSA Chief Investigator Tiffany Ziemer...

Most people don’t leave an operating company in their early 30s to join a trade association. Tyler Tunic did exactly that. In early 2026, Tyler moved from Williams to SGA as Vice President of Industry Engagement and Workforce Advancement. In a recent Pipeliners Podcast episode recorded live at Spring Gas 2026, he talks about why...

A strong association doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when the people shaping strategy are the same people accountable for delivering results inside their own organizations. SGA Natural Gas Association’s Board is intentionally built with senior executives who carry operational responsibility, strategic accountability, and enterprise influence. That matters. Because when strategy is shaped at SGA,...

One of the things that has always set SGA apart is the breadth and strength of our membership community – operators, practitioners, and partners throughout North America sharing real-world experience to advance the natural gas industry together. Our training programs work because they are grounded in operational reality and delivered by people who know the...

A new year often starts with a familiar feeling. The work hasn’t slowed and the questions facing our industry feel more immediate than theoretical. The Q1 2026 issue of theLINK focuses on how the natural gas industry is building capability amid workforce pressure, regulatory complexity and rising performance expectations. The issue opens with a perspective...

SGA Natural Gas Association Announces Inaugural 2026 Advance Partners, Establishing a New Industry Model for Workforce Readiness Equipment Controls Company, Heath®, Miller Pipeline, an Artera Services company, nGenue Software, and SWCA Environmental Consultants Recognized as Game-Changing Contributors to Industry Capability SGA Natural Gas Association (SGA) today announced Equipment Controls Company (ECCO), Heath®, Miller Pipeline (an...

Across the natural gas industry, member companies are investing significant time, talent, and resources in workforce development, leadership pathways, and how the industry’s work is understood and communicated. Simultaneously, the natural gas industry is facing two pressures that can’t be solved in isolation: Attracting the next generation of professionals Clearly articulating the value of our...

Press Release Dallas, TX  – SGA Natural Gas Association (SGA) announced a new collaboration with the Pipeliners Podcast, hosted by industry veteran Russel Treat, to elevate the voices and expertise of natural gas professionals across North America. Under this new partnership, the Pipeliners Podcast will record live interviews at select SGA conferences beginning in 2026,...