Welcome to the International Gas Union s Inaugural International Safety Summit Program Description This event will focus on all aspects of safety within the natural gas industry, including a sharing of safety practices and initiatives implemented by utilities and pipeline operators from around the world. Information will benefit senior leaders who have responsibility for worker safety, public safety, or pipeline safety within gas transmission, distribution and underground storage facilities. Presentations will be followed by roundtable discussions, involving all participants.
Monday, November 6, 2017 7:00 Onsite Check-In and Breakfast 8:00 Welcome & Introductions Ms. Lori Traweek, Chief Operating Officer, American Gas Association 8:30 Adoption of Safety Management Systems to Enhance System Safety & Integrity 1. The History of Integrated Management Systems at Union Gas, Ltd. Mr. Paul Rietdyk, Vice President of Engineering, Construction, Storage and Transmission Operations, Union Gas, Limited, an Enbridge Company 2. What Gets Measured Gets Done Presentation will share Wales & West Utilities certification to PAS 55 & HSAS 18001 and ISO55001. Will share the company s process safety indicators with an emphasis on leading reliability indicators. The work was inspired by the refinery incident in Texas City in 2005. Mr. Chris Clarke, Director of Asset Management, Safety & Environment for Wales & West Utilities 9:45 Break 10:15 Building a Healthy & Vibrant Safety Culture 1. A Journey to Zero Injuries The COMGAS journey to improve safety and its initiatives to influence the workforce keeping high operational performance with safety achievements. Mr. Edson Moro, COMGAS, Head of Operations 2. Gaz Fenosa invited to present Noon Lunch
1:15 Practices in Engaging the Public and Promoting Natural Gas Safety to Communities Consolidated Edison Company of New York (CON ED) will share its approach on: How to communicate with the general public following an emergency; Ongoing public safety messaging and how to keep folks engaged (avoiding one and done ); Customizing your message based on the communities served; and Transitioning to social media platforms Mr. Nick Inga, General Manager Gas Operations; and Ms. Christine Cummings, Director Gas Conversions/Expansion for Consolidated Edison Co. of NY 2:00 Break 2:45 Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) will share its experience in preparing for and responding to Hurricane Sandy, a historical storm which impacted the northeastern part of the United States in 2012 with unprecedented flooding. Mr. Chris LaRossa, District Manager, Regulatory & Policies, Public Service Electric & Gas 3:45 Use of Flame Resistant Clothing for Protection of Workers Mr. Michael Anderson, General Manager of Safety for National Fuel Gas Corp. Mr. Brian Foy, Business Development Manager for DuPont Company Mr. Chris Newton, Research Scientist for DuPont Company 4:45 Conclusion of Program - Day 1 5:45 Cocktail Reception
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:00 Onsite Check-In and Breakfast 8:00 Welcome to Day 2 8:15 Summary of Day 1 Summarize takeaways and future operations from Day 1 discussions. 8:30- Noon Safety Breakout Session Participants are invited to participate in either of two concurrent tracks focusing on Workforce Safety or Asset Integrity and Excavation Damage Prevention. Track 1: Workforce Safety This track will include topics such as: Training and Qualification of Workers Rewards and Incentives for Safety Performance Vehicular Safety and Training Selection and Oversight of Contractors 1. Enbridge Gas confirmed to present 2. Activities for preventing work-related accidents at LNG terminals of Osaka Gas Mr. Toshihide Kanagawa, Osaka Gas Presentation will cover the following: Safety Policy Safety controls for employees and contractors Education & training for plant operators Safety promotion campaigns in summer and winter seasons Track 2: Asset Integrity and Excavation Damage Prevention Issues covered will include: Integrity Inspections Use of One-Call Centers for Excavation in the United States Education for Excavators Managing Pipeline encroachments 1. Safety Risk Management in Excavation Damage Prevention Priority management for the damage prevention; negotiation, displays, attendance, and patrols. Pipe locating technologies and application examples Patrols and specific technologies to prevent damage for high pressure pipelines Education for excavating parties
Presenters: Mr. Nobuyuki Tomita, Planning and Engineering Team, Trunkline Dept, Pipeline Business Unit, Osaka Gas Mr. Sakae Saito, Operation & Maintenance Team, Pipeline & Facilities Engineering Dept., Pipeline Business Unit, Osaka Gas 2. Re-inspection Intervals for Gas Transmission Network Based on a pipeline corrosion degradation approach and its own feedback related to inspection records, this paper shows how GRTgaz managed to justify its own reinspection intervals. This innovative approach may be considered as generic and can be used by any TSO in order either to justify or define its own re-inspection intervals, while ensuring a high level of safety/integrity of the transmission network. Mr. Samir Akel, GRTgaz-FRANCE 3. Keeping the Pipeline Safety: GRTGaz Methodology and Tool for Environmental Survey and Risk Assessment Safety measures have to be defined by the operator to reduce either the severity or the probability of a potential accident. In order to respond to this issue, an inhouse software has been developed, based on Geographical Information System that enables GRTgaz to perform environmental survey in the pipelines vicinity as well as risk calculation and additional safety measures definition as required by the French regulation and professional standards. Mr. Gilles Chatelet, GRTgaz-FRANCE 4. Comprehensive philosophy and Proven Practices for Underground Gas Storage integrity management Safety and environmental protection is a key point for a reliable underground gas storage (UGS) industry and a strong requirement of stake-holders to gain or maintain license to operate industrial facilities. On the other hand, the storage business is suffering a difficult period, especially in Europe, and the operators want to improve the lifetime of their existing assets. To combine the two objectives, a pragmatic approach based on what we learnt from decades of operation of hundreds of UGS facilities and thousands gas wells in the world, has been developed by Storengy. After an overview of the general context and the requirements of underground gas storage (UGS) facilities integrity management with a special focus on European situation, the philosophy and practices of Storengy, a reference storage operator, are presented. Ms. Helene Giouse, Technical Advisor of Operation Line for STORENGY/ENGIE 5. Prevention of Rollover in LNG Storage Tanks Mr. Vincent Demoury, GIIGNL
Noon Lunch Joint Session with AGA Executive Leadership Safety Summit 1:15 Panel Discussion: The Role of Technology in Enhancing Safety for Natural Gas Moderated by Gas Technology Institute 2:15 Sempra Utilities Storage Safety Enhancement Plan In the aftermath of the well leak at the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility in 2015, SoCal Gas has implemented a number of safety and integrity enhancements at its Aliso Canyon storage facility and is implementing those same changes at its three other storage fields Mr. Bret Lane, President & Chief Operating Officer, Southern California Gas Company 3:10 Break 3:30 PG&E s Safety Management Systems Will share how the company achieved accreditation in meeting International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 55001, PAS 55-1, and American Petroleum Institute s Recommended Practice 1173 Mr. Nick Stavropoulos, President & Chief Operating Officer, Pacific Gas & Electric Company 4:30 Conclusion of Program 5:45 Cocktail Reception