Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from November 2003

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from November 2003

Duke Energy names Paul M. Anderson chairman and CEO.(Newsreel)
November 1, 2003... With the upcoming retirement of Richard B. Priory, Duke Energy Corp. has appointed Paul M. Anderson as chairman and CEO. The company hopes the move will assist in restoring public and shareholder confidence. Anderson served as president...

Atlas to acquire Alaskan Company.(Newsreel)
November 1, 2003... Semco Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell Alaska Pipeline Company to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (APC) for $95 million, pending regulatory approvals. APC owns and operates pipelines in Alaska that transport gas from the Cook...

Aquila sells Canadian utility.(Newsreel)(Aquila Networks Canada Ltd.)(Fortis Inc.)
November 1, 2003... In an attempt to reduce its debt, Aquila Inc. announced that an agreement to sell its Canadian utility operations has been reached. Fortis, Inc., based in Newfoundland, will purchase shares of Aquila Networks Canada Ltd. for approximately $990...

TransCanada increasing ownership in PNGTS.(Newsreel)(Portland Natural Gas Transmission System)
November 1, 2003... TransCanada Corporation has exercised its right to increase its ownership interest in Portland Natural Gas Transmission System to 43.42 percent, which is an increase of 10.13 percent. TransCanada will acquire a portion of DTE East Coast...

Maritimes reaches tolling agreement in Canada.(Newsreel)(Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline)
November 1, 2003... Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.P. reached an agreement between its customers and other stakeholders on Canadian tolls through its Tolls & Tariff Working Group. The settlement, which was approved by the NEB, provides customers with predictable...

El Paso discloses more transactions to lower debt.(Newsreel)
November 1, 2003... El Paso Corp. has announced the completion of several transactions that have resulted in $244 million which will be used to reduce the company's debt. El Paso sold a 9.9 percent interest in GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. to GulfTerra redeemed...

Cottonwood facility begins operations.(Newsreel)(Intergen Co.)(Coral Energy)
November 1, 2003... InterGen has begun commercial operations of its 1,235-megawatt, Cottonwood gas-fired power facility located in Deweyvile, TX. Houston-based Coral Energy was selected to provide energy management services for the facility.

Future of fuel cell vehicles achieves major milestone.(Newsreel)(Gas Technology Institute)
November 1, 2003... GTI recently reached an important milestone in its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell development program. Researchers report that a novel uncoated metal bipolar separator plate surpassed one year, over 8,760 hours, of endurance testing....

PLIDCO celebrates 55 years in business.(Newsreel)(Pipe Line Development Co.)
November 1, 2003... The Pipe Line Development Company (PLIDCO), supplier of products for pipeline repair and maintenance worldwide, is celebrating its 55th year in business. Founded in 1949 by Joseph and Bernice Smith, PLIDCO remains a privately held, family-owned...

Atlanta Gas Light repeats as champion in National Gas Rodeo.(Newsreel)
November 1, 2003... The 9th Annual National Gas Rodeo was held Sept. 27 and "The Misfits" from Atlanta Gas Light Co. repeated their 2002 Rodeo performance with the 2003 championship. "I couldn't be prouder of our guys," said Charlie Clement, team coach of the...

Shell sells its enterprise products interest.(Newsreel)(Shell US Gas and Power L.L.C.)(Enterprise Products Co.)
November 1, 2003... Shell US Gas & Power LLC, an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, has sold its 30 percent interest in Enterprise Products GP, LLC to an affiliate of Enterprise Products Co. As a result, affiliates of the entity now own 100 percent of the...

TEPPCO acquires transportation assets in Texas.(Newsreel)(TEPPCO Partners L.P.)
November 1, 2003... Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company LLC, the general partner of TEPPCO Partners L.P., along with Genesis Crude Oil L.P. and Genesis Pipeline Texas L.P. has entered into an agreement in which TEPPCO will purchase assets valued at $21...

