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FUTURE
EFFORTS
Planned 2002 ECDA Work:
Provide examples for urban areas and collect supporting excavation
observations, continue to evaluate new technology that has not been
generally accepted, Some of the specific gas transmission related
tasks for 2002 would be:
- Complete the
balloting for TG041 and DCVG TG0497 2Q02
- Revisit the
existing data sets to answer the idea of "repeatable"
- Finish bell
holes that were not possible earlier
- Dig at some
sites that had no ECDA inspection indications
- Include the
delayed ILI inspection
- Organize a
workshop to review TG041 and improve the consistency of interpretation
- Collect additional
new examples to validate the ECDA methodology
- Provide DA
metrics, which show integrity is improving
Planned
Future ECDA Work:
- 2003 Provide
examples for locating isolated indications and improve the possibility
of location prior mechanical damage, continue evaluating new technology,
and initiate work to begin the qualification and certification
of ECDA providers.
- 2004 Update
the NACE TG041 ECDA Standard to include new technology and the
their ability to locate corrosion.
KEY PLAYERS,
SPONSORS, AND CONTACTS
Joe
Pikas has coordinated the efforts through weekly tele-conferences;
weekly updates, and arranged many monthly meetings. There have been
numerous contributors and thanks are due to the following consistent
contributors:
Advantica, AGA, Baseline, Battelle, BG Technology, CC Technology,
CMS Energy, Cycla, DnV, GTI, Gulf South P/L, El Paso, Hartford Steam
Boiler, Kinder Morgan, Marr Assoc, NACE, NY Gas Group, NiSource,
OPS, Paragon, PG&E, Reliant Energy, RSPA, So Cal Gas, Technical
Tool Boxes, TransCanada P/L, Williams Gas Pipeline.
Special
thanks to the NACE TC041 committee lead by Aida Lopez of CC Technologies.
Data
Integration Team:
Coordinators
- Joe Pikas
(Lead) Williams Gas Pipeline (interstates), 713/215-2693
- Dave Berger,
Keyspan (intrastate), 516/545-4584
- Bruce Hinton
Gulf South (interstates), 713/544-5574
- Ed Ondak
(OPS), 303/978-9553
- Greg Hindman
( OPS), 404 562-3540
Primary
Manager
- Keith Lewis
GTI, 847/768-0890
- Tom Bubenik,
Battelle, Statistical Analysis, 614/424-5331
- Bruce Dupuis,
Baseline: Data Integration, 403/266-3800
Inspection
providers
- Kevin Garrity,
CC Technologies, 614/761-1214
- Dirk Van
Oostendorf, Paragon Engineering, 713/570-8039. Help organize the
field data, historical records and/or conduct additional inspections
to validate the DA process.
- Ted Clark,
CC Tech, drafting the NACE ECDA standard, 304-757-3406
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