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January 2008 Gas/Electric Partnership Workshop

GAS COMPRESSION FROM PRODUCTION THROUGH TRANSMISSION

Gas Industry Trends
Impact of Clean Air Regulations on Gas Facilities
Production Compression

Transmission Compression
Waste Heat Recovery

                                      New Product Options                                       

UNDERWRITERS 

MAN TURBO Inc. USA
Direct Drive Systems
TMEIC GE
Hitachi America Ltd.
CenterPoint Energy
American Electric Power
Siemens
Hoerbiger Compression Technology
DRESSER-RAND
CompressorTechTwo
CONVERTEAM
Ariel Corporation
ABB, Inc.
CATERPILLAR GLOBAL PETROLEUM
GE Oil & Gas
Southwest Research Institute®
VOITH TURBO INC.
Waukesha Engine, Dresser Inc
Atlas Copco Comptec
Solar Turbines Incorporated
Ormat Technologies
Cummins Southern Plains

GAS COMPANY PLANNING ADVISORS

BP America, ConocoPhillips, El Paso Corporation,
Kinder Morgan, Marathon Oil Company, Panhandle Energy, TransCanada, Williams Gas Pipeline 

Produced by Gas/Electric Ventures

    GAS INDUSTRY TRENDS
    
Moderated by Donald R. Knop, Williams Gas Pipeline

    ● Facing the Hard Truths about Energy: A Summary of the 2007 National Petroleum Council Study
             Andrew Slaughter, Shell Exploration & Production Co.  

  ● Power Generation Outlook
 
Marguerite Mills, American Electric Power

  ● People and Equipment Supply Issues
 
Joseph E. Ramsey, Jacobs Consultancy, Inc.

   IMP    IMPACT OF CLEAN AIR REGULATIONS ON GAS FACILITIES
   
Moderated by Sam L. Clowney, Clean Air Consultant, Inc.

      Air Quality Regulations Impacting the Natural Gas Industry
Charles Wait and Marc Phillips, Panhandle Energy    

      Operating Catalytic Emission Reduction Systems
            
Larry Sasadeusz and Gregg Arney, Southern California Gas Company
 

      PRODUCTION COMPRESSION
       Moderated by Bryan K. Kendig, Marathon Oil Company

      Defining Upstream Compression
            Bryan K. Kendig, Marathon Oil Company

      Equipment Supply/Demand for the Upstream
            Brian Matusek, Exterran

      Upstream Compression Issues and Trade-offs - panel
            Lisa Honey, BP America
            Keith Sergent, ConocoPhillips
            Dwight Brodbeck, Marathon Oil Company

      Upstream Technologies Overview
            W. Norm Shade, ACI Services, Inc.
   

    TRANSMISSION COMPRESSION
       Moderated by Arnold Eisenstein, Panhandle Energy

      Gas/Electric Trade-offs - How Are they Changing? - panel
            Mark Gerken, Southern Natural Gas
            John McAughan, Williams Gas Pipeline
            Mitchell Mauch, El Paso Corporation
            Ronald Brown, Kinder Morgan
            Arnold Eisenstein, Panhandle Energy

      Meeting Power Plant Gas Needs - panel
            David Snyder, CenterPoint Energy
            Anders Johnson, El Paso Corporation
            Septimus van der Linden, Brulin Associates, L.L.C.

    WASTE HEAT RECOVERY
     Moderated by Robert McKee, Southwest Research Institute

      Incentives for Recovery
            Manfred Klein, National Research Council Canada

      Sources of Waste Heat for Recovery
            Robert McKee, Southwest Research Institute

      Waste Heat Recovery Technology
           
Ormat Technologies
            Turbo Thermal Corp.
            Capstone Turbine Corp.
            Voith Turbo

       
  
NEW PRODUCT OPTIONS
  
Moderated by W. Norm Shade, ACI Services, Inc.

       Modern Ajax Compressors
             
John Sebek, Cameron Compression Systems

       Wellhead Compressor Packages
             
David Seiler, Natural Gas Services Group

       Low Cost High Speed Wellhead Compressors
             
Mikko Crouch, Sertco

       Scroll Compressors
             
Mark McCormick, Emerson Process Management

    ●  Low Emissions Engine Solutions
             
Mark J. Helgren, Caterpillar, Inc.

      
    ●  Emissions Control Products
              Jason Denley, Hoerbiger Engineering Services
             

   ●  Large Reciprocating Compressors
              Bill Parry and Martin Hinchliff, Dresser-Rand

     Pipeline Compressor Packages
              Christean W. Kapp, Siemens

     Magnetic Bearing Technology
              Waukesha Magnetic Bearings

     Electrification of Older Gas Turbines
              Herman Artinian, Direct Drive Systems

     Severe Duty High Speed Motors
              Matthias Grapow, MAN TURBO