KM Energy Partners moves forward on $30 million CMC project.(Newsreel)
November 1, 2003... Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., through its subsidiary, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC (KMIGT), announced the start of construction on its $30 million Cheyenne Market Center (CMC) service following FERC approval. The CMC...

ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum sign agreement for LNG supply.(Newsreel)
November 1, 2003... Exxon Mobil Corporation and Qatar Petroleum announced they have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to supply LNG from Qatar to the U.S. To date, this is the largest LNG agreement to be announced in the U.S. The HOA includes development of...

Editor's notebook.
November 1, 2003... Our cover story this month is a very important article that focuses on the industry we cover from the perspectives of five individuals who know it best, With natural gas at the forefront of the nation's energy strategy, we decided to ask five...

Pipelines fighting financial disclosures.(Government Guidelines)
November 1, 2003... Interstate pipelines want the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to either rescind of substantially modify a proposed rule which would require them to file new quarterly financial reports. The new quarterly form, 3-Q, would contain a...

FERC to rehear price index rates policy.(Government Guidelines)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The FERC agreed in September to reconsider its modification order of July which prohibited interstate pipelines from using gas basis differentials to price negotiated rate transactions, a form of pricing pipelines since 1996. INGAA, supported...

TransCanada, ConocoPhillips seek community support for LNG facility in Maine.(Projects)
November 1, 2003... TransCanada Corporation and ConocoPhillips have announced plans to build a new LNG receiving terminal at a site previously used as a U.S. Navy fuel depot and currently owned by the town of Harpswell, ME. The companies recently presented plans...

Socotherm wins coating contract.(Projects)(Eni S.p.A.)(National Oil Corp. (Tripoli, Libya))
November 1, 2003... Socotherm is scheduled to provide external protective coatings and weight coating on 110 km of pipe for the Bahr Essalam Gathering and Export's pipeline project for the Italian group ENI and Libya's National oil Corporation. The pipe will be...

CB&I awarded LNG terminal expansion contract.(Projects)
November 1, 2003... CB&I, The Woodlands, TX, has been awarded a lumpsum turnkey contract valued in excess of $80 million for an LNG terminal expansion project in Lake Charles, LA. Owned and operated by Trunkline LNG Company, a unit of Southern Union Company, the...

Contracts for Willbros total $100 million.(Projects)
November 1, 2003... A Willbros Group subsidiary, Willbros Middle East, Inc., has been awarded a construction contract in Iraq for pipeline installations ranging in size from 8-inch to 40-inch diameter. The project, awarded by Kellogg Brown & Root Services,...

Unocal Keystone open season.(Projects)
November 1, 2003... Unocal Keystone Gas Storage LLC held a non-binding open season which ran through Nov. 7, to solicit expressions of interest for firm storage services for part or all of its soon-to-be available 2 Bcf of un-subscribed firm storage capacity in...

INTEC takes on world class project off Egypt.(Projects)
November 1, 2003... Building on the success of its contributions to the BG-operated Scarab Saffron project in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession, INTEC Engineering is providing professional services for the BG-operated Simian Sienna and Sapphire...

VECO Canada finishing up integrity project in South America.(International Highlights)(GasOriente Boliviano Ltda.)(GasOcidente do Mato Grosso Ltda.)
November 1, 2003... VECO Canada is finalizing an integrity management program for the Bolivia-Mato Grosso (Cuiaba Integrated Energy Project), a natural gas pipeline that extends from eastern Bolivia to Cuiaba, Brazil. A key component of the program is the supply,...

Petrobras plans major investment in pipelines.(International Highlights)
November 1, 2003... Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, plans to invest $3.7 billion by 2007 to build natural gas pipelines, part of a plan to cut losses on its gas business by winning new customers. The plan calls for increasing links...

Israeli pipeline prepared for Russian oil.(International Highlights)
November 1, 2003... Israel's refurbished bi-directional Ailat-Ashkelon pipeline is ready to transport Russian and Caspian crude oil to Asia or to resume its old direction of shipping Middle East oil from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. The 254-km line links the...

