Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from August 2007

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from August 2007

Editor's notebook.(Editorial)
August 1, 2007... You might think that Big Oil is having the time of its life. High prices bring high profits. Wasn't ExxonMobil's stock lingering in the mid $60s a year ago? Now it's bouncing around $90 a share. The shareholders are happy and the suits are...

GE acquires midstream natural gas MLP from HM Capital.(Newsreel)(GE Energy Financial Services acquired Regency Energy Partners LP)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... GE Energy Financial Services has acquired interests in Regency Energy Partners LP, a master limited partnership with natural gas gathering and processing systems in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kansas, as well as an intrastate pipeline, from...

Gas prices worry Americans more than terrorism, economy, study shows.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... With fuel averaging $3 per gallon nationwide, more American consumers declare themselves (highly) concerned about high gas prices (83%) than about terrorism (62%) or the economy as a whole (69%). These are findings from the inaugural National...

Energy transfer partners ranks 13th among Barron's top performers.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. was ranked No. 13 on Barron's 500 list of top performers among the largest companies in the U.S. and Canada. Companies were ranked based on cash-flow, return on investments, stock performances and...

Gov. Palin starts competitive gasline process.(Newsreel)
August 1, 2007... Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has taken the next step in implementing her Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) that invites all interested parties to apply for an exclusive license to build a line to bring...

Alon USA purchases additional pipelines in California.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Alon USA Energy, Inc. has finalized the purchase of the crude and unfinished products pipeline system from Kinder Morgan, Inc. known as the "Black Oil System" for $4.5 million. The "Black Oil" system includes approximately six miles of active...

High prices needed to keep drilling activity afloat, CERA says.(Newsreel)
August 1, 2007... Continued strong market prices will be necessary to motivate a sufficient level of drilling in North America simply to maintain production on a flat trajectory, according to the first-ever analysis of 273 individual plays in all 50 natural gas...

PetroVietnam plans to build $US780 million pipeline.(Newsreel)(Vietnam Oil and Gas Corp.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... PetroVietnam plans to invest $US780 million in a pipeline that will transport gas from an offshore field in the Mekong Delta to Can Tho City. The pipeline will run from Block B, which is located about 140 km southwest of Ca Mau province, to Can...

Broadband over power lines study released.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The Newton-Evans Research Company published a study of topics related to the use of, and plans for, broadband over power lines (BPL) and power line carrier communications technologies (PLC) that indicated that many observers see BPL as...

Energy bill not looking good.(Government)
August 1, 2007... The energy bill the House was likely to pass in July was pretty much a mixed bag for natural gas pipelines, which was better, in some regards, than the bill the Senate passed in June, which was a rotten bag. The House bill combines...

FERC accedes to INGAA on compressor noise.(Government)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(Interstate Natural Gas Association of America)
August 1, 2007... FERC made some changes to its final rule, published last January, which expands blanket certificate authority for transmission lines, and raises the dollar ceiling on projects which qualify for blanket certificates and for a second category,...

Favorable FERC policy statement on gas pipelines.(Government)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The FERC issued a policy statement on July 19 proposing the inclusion of companies structured as master limited partnerships (MLPs) as a reference point in determining cost of capital in pipeline rate cases. This has previously been done on oil...

Millennium construction begins.(Projects)(Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C. has begun construction of its 182-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline across New York's Southern Tier and lower Hudson Valley. "This is the day we have been working toward for many years,"...

Holly--Sinclair joint venture to build refined products pipeline.(Projects)(Sinclair Transportation Co.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Holly Corp. and Holly Energy Partners have entered into a memorandum of understanding with Sinclair Transportation Co. to jointly build a refined products pipeline that will run from Salt Lake City, UT to Las Vegas, NV together with terminal...

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners to sell North System.(Projects)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has entered into an agreement to sell its North System to ONEOK Partners, L.P. for $300 million. The North System consists of an approximately 1,600-mile interstate pipeline system that delivers natural gas...

BP's Viridian Pipeline gets positive shipper response.(Projects)(https://66.232.118.94)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... BP Pipelines (North America) Inc. saw a successful conclusion to a non-binding open season for its proposed Viridian Pipeline project after receiving interest from potential customers looking for long-term transport agreements to ship light...

Enbridge to expand North Dakota Pipeline System.(Projects)(Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. conducted a binding Open Season for the Phase 6 expansion of the Enbridge North Dakota Pipeline System. The $130 million Phase 6 expansion, if fully subscribed, would increase system capacity from 110,000 bpd...

