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Tank Connection Announces New Glass Coating Line Expansion Parsons, Kansas - June 8, 2016 - Tank Connection, headquartered in Parsons, Kansas, announces expansion plans at their Galesburg, Kansas manufacturing location. Vitreous enamel (glass/porcelain) coating line equipment is being added to this facility. This line will produce bolted glass panels coated with AQUA AGT 2020™, a high performance, proprietary glass coating system that addresses the deficiencies in today’s glass coatings. Glass and LIQ Fusion 7000 FBE™ coatings are commonly requested in municipal water and wastewater storage applications. Tank Connection currently maintains the top two fusion powder coating lines for the application of fusion bond epoxy powder coatings. Their proprietary coating formulation was developed by Akzo Nobel, the largest powder coat supplier in the world, and is exclusively provided only by Tank Connection. Each coating line runs over twice the length of a football field and are located at the Parsons and Galesburg, Kansas facilities. According to Shane Nash, Tank Connection Vice President of Operations, “The addition of the glass coating line is complementary to our fusion coating lines and represents another big opportunity for Tank Connection. We have reviewed and conducted testing on glass coatings over the years and have not been satisfied with the performance of glass in water storage applications. By teaming up with the recognized industry experts in porcelain enamels, we have now addressed these deficiencies with a glass panel product that will fulfill client expectations.” In 2015, Tank Connection partnered with Porcelain Industries for R&D testing on glass formulations. Porcelain Industries has been in business for over 60 years and is the largest independent enameler in the U.S. Dr. Hemant Dandekar is the President and CEO of Porcelain Industries. He also serves on the board of the Porcelain Enamel Institute and has previously been the Chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Chicago section. According to Tank Connection Board Chairman, Bill Neighbors, “We have followed the same equation for all of the innovations in storage tank products that we have developed over the last decade. In this case, we have taken the best in bolted tank design and coated it with a high

performance glass coating system. As an Employee Owned Company, Tank Connection will only offer the best AMERICAN MADE storage tank products that are manufactured at Tank Connection facilities. Relative to glass, our focus was on addressing the deficiencies of today’s glass coatings in water storage applications. The glass coating system developed by Porcelain Industries addresses these deficiencies with its formulation, two coat and two fire process. In today’s market, customers deserve choices in their selection of storage tank products. At Tank Connection, we continue to advance that selection with products of unmatched quality and field performance. This line expansion will now allow us to offer our bolted tank design coated with LIQ Fusion 7000 FBE™ (fusion bond epoxy), AQUA AGT 2020™ (glass/vitreous enamel) and in 304 and 316 stainless steel construction.” Founded in 2003, Tank Connection has developed a reputation for successfully providing customers with products and capabilities for dry bulk and liquid storage applications. Complementary to their bolted tank product line, Tank Connection also offers field-welded tank construction, aluminum geodesic dome covers and elevated water tanks. Tank Connection’s business model is to cover storage applications from A to Z with the best, most innovative storage tank products available in the global market today.

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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: When in Doubt, Check Your Grout ................................................................... 8-9

NEW TECHNOLOGY: OleumTech® Helps Save $25k per Site ........................................................... 12-13

HEALTH & SAFETY: How Automation Solutions Are Solving HSE Issues .......................................... 16-17

O&G: MIDSTREAM: An Introduction to PANTM Filter Technology ...................................................... 18-19

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: SMG’s View of the Significance of Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant on the Region ............................................................. 20-21

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Shale Insight 2016: A Tri-State Partnership ................................................. 22

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An increasing number of companies operate facilities in remote areas, located far from corporate headquarters. The need for management personnel to communicate to employees at remote work sites through reliable means is essential for business success. When a work site is located in a remote location that has a poor or non-existent communications infrastructure, such as in the oil and gas drilling industry, or is struck by a natural disaster that destroys that infrastructure, the lack of communications can mean the loss of millions of dollars when orders can’t be fulfilled and there is no direction from headquarters. Due to the critical nature of the operations, companies that manage remote sites demand efficient and reliable high-throughput connectivity for communications that bridge headquarters, IT systems, and technical experts to each other. The slow reporting of technical issues at remote sites can have serious operational and worker safety implications.

Yet, providing real time communications for remote locations is unreliable and expensive. Terrestrial wireless equipment (cellular phones or land mobile radios) is only useful when communications towers and other fixed equipment are in place to connect wireless equipment to the local and global communications backbone. Reliable cellular service in remote locations is unpredictable and untrustworthy at best and traditional land lines are often non-existent. In the case of emergency situations, this infrastructure has either been destroyed by a natural disaster (e.g. New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina) or was not available before the disaster (e.g. the earthquake in Pakistan). This reality makes it critical for companies to have access to a wireless communications network that is not dependent on terrestrial infrastructure.

Customer Solution:SATCOM Digital Networks, LLC (“SATCOM” has developed a quality solution to this communication problem called the Digistar VSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite broadband service (“Digistar”). The Digistar service connects customers in some of the most remote regions to headquarter office personnel and IT systems and provides multiple solutions to their communication needs. Digistar is portable and can be deployed almost anywhere, making it ideal for business continuity and connectivity in remote, hard to reach locations or temporary sites.

