The GSTC Insider
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April 5, 2007 issue
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- RFP Announcement
- GSTC Spring Meeting
- Executive Council Representatives
- Past Executive Council Representatives
- GasTIPS articles
- 2005 Project Final Reports Due
RFP Announcement
The RFP for the GSTC is available on the website at http://www.energy.psu.edu/gstc/fundedopp.html Proposals are due on May 3, 2007 at 4:00pm EST.
GSTC Spring Meeting
The GSTC Spring Meeting for the Gas Storage Technology Consortium will held at the National Fuel Gas Supply corporate office, Buffalo, NY on May 16-17, 2007. The meeting will be the opportunity to hear presentations from all proposals submitted in response to the Request for Proposals (RFP). The Executive Council will meet immediately following the close of the general session to consider and suggest projects for co-funding. Register on-line at: http://www.energy.psu.edu/gstc/meetings.html
GSTC Executive Council Representatives
Congratulations to the new candidates for the GSTC Executive Council seats for 2007-2008. We had a record number of people casting a ballot in this very close race. New members are:
- Greg Theirl: Dominion Delivery
- Todd Thomas: NW Natural Gas
- George Hodges, Panhandle Energy
- Jim Mansdorfer, Southern California Gas
The new members will join the following members who will continue to serve until the end of 2007:
- Allen Bues, Ameren Corp.
- Douglas Elenbaas, ElPaso Corp.
- Timothy Habovick, Equitrans
- David Burnett, Texas A&M
- Richard Stocke, Texas Gas Transmission
Council's responsibilities include attending a 2-day proposal meeting to review and select proposal for GSTC funding, to participate, either in person or via teleconference in other Council meetings, and are encouraged to serve on Ad hoc committees to steer the GSTC research projects.
Past Executive Council Members
The GSTC wishes to thank the following 2005-2006 Council members who faithfully served the past two years.
- James Philo, Consumers Energy
- Stephen Bergin, ONEOK Gas Storage, LLC
- Ramon Harris, National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
- Sharri Dunn-Norman, University of Missouri-Rolla
GasTIPS Articles
Two GSTC sponsored projects appeared in the NETL GasTIPS magazine http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/publications/GasTIPS. An article entitled “Updating the Roadmap for Natural Gas Storage Research” on underground natural gas storage, by Michael Whelan of PRCI and Ramon Harris of the National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., appeared in GasTIPS, volume 12, no. 4, pp. 8-10, 2006. This article highlights some of the projects the PRCI and the GSTC are funding to assist with the nation’s underground natural gas/hydrocarbon storage facilities.
A second article, “Management of Produced Waters from Underground Gas Storage”, by James Castle, E.H. Cross, and L.E. Kanagy, appeared in GasTIPS, volume 12, no. 4, pp. 11-13, 2006. This project is funded by the GSTC to demonstrate a low-cost and readily implemented method for treating produced water as part of a system integrated with the surface facilities of a gas storage field.
2005 Project Final Reports Due
The final technical reports for the projects that were approved during the two funding cycles for 2005 ended on December 31, 2006, with final reports due March 31, 2007. Reports are scheduled to be distributed to the GSTC 2005 Full members in late April or early May 2007.
To learn more about the GSTC, please contact:
Mr. Joel Morrison (814) 865-4802 or Ms. Sharon Elder (814) 865-9802 or e-mail us at gstc@ems.psu.edu.