Gulf South receives EIS for Texas-Mississippi expansion.(Projects)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Gulf South Pipeline Company received a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its planned Texas to Mississippi Pipeline Expansion. The project would transport up to 1.7 Bcf/d of natural gas...

Canada's Inter Pipeline Fund acquires Corridor Pipeline.(Projects)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Knight Inc. (formerly known as Kinder Morgan, Inc.) has closed the sale of the Corridor Pipeline System to Inter Pipeline Fund in Canada for approximately C$760 million (includes debt associated with Corridor's existing assets). Additionally,...

Texas Eastern gets FERC nod for TIME II Project.(Projects)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Spectra Energy's Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline has received final approval from the FERC to proceed with construction of the TIME II Project in Ohio and Pennsylvania. FERC authorized the construction, replacement and operation of 27.8...

Ethanol plant Fueled by animal waste begins operation.(Projects)(E3 BioFuels )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... E3 BioFuels recently opened the world's first closedloop ethanol plant fueled largely by biogas from animal waste instead of coal or natural gas. Located in Mead, NE the E3 BioFuels' patented closed-loop ethanol system produces energy by...

CEGT awards contracts for compression and pipeline facilities.(Projects)
August 1, 2007... CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT), announced the execution of contracts to construct compression and pipeline facilities to serve a new power plant with up to 480-MW of capacity being built by Southwestern Electric Power...

Delaware utility plans Maryland pipeline expansion.(Projects)(Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., a Delaware utility, wants to build a $33.6 million pipeline under the Chesapeake Bay that would pump natural gas from Cove Point in southern Maryland to Cambridge on the Eastern Shore, and from there underground...

NGPL's open season shows strong demand for storage services.(Projects)(Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) announced commitments totaling approximately 10.2 Bcf of incremental capacity that were awarded to bidders following a recent open season for the 2009 expansion of its Herscher Storage Field in...

Epic to build pipeline linking eastern Australian gas markets.(Projects)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Epic Energy plans to build a $121 million gas pipeline that will link the formerly separate markets in the eastern Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia As proposed, the 112-mile QSN Pipeline will connect...

Gazprom, Gasunie agree on further cooperation.(International)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... In a move designed to spread Gazprom's reach into Western Europe's downstream markets, the Russian energy company signed an agree with Gasunie in a deal that could ultimately give Gazprom long-sought access to the British market. For its part,...

China, Russia planning two pipelines from Siberia.(International)
August 1, 2007... China and Russia plan to build two natural gas pipelines from Siberia, one extending to China's Xinjiang Uygur region and the other to Heilongjiang province. Gazprom would build the pipelines to transport 68 billion cubic meters of gas...

Saudis threatening to block dolphin pipeline.(International)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Bloomberg Business News reported on July 11 that Saudi Arabia may block the $3.5 billion pipeline backed by Occidental Petroleum Corp., Total SA and a partner that would carry Qatari natural gas to the United Arab Emirates. The undersea...

Chennai-Trichy-Madurai pipeline commissioned.(International)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The 683-km Chennai-Trichy-Madurai pipeline, located in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has been commissioned. The pipeline, which is the longest product pipeline in a single state, cost $US88 million to build. It negotiated 510...

Myanmar optimistic about pipelines to India, China.(International)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Myanmar says it has enough gas to fill pipelines to both India and China, while the route through Bangladesh is looking less likely. "There is enough gas there. We can sell it to both India and China," said Myanmar ambassador to India U Kyi...

PTT to invest $US947 million for LNG project.(International)(PTT Gas)(liquefied natural gas)
August 1, 2007... Thailand's PTT plans to invest $US947 million for construction of an LNG receiving terminal, pipeline and other associated facilities in order to facilitate LNG imports from Iran. PTT signed a 30-year lease with the Industrial Estates Authority...

Punj Lloyd wins GAIL pipeline contract.(International)(construction contracts)(Punj Lloyd)(Gas Authority of India)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... India's Punj Lloyd was awarded a $US36 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Dabhol-Panvel pipeline. This includes residual engineering, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning of the Panvel-Dabhol...

Natural gas market centers/hubs do more than transfer gas volumes.(Burner Tip)
August 1, 2007... Invention is the daughter of necessity! When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the early 1990s completed the transformation of the U.S. natural gas pipelines from merchants and transporters to the single role of common...

