FUGITIVE EMISSIONS SUMMIT AMERICAS JUNE 26-27, 2018 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas, USA
DAY 1 8:30AM
Conference Breakfast
9:00AM
Plenary 1
Chairman’s Welcome – Gobind Khiani, Fluor Canada
9:30AM
Plenary 2
Consent Decrees and Consent Decree Termination – Tim Goedeker, Phillips 66
10:00AM
Plenary 3
Performance Testing to ASME B16.20 — Carlos Girão, Teadit
10:30AM
11:00AM – 1:00PM
Expo & Coffee Break
Workshop Regulatory Updates
Workshop Testing
Workshop Valves & Flanges
Moderators: Greg Johnson - United Valve Matthew Gobert - EMSI
Moderator: Rich Davis - Flexitallic
Moderator: Gobind Khiani - Fluor Canada
Moderator: Carlos E. Davila - Crane
Panelists: Brian Whitley - EMSI
Panelists: Laboratory Measurement of Oxidation in Flexible Graphite Sealing Material Stephen Bond - Flexitallic
Panelists: Canadian Natural Gas Pipeline Emission Reduction Opportunities Chett Norton - Triangle Fluid Controls
Understanding ASTM D2879, Vapor Pressure by Isoteniscope Blake Bronson - Alcor Petrolab
A Path to Cost Savings Through Ball Valve Fugitive Emissions Compliance Jeff Roseneder & Trey Gore - Emerson
Panelists: Got Fugitive Emissions? Deploy State-of-theArt Designed Quarter Turn Valves Rajib Raychaudhury &Vimal Ghumman Emerson
Gasket Strengths and Vulnerabilities Thom Jessup - EGC Enterprises
Worldwide Fugitive Emission Standards and Regulations in Americas Gobind Khiani - Fluor Canada
Practical Methods for NSPS OOOa Regulatory Compliance Suresh Raja - Enercon The History of Standards Development Gobind Khiani - Fluor Making the Match – Why Successful Climate Policy & Next Generation Innovation Depends On Current Technology Jackson Hegland - Methane Alliance Kevin Moin - RECES Randy Parmley - Sage Environmental
1:00PM
Workshop International Emission Trends
Testing to FE Standards: Which standards, when? Vanessa Mertes and Stan Allen - Bray Acoustic Monitoring Environmentally Friendly but Economically Fruitful Beau Stander - A.W. Chesterton & Foster Voelker II - Beric Valves
Climate Policy and Fugitive Emissions Management in Canada Jackson Hegland - Methane Alliance What will LDAR look like over the next decade? Deever Bradley - ERM
Lunch & Learn
Speaker’s Corner Presentations There will be interactive demonstrations on the exhibition floor throughout the event from companies including: Crane, United Valve, A.W. Chesterton, Amtec & Bray. If you are interested in presenting, please contact the Conference Coordinator Stephanie Matas (
[email protected]).