WVEM (Belgium) selects Intergraph Technology.(International Highlights)(West-Vlaamse Energie- en Teledistributiemaatschappij)(Intergraph Benelux)
November 1, 2003... Intergraph Benelux announced that West-Vlaamse Energie- en Teledistributiemaatschappij (WVEM) selected Intergraph's G/Technology and GeoMedia[R] software as the enabling AM/FM/GIS platform for its Enterprise Network Resource Management System....

Gaz de France buys GE compressor units.(International Highlights)
November 1, 2003... Gaz de France has contracted with GE Oil & Gas's Thermodyn unit for three compression units of 12 megawatts each for the Roussines gas transport station near Argenton-sur-Creuse in the center of France, and three units of eight megawatts each...

Willbros awarded Oman EPC contract.(International Highlights)(Willbros Group Inc.)(engineering, procurement and construction)
November 1, 2003... Willbros Group, Inc. says its operating unit in Oman is working on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for multiple pipelines in the Lekhwair field area for a long-standing client, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The...

BJ PPS completes challenging Ecuador work.(International Highlights)(BJ Process and Pipeline Services)(Techint International Construction Corp)
November 1, 2003... BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) successfully completed a challenging pipeline pre-commissioning contract for Techint International Construction Corp. in Ecuador. BJ PPS supplied pre-cleaning, hydrotesting and filling services on the...

Halliburton's Norway operations ISO certified.(International Highlights)
November 1, 2003... Halliburton Energy Services has been awarded ISO 14001 certification by global certifying body Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for its entire operation in Norway. For certification, Halliburton Norway fulfilled all 17 elements of the ISO 14001...

Chinese considering 3 LNG terminals.(International Highlights)
November 1, 2003... Chinese planners are reported to be considering constructing as many as three new LNG terminals. One would be at Qingdao, at the southern tip of Shandong Peninsula in northern China. The others would be near Shanghai. Beijing has apparently...

Van Leeuwen Buizen involved in Sakhalin Island.(International Highlights)
November 1, 2003... Van Leeuwen Buizen's Process Industry division is working on contracts for the supply of pipe, fittings and flanges on realizing phase-1 and phase-2 of the Sakhalin Island project. The project is on the northeast shelf of Sakhalin Island. Exxon...

Natural gas at forefront of nation's energy picture.(Consultant's Roundtable)
November 1, 2003... The turmoil in the energy industry leaves no sector untouched, especially natural gas. With strong demand leading to high prices, an unprecedented power blackout, uncomfortable storage levels and fears of a shortage this winter, even Alan...

A new solution tool-box for pipeline engineers.
November 1, 2003... A potential new solution tool-box for pipeline engineering has been developed by Brinker Technology, a pipeline integrity management solutions company based in Aberdeen. Called ATLLAS[TM] (Advanced Technology for Leak Location and Sealing), it...

It's all about underground.(UCT 2004 Preliminary Program, Extensive Show Plans Announced)
November 1, 2003... Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition January 13-15 Turning the economic corner seems to be on every body's minds these days in the underground construction and rehabilitation industry. All...

Releasing Iraq's 'elephants' through energy sector redevelopment.(Plenty Of Work Awaits Contractors)
November 1, 2003... Elephants, industry jargon for major oil and gas fields, are becoming increasingly difficult to locate. In search of these so-called elephants, teams of geologists and wildcatters have been to every corner of the globe attempting to locate...

Specially integrated process cuts plant turnaround time and saves money.(Refinery Benefits)
November 1, 2003... Praxair recently purged, cleaned, inspected, and hydrotested a multi-bend, 1.34-mile natural gas pipeline that serves a refinery in Louisiana. The pipeline work was conducted during a refinery turnaround that Praxair successfully expedited by...