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The primary role for using epoxy grout is to provide a uniform support and load transfer medium between the equipment and its foundation. Epoxy grouts consist of a resin base that is mixed with a hardener and aggregate filler. When these components are mixed together in the proper proportions, a crosslinked molecular structure that generates a relatively high amount of heat is created. This exothermic

reaction is an indication of both the amount of molecular crosslinking occurring and the generation of the high strength physical properties. Similarly, epoxy chocks are similar resin and hardeners but without aggregate filler. Epoxy grout compounds provide: (1) precise alignment, (2) enhanced vibration transmission, (3) a superior chemical resistance, (4) an increased stiffness, and (5) a steadfast bond for foundations of rotating or critical equipment. This is in contrast to foundation installations using a

cementitious grout or no grout product at all. Cementitious grouts are often used as suitable filler materials in less demanding applications, such as where less vibration or, dynamic loading is expected, or where precise equipment is not necessary. Cementitious grouts are often used as filler inside structural steel baseplates to increase mass, prevent standing water, reduce vibration transmission, or where vibration is not of concern. Most physical properties can be identified on the technical data sheets or bulletins published by the grout manufacturer. There are critical physical properties to consider before purchasing and installing epoxy grouts for machinery, including the: (1) compressive strength, (2) adhesion, (3) pot life, (4) compressive modulus of elasticity, and (5) coefficient of thermal expansion.

1. Compressive StrengthCompressive strength is the core attribute most people visualize and understand. It is the measure of the resistance that a grout has against compressive loading or squeezing. Most specifications referencing epoxy grout will recommend a minimum of 12,000 psi (82.7 MPa) at seven days, according to the ASTM C579 specification. It is important to note that most concrete designs for the installation of equipment recommend a minimum compressive strength of 4,000 psi (27.6 MPa). While compressive strength is a vitally important aspect of any effective grout design, it is not necessarily the most important for every individual equipment installation. 2. AdhesionThe goal of any equipment foundation design is to create a single, monolithic structure that has all layers in high contact with each other. When this is the case, vibrations can efficiently and effectively travel downward into the soil below. If there is a break between any two layers, the vibration will stop and stay in the machinery above that point, causing excessive seal and bearing wear. While never intended for usage as an adhesive material, epoxy grouts exhibit the ability to

adhere tenaciously to most any material and provide a very high level of contact between layers of steel and concrete.

3. Pot LifePot life is the workability time of the grout to be placed before it begins to lose flowability and starts to cure. It is often overlooked as an important characteristic of grout to evaluate. This is a main factor for the proper installation of grout underneath a piece of machinery. Although there is no standard currently available, the amount of time that elapses until the epoxy doubles its viscosity is generally accepted as a determinate of pot life. The longer the pot life a material has, the more time installers have to place the material properly the first time. These products need adequate time to flow into thin areas (1”- 4” or 25.4mm - 101.6mm) between the concrete foundation and equipment. Higher temperatures yield for decreased pot life. Additionally, when the number of bags of aggregate used in a mixture are reduced (e.g., for increasing flowability), the epoxy grout mixture will create more heat and thereby decrease the expected pot life.

4. Compressive Modulus of ElasticityThe compressive modulus of elasticity is used to measure the ability of the epoxy grout to withstand the loading, both continual and cyclic, by the equipment while still retaining its original structure. As an example, a rubber band would be an item

with a low modulus of elasticity and steel would be an item with a high modulus of elasticity. This is one of the main considerations of the usage of epoxy rather than cementitious grouts. Additionally, the installation of lower modulus of elasticity material, such as epoxy grout, in critical foundation systems has a proven record of success and reliability over the past thirty years.

5. Coefficient of Thermal ExpansionCoefficient of thermal expansion (COTE) might be one of the most important considerations for epoxy grouting equipment. When an object is heated or cooled, its volume changes proportional to the original length and the amount of change in temperature. More specifically, it is the proportion of how much the product will expand and contract as a result of temperature changes in the surrounding environments. Concrete (5.9) and steel (6.1) are similar in COTE based on inches/Inch/oF. The more similar the coefficient of thermal expansion of grout is to concrete and steel, the more monolithically the foundation structure will react in the field. Because epoxy grout has a higher tensile strength than the concrete foundation beneath (as noted earlier), edge curling and cracking are possible either immediately or months down the road. Whether edge curling or cracking occurs depends on the magnitude of the temperature swings experienced throughout the

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course of the equipment’s life. In circumstances where high COTE epoxy grout is used, the steel baseplate can be twisted and bring the equipment out of alignment.

Summary:Epoxy grout has many unique characteristics that profoundly affect the ultimate success of an installation. On-site technical representation can alleviate most potential problems and ensure the success of a properly designed foundation system. Always contact your local technical grouting representative for materials, consultation, anchor bolting, pre-grout meetings, and expansion joint considerations. Epoxy grouts have helped protect the foundation system and achieve maintainable, precise equipment alignment and reliability for several decades. Selection of the brand and type of grouts need to be carefully considered. All grouts do not have the same performance and can have different outcomes based on numerous factors only known by trained and technical grout representatives. One can refer to the previous listed physical characteristics so the next job is completed correctly the first time. Keep in mind, re-grouting a failed foundation can lead to 10 times the original cost. In closing, before the doubt begins to flow into the forms, know your grout and make these suggestions the norms.