Dean Liollio found his calling in natural gas industry.(Interview)(Company overview)
August 1, 2007... The natural gas distribution sector in recent years has been a breeding ground of assertive, far-thinking young executives who are destined to make their mark in the energy industry. Dean Liollio is a classic case in point. The 48-year-old...

EnergySouth, Inc. announces management changes.
August 1, 2007... Greg H. Welch was recently named President and Chief Operating Officer of Mobile Gas Service Corporation. Welch was formerly President of the EnergySouth subsidiary Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd. Welch will be responsible for the company's...

Ultrasound tool can combine metal loss and crack inspection of gas pipelines.(2007 P&GJ and PPSA Pigging Section)
August 1, 2007... A new ultrasound inline inspection tool is vailable that can inspect pipelines for metal loss and cracks in one run. The tool is based on a special configuration of the modular LineExplorer[R] range of intelligent pigs using ultrasound...

Successful corrosion inspection of two multi-diameter pipelines with purpose-built tools.(2007 P&GJ and PPSA Pigging Section)
August 1, 2007... Multi-diameter pipelines pose particular difficulties for inline inspection companies. Many pipelines with varying internal diameters--e.g. 18 inch/24 inch, 28 inch/42 inch or 40 inch/48 inch--were constructed before inline inspection became a...

Pigging: new technology paving way for solving pipeline problems.(2007 P&GJ and PPSA Pigging Section)
August 1, 2007... Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal Pipeline integrity is an increasing challenge to the energy industry due to aging infrastructure and deeper and ore remote new field developments. Roll Sporkel, Business Development Manager for pipeline...

2007 P&GJ and PPSA pigging section: buyer's guide.(Directory)
August 1, 2007... 2007 P&GJ and PPSA Pigging Section * Manufacturer &/or Service Company ** Distributor PIPELINE PIGS Mandrel Foam Solid ...

Meeting the challenges facing small-diameter combination inspections.(2007 P&GJ and PPSA Pigging Section)
August 1, 2007... The inspection of small-diameter pipelines has always presented unique allenges to the pipeline industry. perience and technology advancements have allowed for not only the capability to inspect these lines successfully but to do so utilizing...

Special pigs provided for the langeled pipeline.(2007 P&GJ and PPSA Pigging Section)(Norsk Hydro ASA)
August 1, 2007... Special pigs have enabled the commissioning of the Langeled Pipeline, the world's longest large-diameter underwater gas pipeline. The pipeline was built to bring Norwegian natural gas to the UK. When fully operational the Langeled Pipeline will...

2007 international pipeline construction report.
August 1, 2007... Special Projects Director Dave Bacon of PE Solutions said a particular challenge was developing the Solo Sealing Tool to ensure that it could be pigged from the line distances in excess of 600 km. P&GJ's latest international survey...

Pipelines of Eastern Siberia: from local supplies to large-scale exports.
August 1, 2007... Eastern Siberia is a promising oil and gas province; indeed, its hydrocarbon reserves in the future may make it one of the main production centers of Russia. Eastern Siberia and the Far East account for about 13.5% of Russia's oil and 19% of...

Doing business in Kazakhstan today.
August 1, 2007... Kazakhstan has progressed from nomadic, to communistic, to free nterprise in its long and turbulent history. But over the last 10 years, the country has grown up and matured at a staggering rate. It is now poised to take its place among the...

Industrial video and control.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection and Erosion Contorol)
August 1, 2007... IVC offers a brochure devoted to its IP-based video monitoring and surveillance cameras and software offerings. IVC says the open architecture of its systems ensures easy installation to monitor pipeline and distribution facilities, true...

Pipeline Inspection Company.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Pipeline Inspection Company says its SPY [R] Model 670 wet sponge holiday detector does not require a belt and can be quickly modified by changing out the electrode. By grounding it and wetting the electrode, inspectors can inspect any paint,...

Control Microsystems.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Control Microsystems, developer of monitoring RTUs/PLCs, SCADA management software and intelligent sensors, introduced SCADAPack Vision60. The SCADAPack Vision series of operator interface terminals are compact devices that provide local...

GfG Instrumentation, Inc.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... GfG Instrumentation offers its detector G450. It is described as a multi-gas leak detector that performs exceptionally well in confined spaces. It is compact and robust, a 1-to-4 sensor design. Three-year warranty on all sensors. It has an...

Implicit Monitoring Solutions, LP.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Implicit Monitoring Solutions, LP, said recently it was expanding its proprietary remote monitoring solution into international markets in the Middle East and China. Implicit Monitoring Solutions already provides monitoring services for...