Emerson Process Management.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The new Bettis[R] LineGuard [TM] 2200 Electronic LineBreak Detection System is featured in a color brochure by Emerson Process Management. The self-contained system monitors pipeline pressure at the valve site and offers linebreak protection as...

WOM.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Worldwide Oil field Machine (WOM) is offering the new DualSeal[TM] Ball Valve as an alternative to gate and plug valves where it has weight, size and operating speed advantages. Three independent seats plus emergency sealant injection as a...

Circle Seal Controls.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Circle Seal Controls announces its new line of R6000 Series Right Angle Relief Valves offering a pressure range of 0.5 to 10,000 psig and improving inefficiencies commonly found in the market today. The improved design features include a fully...

Jomar International, Ltd.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Jomar International, Ltd. has released a full color, six-page brochure that details valve product solutions and gives the reader a quick visual tour of the company's product offerings. The brochure also identifies the materials used for...

Parker Instrumentation.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Parker Instrumentation has launched an instrumentation check valve optimized for reliable operation at extreme temperatures and high pressures. Integrity is assured by means of a metal seat, allowing safe operation over an extended temperature...

Moore Industries.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Moore Industries says its IPX2 Current-to-Pressure Transmitter has been certified to use natural gas (up to 20 ppm of H2S) as its pneumatic supply in Class I, II and III, Division 1, Groups A-G areas. The transmitter has obtained Factory Mutual...

Jordan Valve.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Jordan Valve now provides globe style control valves with integral flanges from 1.5 through 4 inches (DN40-DN100). The new Mark 78 configuration gives the company three seat configuration possibilities for every application--Stem Guided...

IKS.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... IKS Division of TIX Corporation is offering a color brochure devoted to its new A1 pipeline ball valve that is made with a single vertical weld. Features include fully welded body of forged steel parts; trunnion-mounted ball that is supported...

Pibiviesse S.p.A.(What's New In Valves, Valve Operators and Odorization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Pibiviesse S.p.A. offers a color brochure dedicated to its CAGE-BALL high-performance control ball valve. The company says this is the second generation of low-noise, non-cavitating control valve design that uses a battery of plates configured...

Improving pipeline integrity requires data to become a shared asset.(Making The Most Of Your Information)
November 1, 2003... Managing a pipeline to ensure continual safety and reliability requires that attention be paid to the management of information gathered during construction, surveys and routine operations. Federal pipeline integrity regulations put a premium...

Optimizing data validation for usability.(Is Your System User Friendly)
November 1, 2003... Gas Measurement + Data Validation (Second in a series) The October data validation article covered a number of Data Validation rules as verification actions on all aspects of your gas measurement system's capacity and data repository....

Ultrasonic solution for high pressure gas service.
November 1, 2003... Twenty ultrasonic meters today are successfully operating in high-pressure, demanding gas service for Williams International in Venezuela as the result of a development project that started about seven years ago. In 1996, much of the...

Challenges and circumstance test SCI crews on evergreen expansion project.(Gas Pipeline Construction)
November 1, 2003... When Snelson Companies Inc. (SCI) won the bid to install two new pipeline loops for Williams' Northwest Pipeline System, they knew it would be challenging. Not only did the $240 million project require the installation of four 36-inch-diameter...

Natural gas: the nation's fastest-growing major energy source.(PGJ's 23rd Annual 500 Report)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... This is Pipeline & Gas Journal's 23rd Annual 500 Report, the industry's most comprehensive statistical look at the nation's energy pipeline systems. As in past years, the report ranks the nation's top transmission companies and leading liquids...

Pipeline & Gas Journal's top lists.(PGJ's 23rd Annual 500 Report)(Illustration)
November 1, 2003... Pipeline & Gas Journal's Top Lists The Top Ten Gas Utilities In Miles of Piping Miles of Rank Distribution 2002 Name of...

Annual top ten lists.(PGJ's 23rd Annual 500 Report)(Illustration)
November 1, 2003... ANNUAL TOP TEN LISTS The Top Ten Liquids Pipelines In Crude Oil Deliveries 2002 Crude Oil Rank Deliveries 2002 Name of...