Our references are API 686, PIP STS03601, ACI 351, & six decades of research, innovation, and installation. For more information, please contact: Matt Young – Eastern NA & Latin America Regional Sales ManagerITW Engineered Polymers – Chockfast [email protected] orChristopher Matthews-Ewald – Industrial Applications EngineerITW Engineered Polymers – [email protected]

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Harrisburg, PA - May 26, 2016 – Kevin E. Hedge, Professional Wetland Scientist, and Jennifer M. Egan, PG, Environmental Compliance Specialist, recently joined SKELLY and LOY in its Hunt Valley office. Mr. Hedge and Ms. Egan are both currently working as on the MD 219 mitigation project located in Garrett County, Maryland. The MD 219 realignment is proposed to improve safety and will run continuously between I-68 and the MD/PA line, providing much needed transportation improvement for this area.

Mr. Hedge is a wetland scientist, environmental /regulatory consultant, and project and team manager with 20 years of experience working on development, utility, and water quality improvement projects. He maintains a strong practical understanding of permitting and regulatory impacts on business and industry as well as regional watershed restoration efforts. Mr. Hedge earned a Master of Science degree in Environmental Management and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management from the University of Maryland. He is a Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) # 1559 of the Society of Wetland Scientists, and a Code of Maryland Regulations Qualified Forest Professional.

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27-29IPAA Midyear Meeting Houston, TX | www.ipaa.org

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30-31IADC Asset Integrity & Reliability ConferenceHouston, TX | www.iadc.org

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13-14IADC Advanced Rig Technology ConferenceGalveston, TX | www.iadc.org

15SOOGA Annual Trade ShowMarietta, OH | www.sooga.org

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By: Oleumtech

INTRODUCTIONA global producer of oil and gas desired to automate its pipeline pigging stations located throughout the Southeast region of Oklahoma. In order to increase operational efficiencies, the producer required automating the monitoring of two critical process variables for their pipeline pigging stations by gaining visibility to pipeline pressure and tank level data. The producer can greatly benefit from having an automated system since it would drastically reduce the manual labor required to monitor the arrival of pigs and tank levels. Sending field operators to monitor the pipeline pigging stations takes time and resources. Unpredictable weather and rough terrain may bring additional obstacles impacting the availability of field operators to regularly monitor conditions.

Pipeline pigs are devices placed inside pipelines to help maintain the operational use of the pipeline. The pigs are launched through the pipe using high pressure flow until it arrives at a receiving station. Pigs are used for collecting debris and

produced water along the pipes.

The producer’s site consists of a vessel (slug catcher) that collects produced water along with its pigs and a storage tank where the water is drained from the vessel. An automated system would provide an around-the-clock monitoring of the pigging stations so that they can efficiently deploy their field operators to maintain the system and know exactly when to offload the storage tanks.

To automate these processes, a pressure sensor is required at the vessel to detect pig arrivals. A high pressure

detection would simply mean there is an oncoming pig and low pressure would tell otherwise. Additionally, a tank level gauge is required to monitor the fluid level to prevent spills and perfectly time the offloading schedules of produced water.

CHALLENGEThe producer faced two major challenges. First, hardwiring sensors was not an option due to the distances between these assets to the RTU. The economics involved for trenching, conduit, and wiring for cables were high and would take weeks to deploy. In addition, underground pipes and the rough terrain did not make it feasible for the producer to pursue. Second, the producer did not want to tamper with the programming of the legacy Bristol 3340 RTUs operating at these facilities. Thus, the only possible solution was to somehow bring these critical process variables into 4-20 mA inputs that were available on the RTU. In the eyes of the operator, getting these two process variables were thought to be nearly impossible or extremely costly to achieve.

SOLUTIONOleumTech® was put to the task of solving the challenge. Once the key obstacles were identified, the team knew right-of-way that this problem can be solved using the OTC Wireless Sensors and I/O Network.

At the slug catcher: deploy an OleumTech Analog Pressure Transmitter (WT-0900-AD1) with a low power 1-5 V pressure transducer.

The Analog Pressure Transmitter is a wireless 4-in-1 analog and discrete signal monitoring solution. It is designed for connecting up to three 1-5 VDC analog sensors and one discrete input for dry contact or NPN source for exception reporting.

At the tank: deploy an OleumTech Resistive Level Transmitter (WT-0900-LL3) with an 11 ft. Flex Sensor for ease of installation (quick connect - no wiring involved between Sensor and Transmitter).

The Resistive Level Transmitter is a wireless all-in-one tank level monitoring solution. It is capable of monitoring product, interface, and temperature + discrete input(s) for connecting to a high level switch and thief hatch monitoring system.

Both Transmitters are self-contained, battery-powered, and rated for Class I, Division 1 use allowing for extremely quick and safe installation and deployment.

