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February 2009 Gas/Electric Partnership Conference

GAS COMPRESSION FROM PRODUCTION THROUGH TRANSMISSION

Gas Industry Trends
Impact of Clean Air Regulations on Gas Facilities
Upstream Gas Compression Forum

Transmission Compression
Waste Heat Recovery

                                      New Product Options                                       

UNDERWRITERS 

MAN TURBO Inc.
Solar Turbines Incorporated
CompressorTechTwo
Entergy Services, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy
Hitachi America Ltd.
Dresser-Rand
Hoerbiger Compression Technology
ARIEL CORPORATION
Converteam
Direct Drive Systems
American Electric Power
Caterpillar Global Petroleum
TMEIC GE
Voith Turbo
Siemens Oil & Gas
Southwest Research Institute®
ABB, Inc.
Cummins Southern Plains
Dresser Waukesha
Atlas Copco Comptec
Compressor Systems, Inc
ECOM- Emission Analyzers
Cameron's Compression Systems Group

GAS COMPANY PLANNING ADVISORS

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

Produced by Gas/Electric Ventures

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

    ● The Impact of Developing Energy and Environmental Policy on the Gas Industry
             Kevin R. Petak, ICF International

  ● Non-Conventional Gas Supply Impacts on the Energy Picture
 
Phani Gadde, Wood Mackenzie

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

      CO2 Impacts for Pipelines
Lisa Beal, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America    

      Federal Rules for HAP’s & Criteria Pollutants & their Implementation
            
James McCarthy, Innovative Environmental Solutions

    New Source Performance Standards for Internal Combustion Engines - part A
 
           Sam L. Clowney, Clean Air Consultant, Inc., panel moderator
           
Randy Hamilton, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
           
Charles Wait, Panhandle Energy
            Robert Stachowicz, Dresser Waukesha

      UPSTREAM GAS COMPRESSION FORUM
       Moderated by Bryan K. Kendig, Marathon Oil Company

      New Source Performance Standards for Internal Combustion Engines - part B
            Bryan K. Kendig, Marathon Oil Company, panel moderator
           
Sixto R. Ortiz, Jr., ConocoPhillips
            Jack Maley, Exterran
            John Dutton, J-W Power Company
           
Sam L. Clowney, Clean Air Consultant, Inc.

      Supply/Demand Trends and Future Availability for Small Horsepower Compression Equipment
            James R. Barr, J-W Operating Company

      Production Compression Fleet Optimization Case Study
            Bryan Kendig, Marathon Oil Company           

      Compression Contracting Dynamics
            Lisa Honey, BP Americas
   

      Tracking Compression Performance
            Keith Sergent, ConocoPhillips
           
Larry Naylor, Compressor Systems, Inc
           
Andrew Miles, Detechtion Technologies      

     TRANSMISSION COMPRESSION
       Moderated by Mitchell L. Mauch, El Paso Corporation

      Engine/Compressor Upgrade or Replacement Options
            Anders Johnson, El Paso Corporation           

      Forum on Achievement of Efficiency via Slow Speed Reciprocating Compressors
            Jack Phillips, Panhandle Energy, moderator
            Tim Canton, El Paso Corporation    

  ●  Anatomy of a Light Bill – Application To Electric Compression
           
Tom McNeely, El Paso Corporation and N. John Bent, Entergy

      Operation of Gas and Electric Compressors
           
Larry Bowden, Williams Gas Pipeline      

    WASTE HEAT RECOVERY
     Moderated by Robert McKee, Southwest Research Institute

      Regulator Perspectives
           
James Pederson, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

      Waste Heat Recovery for Pipeline Compressor Stations 
             
Donna Sterrick, Hans Mathews, and Michael Smith, Hoerbiger Corporation of America   

      Waste Heat Technology Overview
           
M. Nored, M. Wilcox, R. McKee
, Southwest Research Institute
   
  
NEW PRODUCT OPTIONS
  
Moderated by W. Norm Shade, ACI Services, Inc.

       New Low Emissions Engine Line
             
Rusty Downey, Cummins, Inc.

       G3516 Engine Upgrades for Low Emissions
             
Wayne Longer, Caterpillar Global Petroleum

       New APV Valve & Valve Material for Upstream Compression
             
Kriss McDonald, Ariel Corporation

       Variable Frequency Drives for Compressors
             
Christian Bruderer, ABB, Inc.

      Variable Speed Planetary Gear
             
Wolfgang Sautter, Voith Turbo

 
   ● High Powered AC Drives for Large Compressors
             
Stephan Bondy, TMEIC GE         

   ● Dual Drive Technology
              Josh Malouf, Energy Transfer Technologies, L.P.

     Through Drive Concept
             
Anders Johnson, El Paso Corporation; Martin Habel, Solar Turbines, Inc.;  and Rich Frogge, Direct Drive Systems

      Integral Motor Compressor
              William Parry, Dresser-Rand

     Siemens STC-ECO hermetically sealed integrated motor/compressor
              
Christean W. Kapp, Siemens             

     Gas Engine Driven Centrifugal Compressor
              John Fagg, MAN TURBO