The top gas distribution utilities.(PGJ's 23rd Annual 500 Report)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... THE TOP GAS DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES Rank Number 2002 of Sales 02 01 Name of Company Customers ...

The top leading gas pipelines.(PGJ's 23rd Annual 500 Report)(Illustration)
November 1, 2003... THE TOP LEADING GAS PIPELINES Miles of Gas Rank Pipeline Operated 02 01 Name of Company Total Transmission...

100 leading liquids pipelines.(PGJ's 23rd Annual 500 Report)(Illustration)
November 1, 2003... 100 LEADING LIQUIDS PIPELINES Barrels Delivered Out of Rank System in 2002 (000) 02 01 Name of Company Total Crude Oil Products ...

Study shows sharp increase in Gulf of Mexico Shelf operating costs with production declines.
November 1, 2003... A sharp increase is shown in Gulf of Mexico Shelf operating costs for producing fields with production declines, reports the Ziff Energy Group in its 4th edition of the Shelf Reducing Field Operations Costs (RFOC) study. According to...

Pipeline construction scorecard: projects planned and under construction.(Illustration)
November 1, 2003... Pipeline Construction Scorecard Projects Planned And Under Construction Company Name Project Name Length Cost In- And/Or Location (Miles) ($Million) Service ...

Survey sees shortfall in capital spending in gas industry.(Distribution Forum)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Gas industry members surveyed during the 2002-2003 winter by Basic Systems Inc. foresee U.S. gas demand growing substantially over the next 20 years while spending for transportation/distribution infrastructure does not keep pace. This is a key...

Jack-up capsizes in Gulf; 41 rescued.(Offshore Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... A recent malfunction on a jack-up rig owned by Parker Drilling, Houston, resulted in 41 crew members having to be rescued. The malfunction occurred shortly before drilling operations were scheduled to commence near the Chandeleur Islands along...

Gulf Terra finalizes plans for Gulf of Mexico pipeline.(Offshore Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a 36 percent owner and operator of Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C., executed an agreement to transport crude from the Front Runner field, which is located in 3,500 feet of water in Green Canyon Blocks 338...

NGSA speaks out on offshore pipelines.(Offshore Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Maintaining federal regulation of certain offshore pipeline facilities is needed to ensure a healthy, competitive marketplace for natural gas producers and consumers alike, according to testimony by the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA)....

Five-year offshore pipeline/umbilical forecast.(Offshore Review)
November 1, 2003... A forecast from Douglas Westwood and offshore data specialist Infield Systems credits global energy demand with driving activity in the offshore pipeline and umbilical sectors. In fact, the installation of 31,690 miles (51,000 km) of pipeline...

Danish-Netherlands offshore pipeline link planned.(Offshore Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... A project in Europe will result in the construction of a 62-mile, 26-inch natural gas pipeline that will pass through Danish, German and Dutch waters. A.P. Moller--Maersk, Shell, ChevronTexaco and Dansk Olie og Naturgas A/S (DONG), the national...

Stingray Pipeline to transport gas from Unocal platform in Gulf.(Offshore Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Stingray Pipeline Company LLC, jointly owned by Shell Gas Transmission and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., has executed life of lease contracts to provide natural gas transportation services to Unocal for its West Cameron Block 44 Harvest,...

Compact pipe flange offers benefits in size, weight and leak resistance.(Tech Notes)
November 1, 2003... The ANSI flange has provided the industry with a suitable sealing technology for decades--often to great success--but the demands of the oil and gas industry have changed during this time while the ANSI flange has not. Cost-efficiency,...

T.D. Williamson, Inc.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Magpie[TM] Systems. Inc., a T.D. Williamson, Inc. company, has rolled out the newest addition to its in-line inspection products, the 4-inch (102-mm) magnetic flux leakage tool. With a minimum bend radius of 3D, the inspection tool allows small...