At the RTU: deploy an OleumTech DH2 Wireless Gateway (WG-0900-DH2) with the RS485 I/O Expansion System (BM-1000-PM1K) with one 4-20 mA I/O Module (BM-0420-122) that provides 2x AIs and 2x AOs.

For this particular application, the DH2 Wireless Gateway is set up as the primary receiver to wirelessly collect data from the pressure and level transmitters. It also has Modbus Master write capabilities to map these two process variables to available outputs. In this case, it is converting 1-5 V signal to 4-20 mA signal for pressure and 0-11 ft. level data to 4-20 mA signal.

The RS485 I/O Expansion System is a Modbus Slave interface to connected I/O modules. For this application, the pressure and level data required one 4-20 mA I/O Module. With the OTC Wireless Sensors and I/O Network in place, the DH2 wirelessly receives the pressure and level data from the transmitters and converts them to 4-20 mA signals which are then hardwired into Bristol 3340.

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These signals are provided to the producer when the pigs arrive, and based on tank level, know exactly when to coordinate with their field operators to transfer the produced water.

SUCCESSThe OleumTech complete automation solution test piloted at one of the producer’s most challenging sites. Automating the pigging stations without reprogramming the producer’s Bristol 3340 RTU was a success.

Instead of taking weeks to implement, OleumTech was able to deploy the full system in less than a day. With a cost-effective wireless and hardwired M2M automation solution, OleumTech helped save more than $25k per site for the producer. Since the success of the pilot, the producer is extremely satisfied and moving forward with using the OTC Wireless Sensors and I/O Network to automate the process on their other sites.

CONTACTMarketing and SalesOleumTech Corporation19762 Pauling,Foothill Ranch, CA 92610Toll-free: 866.508.8586Phone: 949.305.9009Fax: [email protected]

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Within any company actively engaged in the oil and gas industry, the HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) Department plays a very vital role. As the goal of the HSE Department is to protect employees, the public, the environment and to comply

with applicable laws all while protecting the company’s assets and reputation. Therefore, all companies with active operations in the oil and gas industry fully understand the mission critical role that their HSE Department and professionals play on a daily basis in their organizations and the communities where they work. Also, all oil and gas companies fully acknowledge and agree that nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of the people working in the industry, the safety of the public and protecting the environment we all cherish and live in.

In addition to the daily challenges that an oil and gas company HSE department faces, they also must keep up with the on-going changes in regulations that are constantly being imposed on the oil and gas industry. In 2011 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was previously more focused on imposing restrictive regulations on the refining and coal industries, also turned its attention to the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry through the Energy Extraction National Enforcement Initiative (NEI). These EPA Regulations directed at the oil and gas industry are evolving quickly, which has made compliance with multiple initiatives

implemented in the past several years to become very complex and challenging for HSE Departments to keep up on. To provide some perspective on the scope of these regulations the National Enforcement Initiative for the Energy Extraction includes regulations for Air Compliance, Wetlands and Storm Water Pollution Protection, Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA) and many others which are too numerous to cover in this article.

Per the EPA, it has worked closely with states to assure that domestic onshore natural gas extraction and production is done in a way that protects the environment and complies with all applicable laws. Additionally, the EPA has settled a number of high-impact cases under this initiative (NEI) which according to them has resulted in significant air emissions reductions. Additionally the EPA states they will continue to identify the best ways to address pollution through greater use of advanced pollution monitoring and reporting techniques. According to the EPA they will also utilize innovative Next Generation technologies and techniques as appropriate to address non-compliance.

Obviously keeping up with all of these varied and constantly changing EPA regulations imposed on the oil and gas industry is quite time consuming and very costly for the oil and gas industry. And much of this burden falls on the shoulders of the HSE Departments of oil and gas companies. Accordingly, due to the EPA’s focus on the oil and gas industry, strict regulations make it imperative to have solutions in place to reduce the risk of environmental mishaps and to comply with local, state and federal requirements.

The good news for the oil and gas companies is that there are several excellent automation solutions that can assist them to better manage and monitor such HSE issues in order to stay in compliance with these EPA regulations. Bluetick Inc. offers innovative, automation solutions that are very applicable to the needs of HSE groups. For example, Bluetick Inc. provides air quality (H2S/LEL gases and VOC’s) solutions for compressors, tank batteries, flares, pipelines and gas plants. Some of the EPA regulations that can be addressed through Bluetick’s air quality monitoring solutions are as follows: New Source Performance Standards- 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants- 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ (RICE), Greenhouse Gas Regulations, and Title V or Synthetic Minor Air Permit Emission Inventories. The full scope of all the EPA regulations imposed on the oil and gas industry is quite comprehensive and the fines and penalties for non-compliance can be extremely costly.

Another automation solution that Bluetick offers is tank battery monitoring which can help oil and gas companies maintain EPA Compliance as related to

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environmental regulations. Bluetick’s Remote Monitoring and Control (RMC) system for tank batteries can monitor storage tanks for fluid measurement, proper storage management and environmental safeguards. Thus, Bluetick offers a spill prevention solution for oil and gas companies that use Bluetick’s tank monitoring RMC system to protect both the environment and their assets. This solution also provides provisions for remote shut-in on any measurement such as pressure, flows, H2S ppm, LEL ppm, VRU and flare malfunctions. Bluetick’s tank battery monitoring also provides alerting (SMS, email, voice callout) of high and low tank levels and auto shut-in of critical high-high or low-low levels, which is a feature that HSE Departments certainly welcome and appreciate in order to prevent costly environmental spills.