ITT Corporation.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... ITT Corporation announced that its Space Systems Division has conducted the one-billionth laser pulse in support of the Airborne Natural Gas Emission LIDAR (ANGEL) leak detection service. ITT says its ANGEL Service uses laser technology aboard...

MSA.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... MSA is offering literature devoted to its ALTAIR [R] family of gas detectors. The ALTAIR family of gas detectors and test equipment provides a complete range of options for single-gas detection and instrument maintenance needs. The series...

Tekscent International LLC.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Tekscent International LLC [TM] is a pipeline leak detection company that uses canine teams to identify leaks that would otherwise go undetected. Tekscent says its detector dogs are trained to identify the company's patented liquid odorant,...

Omnisens SA.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Omnisens SA offers a four-page brochure which describes its distributed sensing systems--DiTeSt [R]--including a section devoted to the LeaDeS-Leakage Detection System which says the system offers an efficient, demonstrated and proven solution...

TechCorr inspection & engineering.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... TechCorr says it offers inspection and engineering services. It describes itself as a materials-corrosion engineering and non-destructive testing company with more than 200 skilled employees dispatched from locations across the western...

Odor-Tech.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Odor-Tech has published a four-page brochure entitled "We Deliver Safety." It describes the company's experience as an odorant provider for natural gas and propane. Odor-Tech operates a closed-loop delivery system so the customer experiences...

Pipeline Integrity Resources.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... PIR offers pipeline inspection and other services. The company was formed in 2001 and says its goal is to provide the industry with a higher level of contract services. PIR reports that its employees primarily are former pipeline company...

Emerson Process Management.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Emerson Process Management says its DeltaV[TM] controller and firewall have passed Achilles Level 1 CertificationTesting designed to assess the overall security of automation controllers. The DeltaV certification passed over 20 million tests to...

Sherwin-Williams.(What's New ... In Leak Detection, Monitoring, Inspection And Erosion Control)
August 1, 2007... Sherwin-Williams Industrial and Marine Coatings Fast Clad ER[R] epoxy pipeline coating is said to provide improved edge retention and a faster cure time that allows pipeline coating repairs to be made quickly. In addition, Fast Clad ER is...

Economic benefits of valve commissioning during construction.(Tech Notes: Product Development)
August 1, 2007... In response to demand for a follow-up to our original paper published in the September 2000 issue of Pipeline & Gas Journal. we are pleased to offer additional insight into the causes, and remedies for preventing, valve seal damage from...

Cupwalking helps when TIG welding on 300--series stainless.(Tech Notes: Product Development)(tungsten inert gas welding)
August 1, 2007... Due to its long-term cost effectiveness and inherent corrosion resistance, 300-series stainless steel (also called austenitic) has become a staple across the pipeline and gas industries. However, TIG welding this pipe poses distinct challenges,...

Cameron's Compression Systems.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Cameron's Compression Systems says it worked in cooperation with Woodward Governor Company to introduce a new integrated Governor Throttle Body (IGTB) as a field retrofit for the original mechanical throttle valve operated by any previous...

Hex-Hut Shelter Systems.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Hex-Hut[TM] Shelter Systems has published a pamphlet describing its shelter system for pipeline welders and other applications. The system can be used for field fabrication and installation of pipe modules, structural steel and pipe systems;...

Flexpipe Systems.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Flexpipe Systems offers a brochure devoted to its coiled, flexible pipeline system. The system is continuous, high-pressure, non-metallic, corrosion-resistant and capable of being used as stand-alone pipe inside failed steel pipe. Flexpipe says...

Dan-Loc Bolt & Gasket.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Dan-Loc Bolt & Gasket has published a brochure devoted to its line of TuffCor low-maintenance coated bolts. The TuffCor line is described as corrosionresistant, lowmaintenance and tested to 5,000 hours in a salt cabinet. Dan-Loc says its rigid...

The Lincoln Electric company.(New Products)(Website overview)
August 1, 2007... Lincoln Electric has announced its Powerwavesoftware.com, a new Web resource crafted exclusively for fabricators who use Lincoln's welding equipment featuring Waveform Control Technology[R]. The Web site offers free online downloadable software...

GE MDS.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... GE MDS, formerly Microwave Data Systems, has added Ethernet switches to its line of product. MDS is described by GE as a world leader in industrial wireless networking solutions with applications in the supervisory control and data acquisition...