Tyco Adhesives CPG.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Tyco Adhesives Corrosion Protection Group (CPG) is now offering clear tubular sleeve (CTS) to protect pipe system markers. The CTS intends to help companies ensure that their name and other identifying markers on pipe systems are protected and...

Welker Engineering Company.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Welker Engineering WelkerScope[R] Inspection Devices offer the prospect of a meter tube inspection in less than 20 minutes, The WelkerScope allows the crew to see the orifice plate, the straightening vanes, or any other internal meter tube of...

StarTrak Pigging Technologies, Inc.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... StarTrak Pigging Technologies, Inc. has introduced its "Watchdog" System. the "intelligent pipeline marker." The cost-effective system intends to increase efficiency, security and safety factors for pipeline operations personnel by remotely...

Honeywell-Sensotec.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Model WTB battery-powered wireless transmitter option for standard Honeywell-Sensotec bridge-based sensors simplifies testing, measurement, and automation by eliminating hookup of cables and sensing devices. Based on PWM technology, this...

Dresser Instruments.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The new Ashcroft[R] industrial digital gauge from Dresser Instruments introduces the distinguishing features of 4-20 mA output and a switching option of one or two SPDT switches to combine indication, transmission and switching capability into...

Micro Motion.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Emerson says its Micro Motion[R] ELITE[R] Flowmeter has been proven to be the world's most accurate Coriolis meter. Emerson bolsters its assertion by pointing to its investment in and use of gravimetric calibration and its receipt of ISO 17025...

Quorum Business Solutions, Inc.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Quorum Measurement is a comprehensive measurement information management software application that serves as a consolidated repository for all volumetric data regardless of source. The system is propose-built to address measurement with a tree...

R&M energy systems.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... R&M, a unit of Robbins & Myers, introduced the latest, most technically advanced solution for pipeline and vessel closures. Marketed under the SENTRY[TM] brand name, this non-threaded internal door closure provides many features and benefits...

Pipeline Inspection Company.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Pipeline Inspection Co. offers three portable" holiday detector packages to quickly and accurately inspect pipe coatings on 2-60-inch OD pipe. SPY[R] Models 715, 725 and 735 portable holiday detectors are lightweight and self-contained. To test...

Nippon Steel Corp.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Nippon Steel Corp. has published a brochure describing the features of its X120 high-strength linepipe for long-distance gas transmission. Nippon Steel says the objective of its work to develop the high-strength steel (HSS) X120 is to lower the...

Polytec Co., Ltd.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Polytec is offering its 2003 catalog devoted to its PE pipeline system for gas and water industries. Polytec, part of the JOA Group, says its PE ball valves and electrofusion fittings are qualified to inter national standards: ANSI/ASME B16.40,...

Cortec Corporation.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Cortec[R] Research Lab has developed a biodegradable VpCI[R] -029 Corrosion Treatment for pipelines and oil wells. The formulation requires no special treatment for waste disposal. This feature makes the product unique in specialty chemical...

The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC).(Association News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) honored three industry professionals at its annual meeting, Sept, 24-26, in Houston. The Distinguished Service Awards recognize individuals for their dedicated service to the industry...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has purchased the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Metering Research Facility (MRF) in San Antonio, TX.(Association News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has purchased the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Metering Research Facility (MRF) in San Antonio, TX. The Institute has operated the facility tot the GTI since it opened in November 1991.

Shell Oil Company.(Personnel Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Deborah Witmer has joined Shell Oil Company as vice president, U.S. External Affairs. She will lead the company's corporate external affairs programs and operations, including media relations, corporate communications, advertising and corporate...

Calgary-based Baseline Technologies Inc.(Personnel Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Tom Sawyer, P.E., has joined Calgary-based Baseline Technologies Inc. as CEO. Sawyer's arrival coincides with Baseline's recent significant gains in the pipeline industry, including agreements with Fluor Corporation, Alliance Pipeline, Inter...