2019 Natural Gas STAR & Methane Challenge Workshop
November 4-6, 2019, Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA
Agenda and Presentations
View the workshop agenda and download the speaker presentations below.
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| MONDAY, November 4 | Site Tours |
| 8:00 am - 3:30 pm | Range Resources Facility (Southpointe, PA) Range Resources is one of the leading producers of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and has extensive operations throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Participants on this field tour visited active drilling operations, hydraulic fracturing operations, gathering and production facilities, and a gas processing plant. |
| 9:00 am - 2:00 pm | Montauk Energy Renewable Natural Gas Plant (Monroeville, PA) Participants visited the landfill gas capture area, gas processing plant, and the pipeline injection site at the Monroeville Landfill. Montauk Energy, Peoples Gas and Waste Management representatives discussed the collaboration required between the landfill and pipeline owners. |
| TUESDAY, November 5 | |
| 9:00 am – 9:10 am |
Welcome and Introductions Jerome Blackman - U.S. EPA |
| 9:10 am – 9:30 am |
Keynote Address Paul Gunning - Director, Climate Change Division, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA |
| 9:30 am – 9:45 am |
First Year of Methane Challenge Data and Program Accomplishments (pdf) Sarah Menassian - U.S. EPA |
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| 9:45 am – 11:00 am |
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| 11:20 am – 11:35 am |
Methane Challenge Continuous Improvement (pdf) Sarah Menassian - U.S. EPA |
| 11:35 am – 12:00 pm |
Proposed BMP Targeting Unit Isolation and Blowdown Valves (pdf) Josh Ennis - National Fuel Gas |
| 1:00 pm – 1:20 pm |
DTE Energy Rod Packing Evaluation and Replacement Program (pdf) Steven Anderson, Todd Baker - DTE Energy |
| 1:20 pm – 1:40 pm |
NGS Partner Experience with Liquids Unloading: Emission Verification and Reduction Initiative (pdf) Michael Ondash - Range Resources |
| 1:40 pm – 2:00 pm |
Minimizing Emissions While Manually Unloading Unconventional Shale Gas Wells (pdf) Jeff Formica - Seneca Resources Company |
| 2:00 pm – 2:20 pm |
Enhancing Transparency and Recognition of RNG Projects (pdf) Rob LaCount - M.J. Bradley & Associates |
| 2:20 pm – 2:30 pm |
Discussion and Q&A |
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| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Natural Gas STAR Program Update (pdf) Jerome Blackman - U.S. EPA |
| 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm |
Flare Reductions Achieved by Methane Reduction Strategy Lisa Tiesman - Shell E&P |
| 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm |
Innovative Methods to Minimize Emissions in a Highly Regulated State (pdf) Kelli Cox, Kathy Steerman, Josh Carlisle - Extraction Oil and Gas |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm |
Discussion and Q&A |
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| 4:00 pm – 4:20 pm |
Leveraging AI-powered Software to Predict which Daily Excavation Tickets are at the Highest Risk of Having Damages Mishal Thadani - Urbint and LDC partner |
| 4:20 pm – 4:40 pm |
Lessons Learned from the First Year of the Super Emitter Program (pdf) Francois Rongere - PG&E |
| 4:40 pm – 5:00 pm |
Using Off-the-Shelf Business Intelligence Tools to Identify Areas with Potential Methane / Fugitive Emissions Releases: Efficient CH4 Emissions Reduction (pdf) Dan McDermott - Huco Consulting, Inc. |
| WEDNESDAY, November 6 | |
| 9:00 am– 9:10 am |
Opening Remarks and Recap from Day 1 Jerome Blackman - U.S. EPA |
| 9:10 am– 9:40 am |
Keynote Address: The Commitments Across National Fuel’s Subsidiaries as an Integrated Company An Integrated Company Approach - Voluntary GHG Reductions (pdf) Ronald Kraemer - President, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire Pipeline Inc. |
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| 9:40 am – 10:00 am |
John Welch - Dane County, WI |
| 10:00 am – 10:20 am |
Lessons from Lifecycle Analysis and RNG Production Experience Marianne Mintz - Argonne National Lab |
| 10:20 am – 10:40 am |
Landfill Gas Energy Project (pdf) Chase Edmiston - ONEOK |
| 10:40 am – 11:00 am |
Dan Bonk - Montauk Energy |
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| 11:15 am – 11:30 am |
Results from Recent Field and Controlled Studies of Emerging Methane Leak Detection Technologies Dr. Arvind Ravikumar - Harrisburg University |
| 11:30 am – 11:45 am |
Handheld and Airborne Scanning Laser Sensors for Natural Gas Leak Imaging and Quantification Dr. Michael Frish - Physical Sciences Inc. |
| 11:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Source-Attributable, Quantitative Results from a Basin-Wide Survey of Methane Emissions (pdf) Dr. Elena Berman, Chief Science Officer, Kairos Aerospace |
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| 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm |
Richard Hyde - Our Nation's Energy Future Coalition |
| 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm |
ESG Metrics Reporting Template (pdf) Pam Lacey - American Gas Association |
| 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm |
INGAA's Voluntary Methane Emissions Commitments (pdf) Sandra Snyder - Interstate National Gas Association of America |
| 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm |
The Environmental Partnership (pdf) Matt Todd - American Petroleum Institute |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
Natural Gas Supply Chain Initiatives (pdf) Rob LaCount - M.J. Bradley & Associates |
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| 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
EPA Greenhouse Gas Data for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems (pdf) Adam Eisele, Melissa Weitz - U.S. EPA |
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| 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm |
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| 4:30 pm– 5:00 pm |
Closing Remarks and Workshop Adjourns Jerome Blackman - U.S. EPA |
| THURSDAY, November 7 | |
| 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | Stakeholder Workshop: EPA GHG Data on Natural Gas and Petroleum Systems |
Site Tours
Montauk Energy Renewable Natural Gas Plant in Monroeville, PA
Monday, November 4, 2019
This site tour was hosted by Pittsburgh-based Montauk Energy, an industry leader on the national scale with more than 30 years of experience in the development, operation, and management of biogas-fueled renewable energy projects throughout the U.S. Topics included landfill gas fundamentals, project development, gas processing, and pipeline injection. A representative from Peoples Natural Gas discussed RNG from the utility perspective.
Learn more about Montauk Energy's operations in Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
Range Resources’ Marcellus Shale Operation in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Monday, November 4, 2019
This site tour was hosted by Range Resources, one of the leading producers of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale with extensive operations throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Participants toured active drilling operations, hydraulic fracturing operations, gathering and production facilities, and a gas processing plant.
Learn more about what Range Resources is doing in the Marcellus Shale.