Inmarsat BGAN.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... A new mobile communications service offered to the oil and gas industry is the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service from Inmarsat, which says it is the leader in global mobile satellite communications. BGAN is described as offering...

Almetek Industries, Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Almetek Industries is offering new confined space markers, saying the markers do not crack or peel over time. Markers are made of stainless steel and designed to meet OSHA standards. Each marker is sandblasted and has had its edges turned down...

BJ Process and Pipeline Services.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) says it has expanded its fleet of nitrogen converter pump units in Aberdeen. The three new diesel-driven 180k split-skid units are for use in conducting commissioning services. They have been used to...

3M track and trace.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... 3M is expanding its product family of RFID-enabled (radio frequency identification) electronic utility markers by rolling out new markers designed for near-surface and deeply buried applications. The new markers join the existing RFID ball and...

GE Inspection Technologies.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... GE Inspection Technologies has announced new components to its Rhythm software product line. The new components are Rhythm Visual and Rhythm Archive. Rhythm Visual allows remote visual inspection (RVI) users to obtain the benefits of Rhythm,...

ULC Robotics/OTD.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... A new keyhole pipeline inspection camera is available from ULC Robotics. The PRX250K Keyhole Camera accesses pipes through an 18inch-diameter surface "keyhole" and is capable of examining pipe conditions while gas is flowing and conducting...

PennWell petroleum books.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... PennWell has published "Term Incognita: A Navigation Aid For Energy Leaders," by Christopher E.H. Ross and Lane E. Sloan. The authors look beyond oil as the world's strategic energy source and address what is expected to be the reality in...

Synodon Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Synodon Inc. is developing an airborne natural gas pipeline leak detection system called realSens[TM]. The company said it had successfully completed the manufacturing of the first field-deployable realSens instrument and said testing of the...

Pipeline Cleaners Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... Pipeline Cleaners Inc. (PLC) introduced a line of pig brushes for pit cleaning and removal of dry black powder. The brushes are made with round wire and can reach into corrosion pits where flat wire bristles cannot. The density of the bristles...

R&M Energy Systems.(New Products)
August 1, 2007... R&M Energy Systems, a unit of Robbins & Myers, Inc., offers what it describes as its latest, most technically advanced solution for pipeline and vessel closures. Marketed under the SENTRY[R] brand name, this non-threaded, internal door closure...

Meetings: upcoming events 2007.(Calendar)
August 1, 2007... Aug. 14-17, 67th Annual Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA. Phone: (304) 293-3745; (304) 293-6751; e-mail: diana@rmu.edu. Aug. 20 & 21, Tennessee Gas Association Marketing Expo. Embassy...

Midwest ENERGY Association.(Association News)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Pierre LeBrasseur, vice president, marketing for Michels Companies, received the Midwest ENERGY Association's (MEA) first Life Time Achievement Award at the MEA's Spring Board of Directors Meeting. The award, for providing outstanding support...

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.(Personnel Changes)(appointment of Christopher R. Skoog )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Christopher R. Skoog has joined Enterprise Products Partners L.P. as senior vice president and will lead its recently formed Natural Gas Services and Marketing group. Skoog will be responsible for all of Enterprise's natural gas supply and...

Compressor Engineering Corporation (CECO).(Personnel Changes)(appointment of John T. Rynd)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... John T. Rynd, senior vice president of Hercules Offshore and president of Hercules Drilling Co., LLC, has been named to the Board of Directors for Compressor Engineering Corporation (CECO) of Houston.

Atmos Energy Corporation.(Personnel Changes)(appointment of John Paris )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Atmos Energy Corporation announced that John Paris has assumed duties as president of the company's Mid-Tex Division, winch serves more than 1.5 million customers including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Gas Technology Institute.(Personnel Changes)(appointment of John (Jack) Lewnard )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... John (Jack) Lewnard has joined the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) as vice president and chief technology officer. He will lead GTI's Office of Technology and Innovation, guiding the development and implementation of GTI's long-term technical...

Omega Tools Inc.(Personnel Changes)(appointments)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Omega Tools Inc. recently made a number of managerial changes that saw Erie Gerstel appointed to vice president of Business Development; John Ribble promoted to director for Technology Deployment, Art Groff assume the newly created position of...

ONEOK Inc.(Personnel Changes)(appointments)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The board of directors of ONEOK, Inc. elected Julie H. Edwards and Jim W. Mogg to the board, effective immediately. Edwards was originally elected to the ONEOK board in January 2004 and resigned on July l, 2005, when she joined Southern Union...