EVENT SUMMARY
Natural Gas Operators face numerous challenges in minimizing community disruption and environmental impact during construction projects. Amidst increasing regulations, industry opposition, and investor mandates, operators are being pressured to reduce methane emissions.
By fostering innovation, the natural gas industry now has access to implement new solutions to address these challenges, one solution being cross-compression. This technology recycles natural gas back into the pipeline, reducing methane emissions compared to traditional methods. While not necessarily completely new to the industry, this technology has been enhanced to be deployed today on diverse natural gas systems.
This session will navigate many questions operators have when introducing a new activity and/or technology in addition to exploring how this activity can be evaluated and successfully implemented on a large scale through proven practices.
Attendees will receive 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) upon completion.
Course Objectives
Gain an understanding of how to take an overarching objective and make it a feasible, successful, safe program.
- Defining a problem and developing a solution
- Creating a sustainable work culture
- Assessing and implementing technologies and innovations
- Addressing change management
Who Should Attend
- Engineering
- Operations
- Technology/Innovation Advancement/Sustainability
- Environmental/Policy
Meet Your Instructor
Gina Rundo
Director, Pipeline Operations
Versiv Solutions
Gina Rundo is currently the Director, Pipeline Operations for Versiv Solutions, a trusted leader in safety and environmental solutions for the energy and natural gas industries to help operators meet their ESG commitments by reducing methane emissions.
Gina oversees daily operations of Versiv – creating opportunities, building customer and community relationships, and business operations. She brings more than fifteen years of experience in the Energy industry with expertise in Natural Gas. Her past leadership roles with one of the nation’s largest energy providers included Corrosion Management, Integrity Management, GIS Services, Compliance & Asset Management. Before leading the creation of Versiv, Gina was responsible for leading internal live gas operations for this Fortune 200 utility, with specific focus on Hot Tapping & Plugging, Pipeline Pigging, and Cross-Compression services on Distribution, Storage, and Transmission systems across multiple states.
Gina is recognized as a leading subject matter expert on the implementation of emission reduction technology, such as Cross Compression, into gas pipeline operations, as well as sustainability and innovation strategy. As the first ever Innovation and Sustainability lead for the Gas Infrastructure group at a Fortune 200 utility provider, she developed and executed the adoption and assessment of emerging technology.
Gina holds a BS in Marketing and Business as well as various industry related certifications such as NACE CIP, Line Master Program, and Case Western Reserve, Executive Women in Leadership Program.