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Fugitive Emission and Valve Repair Greg Johnson - United Valve Low Emission Quarter Turn Valve Design Craig Keating - Score Improving Valve Sealing Performance & Emission Control Neal Clevenger - Victaulic Effect of Stem and Stuffing Box Surface Roughness on Valve FE Performance K S Patil - L&T Valves
DAY 2 8:30AM
Conference Breakfast
9:00AM
Plenary 3
Consent Decrees — Dan Devine, Midland Engineering
9:30AM
Plenary 4
IRS Gas - Argentina
10:00AM
Plenary 5
Sinopec
10:30AM
11:00AM – 1:00PM
Expo & Coffee Break
Workshop Air Pollution Control Technologies
Workshop Consent Decrees
Workshop Leak Detection Technologies
Workshop Valves & Flanges
Moderator: Rich Davis - Flexitallic
Moderator: Suresh Raja - Enercon
Moderators: Kevin Moses - LDARtools
Moderators: Brindesh Dhruva - Bray
Panelists: FSA Gasket Testing & Other Testing Challenges Phil Mahoney - A.W. Chesterton
Panelists: The EPA’s Methods for Controlling Fugitive Emissions from Regulated Equipment Beau Stander - A.W. Chesterton
Panelists: Fugitive Emissions Detector Gear Box Clay Hightower - Rotork
Panelists: Pressure Relief Valves Fugitive Emissions Testing D. Emile Tezzo, Dr. Amr Gado & Calvin Deng - Emerson
R&D: Gasket Technology Advancements Stephen Bond - Flexitallic Troubleshooting FLIR & EPA Regulations Beau Stander - A.W. Chesterton Infrared Camera Technology Advancement Demonstration Gary Strahan - Infrared Cameras Review of the Latest Updates on API 622 Matt Wasielewski - Yarmouth Research
Frank J Burgard III - Dexter Mark Kelsey - Tricord Best Practices for Consent Decrees Dan Devine - Midland Engineering Tackling Fugitive Emissions with an Advanced Fenceline Troy Boley - Spectrum
A Comparison: AWP versus LDAR Terence Trefiak - Target Emissions Service Fugitive Emissions & LDAR 2.0 - Thought Leadership Dave Anderson - Score Diagnostics Aerial Methane Imaging and the Evolution of “Smart LDAR” Steven Deiker - Kairos Aerospace Optical multi Gas Imaging core for fugitive emissions mitigation Francisco Cortés - Sensia Solutions
Effects of Low E valve design on Stem Galling Luke Chou - Neway & Jim Nelson - United Valve Performance and Emissions Challenges for Quarter Turn Soft Seated Valves in Severe Service Applications Rob Enneking - Fluoroseal Qualification of polymer Filip Rousseau - Saint Gobain Seals New Design for Low Emissions Valve Packing to Meet API 641 Fred Catron, James Lowery - Shutter Valve
1:00PM
1:30PM – 3:00PM
Lunch & Learn
Workshop Emission Control Technologies Moderators: Phil Mahoney - AW Chesterton & Fluid Sealing Association Panelists: Upstream Oil & Gas Emissions Calculations: Storage Tanks Danielle Nesvacil - TCEQ Making of Low Emission Valve Stem Packing Mike Kupin - Garlock Real Life Experiences Driving Innovation in Sealing Valves Lee Krywitsky - Sealweld Externally Pressurized Gas Bearing Technology for Improved DGS Andrew Devitt - New Way Air Bearings Processing Methane Emissions Data at Scale Ari Gesher – Kairos Aerospace
Workshop Valves & Flanges
Workshop Leak Detection Technologies
Moderators: Joel Baulch - Teadit
Moderators: Beau Stander – A.W. Chesterton
Panelists: Stem Alignment – A critical component in Successful Linear Valve Fugitive Emissions Containment Greg Johnson - United Valve
Panelists: Latest Developments in the world of OGI Shane Womack - FLIR
Considerations in Design & Validation of Low E Valves Jonathan Marta & Michael Kitchens- Bray Gate, Globe or… TOV? A Simple Answer to Fugitive Emissions Compliance David Poly - Emerson New “Inherently Leak Free” Valve Operators for Hazardous Fluids & Chemicals David Yakos - Big Horn Valve Magnetic Valve Actuation Ned Davis - Maui Automation Group
Using Gas Cloud Imaging Technology to Detect and Quantify Fugitive Emissions Joshua May, Chris Cottam, Amy Allen & Robert Kester Rebellion Photonics Establishing Equivalence for New Methane Detection Technologies Brian Jones - Kairos Aerospace How to Respond to an EPA Section 114 LDAR Database Request David Ranum - Tricor Levels of Compliance for an LDAR Program Tanya Jackson - Montrose
*Program subject to change
Courses available on June 25th: Valve Essentials Course Fugitive Emissions Course Marketing for Results For more information on courses, please contact
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Conference Registration is available now! Full Conference Delegate Pass: 995.00 USD Student, group & end-user rates are available
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