Additionally, Bluetick’s compressor monitoring solutions ensure maximum uptime which improves production while maintaining optimal SLA requirements. The Bluetick solution monitors emissions for air quality, which allows HSE groups to report air quality for compliance with EPA regulatory requirements. Most importantly the Bluetick system enables companies to keep records for notifications, maintenance, and that their compressor engines meet EPA standards.

Bluetick also has a Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) solution for record keeping of vital information with the ability to electronically monitor and store data for LDAR reporting using Bluetick’s LDAR inspection data capture solution. This solution allows inspectors to easily enter data, upload pictures and sketches. Through Bluetick’s Remote Monitoring and Control (RMC) web portal all historical data is readily available for easy retrieval by the HSE group and their internal and external customers. With the Bluetick LDAR solution your data is secure and accessible 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

With all of these strict regulations imposed on the oil and gas industry are you getting the most from you assets and also maintaining EPA compliance? Current commodity prices, strict regulations, plus Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) concerns make it necessary to focus on effective and efficient production and operations management. Bluetick’s automation solutions can help oil and gas companies better manage and monitor HSE issues, stay compliant with EPA regulations, improve operational efficiency all while saving your company time and money.

What are you waiting for? There is no better time than now to implement a Bluetick solution. Contact Bluetick Inc. today to discuss how Bluetick automation solutions can help your company solve HSE issues.Kathy ConboySales, Northeast & MidwestBluetick, Inc.(877) 283-3442 ext. [email protected]

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BACKGROUNDSince the dawn of the natural gas industry, pulsation in pipes has been a misunderstood problem. Because pulsation causes vibration, vibration causes fatigue and fatigue causes potentially catastrophic failures, the accepted way to attenuate pulsation has been to dissipate its energy as quickly as possible with friction. Unfortunately, friction causes pressure loss which decreases compression efficiency. The long sought silver bullet is pulsation attenuation with negligible pressure loss.

The truth is that pulsation energy is valuable and should be conserved, not dissipated. PANTM systems are carefully designed pulsation attenuation pipe networks that cancel, interleave and reflect pulsation energy to conserve almost all of it. Patent pending PANTM systems have been field-proven to provide essential pulsation attenuation with negligible pressure loss1,2,3.

Pulsation is most often created by reciprocating compressors and resonance in system/yard piping. Traditional pulsation control systems employ combinations of primary and/or secondary volume bottles, often with complex internal choke tubes, baffles, and chambers, as well as external choke tubes and various orifice plates installed at specific locations in the system piping. These devices accomplish pulsation control by adding resistance, or damping, to the system; and they can cause significant system pressure losses upstream and downstream of the compressor cylinders. Although these systems may be well designed, the resulting pressure losses reduce overall system efficiency.

The reduction in pulsation vs. the increase in pressure loss trade-off is tolerable for many high pressure ratio compressor applications. However, for common pipeline transmission applications having low pressure ratios (in the range of about 1.1 to 1.6), system pressure losses can severely degrade the compressor operating efficiency, especially when higher speed (>600 rpm) compressors are used. For

example, a 20% loss of efficiency on an 8,000 HP compressor wastes 1,600 HP.

This loss of efficiency has become more significant in recent years as the U.S. pipeline industry has expanded its use of larger high-speed reciprocating compressors. With

the world’s increased awareness of the need for higher energy efficiency

and a reduced carbon footprint, new more efficient pulsation attenuation systems are required now.

Reciprocating compressors and reciprocating engines have a great deal in common. Engines pump air and compressors pump natural gas. In the middle of the 20th century, racing engine designers discovered how to reflect pulsation energy to make a lot more horsepower to win races. Since the 1990s, OPTIMUM Power Technology

has been employing pulsation tuning technology to help design engines that have won the Indianapolis 500, the NASCAR Daytona 500, the Le Mans GT class, the $5 Million Progressive Automotive XPrize competition and many Formula SAE competitions.

During the last decade, affiliate OPTIMUM Pumping Technology (OPT) has partnered with ACI Services Inc. (ACI) to create revolutionary improved products for the natural gas pipeline industry. These improved products include the PANTM Filter and the PANTM Manifold Hi-Performance Compressor Manifold.

PANTM FILTERS PROVIDE PULSATION CONTROL WITHOUT ENERGY LOSSAs applied to PAN Filters, PANTM is an acronym for Pulsation Attenuation Network, which is patent pending. PANTM Filters consist of one or more loops created with standard pipes and special junctions called Tuning Section Transitions collectors, TST collectors, or simply PAN Junctions. The loop lengths and diameters, together with the patent-pending TST collectors, are engineered to substantially reduce pulsations and maximize flow in a pipe network without causing pressure drop.

Theory of OperationPAN Filters are a dramatic departure from traditional pulsation control bottles and represent a new way of thinking about pulsation control. Whereas bottles use restrictions like orifice plates and choke tubes to dissipate pulsation energy, PAN Filters attenuate pulsation without restrictions, pressure drop or energy loss.

