Natural Gas STAR Program

Production Technology Transfer Workshop - Denver, Colorado

February 11, 2014, Denver, Colorado

The agenda and presentations are provided below.

Time Agenda Item
8:00 am - 8:15 am

Natural Gas STAR Program Overview

  • Roger Fernandez, U.S. EPA, Natural Gas STAR Program
8:15 am - 8:50 am

Use of Vapor Recovery Towers & VRU’s to Reduce Emissions

  • Larry Richards, HY-BON Engineering
8:50 am - 9:15 am

Managing Venting for Liquids Unloading

  • Reid Smith, BP
9:15 am - 9:40 am

Casinghead Pressure Reduction Methane Capture Technologies

  • Larry Richards, HY-BON Engineering
9:40 am - 10:05 am

Methane Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities for Natural Gas Actuated Pneumatic Devices

  • Len Nelms, Tetra Tech, Inc.
10:05 am – 10:20 am

Break

  • Sponsored by GreenPath Energy and Red Hen Systems
10:20 pm - 10:35 am

Improving Flash Gas Emission Calculations from Storage Tanks

  • Len Nelms, Tetra Tech, Inc. Larry Richards, HY-BON Engineering
10:35 am - 11:05 pm

Case Study

  • Doug Jordan, Southwestern Energy
10:05 pm - 11:35 pm

Leak Detection and Measurement in Western Basins

  • Chris Rella, Picarro
11:35 pm - 11:50 pm

Break

  • Sponsored by GreenPath Energy and Red Hen Systems
11:50 pm - 12:15 pm

Centrifugal Compressor Wet Seal & Seal Oil Degassing & Recovery

  • Reid Smith, BP
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm

Methane Leakage from the U.S. Natural Gas Value Chain

  • Robert Harris, Environmental Defense Fund
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm

Question & Answer Session

  • Roger Fernandez, U.S. EPA, Natural Gas STAR Program
1:00 pm – 1:05 pm

Closing Remarks

  • Roger Fernandez, U.S. EPA, Natural Gas STAR Program

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