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NTSB Press Release

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Opening Statement
Acting Chairman Jim Hall,
National Transportation Safety Board

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Day 1
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Opening Statement/Remarks/Overview

 

Remarks
Representative Jim Oberstar
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

 

Remarks
Honorable Kelley S. Coyner, Administrator
Research and Special Programs Administration

 

Overview
Rod Dyck, Associate Director, Pipeline Division
National Transportation Safety Board

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Panels:

In-Line Inspection Service

Tom Sawyer - PII North America, Inc.
Ravi Krishnamurthy - PII North America, Inc.
John Parsons - Tuboscope


 


Smart Pigs

 


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Integrity Assessment

H. Noel Duckworth - Consultant
Dr. John F. Kiefner - Kiefner & Associates



 

Pipeline Operators

Vic Yarborough - Colonial Pipeline Company
Rich Turley, PE - Marathon Ashland Pipe Line LLC
Andy Drake - Duke Energy
Elden R. Johnson - Alyeska Pipeline Service Company



 

Researchers

Dr. Tom Bubenik - Battelle
Dr. Brian Leis - Battelle
Al Crouch - Southwest Research Institute



 

Leak Detection and Response


 

Chairman's Statement

 

Panels:

Leak Detection Systems

Larry Stack - Neles Automation
Alan Rodecker - Stoner Associates
Dr. Mike Yoon - Simulutions
Kenneth F. McCoy - Tyco International
Diane J. Hovey, Ph.D. - EFA Technologies, Inc.



Day 2
Day 2 transcript.

Independent System Design

Daniel W. Nagala - UTSI International Corporation
Al Senftleber - Senftleber & Associates



 
Byron Coy, PE - Office of Pipeline Safety, Eastern Region
 

Pipeline Operators

Ed Nicholas - Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Valencia Hiebert - Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Mike Huber - Marathon Ashland Pipe Line LLC
Peter Evans - Marathon Ashland Pipe Line LLC
R.C. (Bob) Darwin - Member of the American Petroleum Institute, Cybernetics Subcommittee


 

 

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