In a PAN Filter, the flow stream, as well as the pulsation energy, is carefully and equally split into two paths. Figure 1 illustrates the complete cancellation of the primary pulsation frequency using a single loop PAN Filter. Half of the pulsating flow travels through a loop that is longer, by one-half wave length, than the short length of the flow path through the TST collector. When the two waves of equal amplitude in the two flow paths are carefully rejoined 180˚out of phase, one wave completely cancels the other, eliminating the pulsation at that frequency in the downstream flow.

In addition to the primary frequency, all odd harmonics of that frequency are completely canceled by the single PAN loop. For example, a single loop PAN Filter designed for a primary frequency of 4 Hz cancels 4 Hz, 12 Hz, 20 Hz, etc. At the even harmonics (8 Hz, 16 Hz, etc.), there is no cancellation. Between the even and odd harmonic frequencies, partial cancellation occurs.

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Figure 1: Graphic of pulsation cancellation with a single-loop PANTM Filter.

Figure 2: The red line shows the % pulsation cancellation of a 4-Loop PAN Filter example over a broad range of frequencies

Additional loops can be added in series to produce broad bands of pulsation attenuation that fill in the cancellation gaps between the odd and even orders of the primary frequency. Two or more loops may be necessary for applications with variable speed compressors, varying gas compositions and temperatures, varying flow velocities and flow streams with complex pulsation signatures. The graph in Figure 2 shows the broad band of pulsation cancellation that can be achieved with a 4-Loop PAN Filter. These loops were designed to cancel 4, 8, 16, and 32Hz. Note that 4Hz and all 14 harmonics of 4Hz up to 60Hz are completely canceled. In addition, note that all frequencies from 11Hz to 53Hz are attenuated by more than 90%. An actual 4-Loop PAN Filter is shown during installation in Figure 3.

While the pressure losses of conventional bottles and pulsation damping orifice plates are significant, as much as ¼ of line pressure in extreme cases that have been documented, pressure losses in PAN Filter systems are nearly zero, even in the highest transmission line flow cases. As a result, PAN Filters will increase operating efficiency, so that more flow can be produced for a given horsepower input, or less horsepower is required for a given flow rate. Either way, the use of a PAN Filter reduces operating cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

ApplicationsPAN Filters can be used to attenuate pulsation in virtually any gas or liquid piping system. Specific applications include the following.

1. PAN Filters are applied to reduce harmful pulsations and associated shaking forces and pipe stresses in reciprocating compressor suction and discharge headers, without any significant pressure losses. An example of a compact PAN Filter design for retrofit to the discharge header of an existing slow-speed integral engine compressor is shown in Figure 4.

2. PAN Filters are applied to effectively eliminate pulsations upstream of flow metering stations to increase measurement accuracy and reduce the risk of damage to the precision flow measurement instruments. In this application, PAN Filters are more effective than conventional pulsation bottles over a very wide range of flow rates, without any significant pressure losses. Figure 3 is an example of a PAN Filter being installed upstream of a large flow metering station in 2015.

3. PAN Filters are used on lines upstream, or downstream, of centrifugal compressors to eliminate pulsations, without any significant pressure losses, that might otherwise create unsteady flow within the centrifugal compressor that would lead to premature surge and a reduction in its useful operating range. Given the typical high flow rates of centrifugal compressors, PAN Filters provide solutions with significantly less line pressure loss and typically lower cost than other pulsation control alternatives.

PANTM HI-PERFORMANCE COMPRESSOR MANIFOLDS INCREASE COMPRESSOR EFFICIENCYACI and OPT have also collaborated to extend the PAN technology into an exciting patent pending product that they call PANTM Hi-Performance Compressor Manifolds. In this case, PANTM is an acronym for Performance Augmentation Network. PAN Manifolds attenuate pulsation and improve in-cylinder compression efficiency and/or flow, replacing the pulsation control bottles that are normally attached to the suction and discharge of reciprocating compressors. They can be optimized to enhance a compressor’s efficiency and/or increase its flow far beyond the benefit of eliminating all suction and discharge pressure losses. Details of this new field-proven technology will be the subject of a future article.

SUMMARYLab testing and field installations have demonstrated that PAN Filters effectively control pulsations while significantly increasing reciprocating compressor system efficiency. Using OPT’s advanced VPSTM simulation software, optimal PAN systems can be designed and the performance reliably predicted for the wide range of operating conditions that are typical of most reciprocating compressor and pipeline applications.

For additional Information, contact: ACI Services (740-435-0240) or OPTIMUM Pumping Technology (412-257-9070).

REFERENCES1. Bazaar, J.; Chatfield, G.; Crandall, J.; Shade, W. and Wells, D.; Efficient Bottle-Less Compressor Pulsation Control – Experimental Test Results, 2009 GMRC Gas Machinery Conference.2. Gas Machinery Research Council; Final Report Executive Summary, Rev. 3, Reciprocating Compressor Performance Augmentation Network (PAN) Technology Full-Scale Field Test Results – Short Course, 2015 GMRC Gas Machinery Conference.3. Gas Machinery Research Council; Reciprocating Compressor Performance Augmentation Network (PAN) Technology Full-Scale Field Test Results – Short Course Presentation Slides, 2015 GMRC Gas Machinery Conference.

