Presentation Archive
Underground Natural Gas Storage (UNGS) Public Meeting
State Partners - Patrick Gaume
State Partners - Patrick Gaume
UNGS Regulatory - Catherine Washabaugh and Samuel Aguirre
UNGS Inspections since 2018 - Catherine Washabaugh
UNGS FAQs, December 2021 - David Hippchen
Well Annulus Monitoring - James Pfeifle
Best Practices; Wellsite / Wellhead Security & Safety - Jonathan Wohlhagen
Best Practices: Wellhead Visual Inspections - Abey John
Best Practices: Risk Management - Abey John and James Pfeifle
Revisions to API RP 1170/1171 - AGA: Charlie McConnell, Southern Star Natural Gas Pipeline
Day 2 Welcome and Opening - Catherine Washabaugh
Common Operator Issues/Challenges - James Pfeifle and Panel
Enforcement - Catherine Washabaugh and Panel
Well Integrity: Casing & Cement Inspection - Layth Jumaah Baker Hughes
FERC/PHMSA & UNGS - Seth Dickson
PHMSA is hosting this informational meeting as part of its core mission to improve safety through better communications between PHMSA, the public, and the regulated community. PHMSA intends to answer questions, address concerns, and provide an opportunity to speak with the regulated community.
The meeting will provide a forum for discussion of multiple topics related to UNGS, including: drivers for UNGS regulation, state partners, Interim Final Rule (IFR) to Final Rule (FR) changes, UNGS inspection processes, frequently asked questions (FAQs), jurisdictional coverage, incorporation by reference (IBR) of American Petroleum Institutes'(API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1171 and RP1170, general enforcement processes, common operator challenges, well annulus monitoring and exceedances, surface and subsurface safety valves (SSVs and SSSVs, respectively), best practices, and lessons learned from incidents.
More meeting information is available here.