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Figure 3: PAN Filter being installed upstream of a large flow metering station in 2015. Note that the loop pipes can be wrapped in various arrangements to make them more compact.

Figure 4: PAN Filter design for retrofit to the discharge header of an existing slow-speed integral compressor. The PAN loop is mounted in a pit on the side of the existing compressor foundation.


By: Tejas Gosai, CEO, Shale Media GroupContribution By: Adam Larson, Staff Writer, Shale Media Group

The shale oil and gas industry took off in Western Pennsylvania right around 2008. Digging deep into the Marcellus and even deeper into the Utica, operators are biting away at vast layers of shale. Through horizontal drilling by turning the drill bit ever so slightly and kicking out into the lateral, producing natural gas has never been more economical. Combine this with hydraulic fracturing and you’ve got two tremendous technologies working hand in hand.

TekSolv, a company founded in 1999 that provides turnkey solutions to the oil and gas industry, has seen these shale fields prosper efficiently as technology and resources pushed across the country. “We’ve seen the Marcellus grow since Range Resources drilled their first major wells. Producers are creating tremendous opportunities for local jobs. TekSolv is proud to serve a hand in this industry,” relayed Amye McDearmon, Marketing Communications Manager, TekSolv.

With the duo of the Marcellus and Utica, both dry and wet gases are being pushed down the pipes. When developing shale resources in wet gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) are being captured.

When upstream kicks the can to midstream, substantial amounts of NGLs are being handled. Most of these NGLs are either being held in storage or shipped down south to Texas or Louisiana for downstream refining. Shipping from north to south with a downturn of commodity prices – this may seem nonsensical.

This is where Shell’s Beaver County ethane cracker plant comes into play – leveraging resources that are already here to create a by-product, “cracking” ethane into ethylene. After waiting for the official announcement of this project for years, the approved start of the cracker has finally come to fruition.

Everyone has been watching as the price of oil fluctuates. Gauging the future is harder and more important than ever when it comes to American energy security. The recent rise in price and Shell’s announcement has caused a commotion in this market. Some conclusions can be drawn from the long awaited project. There is a high probability that Thailand’s PTT will build their cracker plant in eastern Ohio. Plus, it’s only a matter of time before West Virginia’s governor strikes a deal for another large cracker plant in northern West Virginia.

McDearmon explained, “This cracker will spur the creation of thousands of jobs and revitalize manufacturing. In addition to the natural gas industry, the greater Pittsburgh region will also become a petrochemical hub.”

Furthermore the United States’ gas to liquids (GTL) market will proliferate into multiple “micro crackers” that will use the fisher trope process to convert our feedstock into other commodities such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), diesel, and even jet fuel.

“TekSolv as a company has significantly grown with the oil and gas industry and our HydroWatch technology has been implemented in multiple shale-related territories. We strive for the highest standards in service, reliability, and innovation. Our technologies and safety services are engineered to converge and improve oilfield automation, health and life-safety and water management systems for drilling, completions, flowback, production, and midstream operations,” relayed McDearmon.

Also, McDearmon added, “we have been anticipating Shell’s confirmation announcement for many years and already have guidelines in place to implement TekSolv into the petrochemical industry.”

Location and Logistics When you look at the locations of the region’s discussed ethane cracker plants (PTT’s across from Moundsville in Belmont County, OH; Odebrecht’s near Parkersburg in Wood County, WV; and, Shell’s in Monaca in Beaver County, PA), there is a conclusive reason for where these sites are all located.

First, and most obvious, they are all located on top of the prolific Appalachian Basin, and within a span of about 120 miles along the Ohio River. Secondly, these rivers are required because of an extensive and complicated construction process which relies on the ease of transporting large machinery and enormous components to modularly piece together the facility. According to sources, a modular logistics plan is already being worked on in Mexico for Shell’s plant. Last and most importantly, the feasibility study for the proposed cracker plant in eastern Ohio required two teams paid over one hundred million dollars to determine whether or not the math is correct to ensure this business is profitable. Shell’s feasibility study determined conclusively that this will be profitable, or at least worth the billions to build it and give the business a push.

Here’s What the Shell Ethane Cracker Means for Western PA: More Good Paying JobsWhen the shale industry took off in this region, jobs were plentiful, whether it was blue-collar or white-collar work. However, this is a cyclical industry.

The American shale oil and gas industry took a nose dive in late 2014. The industry went lean; hard working men and women lost their jobs; and it was a tough time for many. Everyone persevered and knew this wasn’t the end of the natural gas boom.

Shell’s cracker has reenergized this industry and is putting people back to work. Shale will make a quicker comeback because of projects like these.

Moving Gas, Lifting SupplyAs mentioned earlier, oil and natural gas prices tanked in 2014 due to oversupply and an unanticipated, but not unexpected, attack from OPEC. Pipelines are scarce and gas isn’t being moved fast enough to market. Markets are hungry for natural gas and midstream is playing catch-up with upstream.

Shell’s cracker will alleviate some of this stagnant pipeline growth, but we need more. With the combination of cranking pipelines online and Shell’s cracker, the tri-state region is poised for its come back.

Creating Long-Term Growth, SustainabilityIt’s known that there are activists of hydraulic fracturing and the industry altogether. If Shell is investing close to $6 billion on this project, you know shale is here to stay. Out of all the places in the country, Shell financially chose Western Pennsylvania, but could have moved across state lines. The tri-state region is going to shift again.

Within a 100 mile radius of Pittsburgh will yet again have a chance to embrace another industry for the long haul.

Sticking It to OPECOPEC reeled open the spigots and flooded the market with oil, creating a whirlwind that shook the industry. Part of OPEC’s plan worked and many operators and service companies have filed for bankruptcy. However, this plan will not be sustainable for much longer.

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Much of the countries in the cartel are struggling to survive. There is current speculation that Saudi Arabia and others will choke back.

Regardless, Shell’s ethane cracker will depressurize the current situation and hopefully create an uptick in American shale.

By this point, OPEC needs to realize that unconventional American shale is not going anywhere. America is staying put, and our boots will stick right here in Western Pennsylvania.

McDearmon stated, “TekSolv’s values are cemented in keeping things local. That’s why we stand with the American shale revolution.”

HopeAccording to Shell, construction will take roughly 18 months and require 6,000 temporary construction workers to build the new facility, while 600 permanent jobs will be located at the plant. This doesn’t include all the ancillary jobs that will also flourish in catering to these workers, which was a similar situation with the shale oil and gas industry.

With Shell’s confirmation announcement, this region is getting yet another bite at yet another apple due to the abundant resources below our ground.

Shale Media Group (SMG) is the news, information, and education resource dedicated to the shale oil and gas industries by messaging across video, Internet, publications, events, and radio. For more, check out ShaleMediaGroup.com to access all platforms. Tejas Gosai is the CEO of Shale Media Group. Contact him at [email protected]. Adam Larson is a Staff Writer at Shale Media Group and the President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers at Penn State University. Contact him at [email protected].

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By: The Marcellus Shale Coalition

Celebrating its sixth year, the SHALE INSIGHTTM 2016 Conference and Exhibit is returning to the epicenter of the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays Sept. 21-22 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. This year’s conference will be a joint partnership between the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA) and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association (WVONGA).

“By partnering with key regional trade groups in three of the top energy producing states in the nation, SHALE INSIGHTTM 2016 is sure to be the premier industry conference this year, and will further enhance the conference’s programming by highlighting the challenges and opportunities in the Appalachian Basin, presenting greater value to attendees,” said

MSC president David Spigelmyer. “The SHALE INSIGHTTM conference has been at the forefront of showcasing emerging trends, especially related to technologies and best practices, while bringing together thought leaders, top executives as well as public officials to discuss and offer impactful analysis.”

SHALE INSIGHTTM 2016 will focus on the next phase of the shale revolution and will emphasize end use and connecting the market place through infrastructure. The conference will offer attendees the opportunity to attend keynote presentations, an interactive and robust exhibit floor, tailored panel discussions, the Technology Showcase and a Natural Gas Use Marketplace, which all present networking opportunities.

Despite market headwinds the natural gas industry continues to deliver wide-ranging benefits to the tristate area. “This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase

our region, and we’re excited to be collaborating with the MSC and WVONGA this year for SHALE INSIGHTTM,” said OOGA executive vice president Shawn Bennett. “While our industry continues to face significant challenges, the current and future prospects for the Appalachian Basin remain very promising. This conference creates an important forum to exchange ideas, share best practices and heighten the dialogue around common sense energy policies, and we’re glad to be part of its continued success.”

In addition to several keynote presentations, the conference will feature daily educational sessions exploring various technical and public affairs-related topics.

“A number of energy producers as well as suppliers and vendors across Appalachia are active in more than one state, so this combined effort absolutely adds value for attendees,” said WVONGA executive director Corky DeMarco. “We’re very eager to contribute to the conference and look forward to working alongside our regional partner trade groups to make this year’s event worthwhile for all involved.”

Register now and reserve your front-row seat for the energy industry’s premier conference at www.shaleinsight.com.

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The Nation’s leading forum for public-private

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GENERAL SESSIONS

Timely General Session Panels and Keynotes with topics including: Connecting the Global Marketplace, Pipeline Infrastructure, Industry Economics, Job Creation, the Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and a Presidential Election Update.

TECHNICAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SESSIONS

Insightful panel discussions and educational sessions focusing on the industry’s most relevant topics.

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

High powered opportunities to connect with industry colleagues and to build new business relationships.

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Provides suppliers of emerging technologies an oppor-tunity to introduce their innovation to the natural gas producer, midstream/pipeline, downstream and service community. Showcased technologies are typically ready for pilot testing and/or full scale demonstration in the Marcellus or Utica shale basins.

NATURAL GAS USE MARKETPLACE

Features natural gas use projects, vehicles, research and innovations focused on end use and con-sumption.

EXHIBIT HALL

Showcases the industry’s foremost companies,

products and services.


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