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DOE Natural Gas Infrastructure Reliability

API Pipeline Conference

April 14, 2004

Rodney Anderson

Technology Manager

Strategic Center for Natural Gas


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National Energy Technology Laboratory

One of DOEs 17 national labs

Government owned/operated

Sites in Pennsylvania, West

Virginia, Oklahoma, Alaska

More than 1,100 federal andsupport contractor employees

FY 03 budget of $750 million


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Fossil Fuels Today

Provide 85% of U.S. energy

Will provide 87% of U.S. energy in 2020

Supply should last throughout this century Infrastructure to deliver at low cost

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Natural GasOilNuclear

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EIA, AER Interactive Data Query System


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Energy Sector R&D Investments Low

0 2 4 6 8 10Energy Industry

Invests < 0.5% ofSales

Investment as % Net Sales

Drugs / Medicine

Professional / Scientific Instruments

Communication Equipment

Services

Transportation Equipment

Industrial Chemicals

Stone / Clay / Glass ProductsPrimary Metals

Energy

1995 Data - NSF)Margolis & Kammen, Science, 1999


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Gas Infrastructure Reliability

Transmission, distribution, storage & LNG

Program goals:

Maintain/enhance system reliability and integrity

Increase gas deliverability

Reduce environmental impact

Address gas & electric interdependencies

Develop technology for future gas delivery system

Support infrastructure security

Budget: FY04

$2 million storage technology

$7 million infrastructure reliability


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Infrastructure Activities

Roadmap Update WorkshopJanuary 29 & 30, 2002 Pittsburgh, PA

40 industry experts

Roadmap Update WorkshopJanuary 29 & 30, 2002 Pittsburgh, PA

40 industry experts

Workshop GoalsElicit stakeholder input- Vision- Technology needs &

opportunitiesDetermine government role

Industry ForumSeptember 16 & 17, 2002

Morgantown, WV

100 attendees

Roadmapping Workshop

June 6 & 7, 2000 St. Louis, MO40 industry experts

Roadmapping WorkshopJune 6 & 7, 2000 St. Louis, MO

40 industry experts

Visioning Workshop

May 3, 2000 Pittsburgh, PA15 industry executives

Visioning Workshop

May 3, 2000 Pittsburgh, PA15 industry executives

Interagency WorkshopMarch 22 & 23, 2000 Washington, DCDOE, DOT, FERC, EPA, DOI

Interagency WorkshopMarch 22 & 23, 2000 Washington, DC

DOE, DOT, FERC, EPA, DOI

Gas Storage Workshop

November 29, 2001Pittsburgh, PA

50 industry experts

Gas Storage Workshop

November 29, 2001Pittsburgh, PA50 industry experts

GTI/PRCI Storage CommitteeBi-annual meetings20 industry experts

GTI/PRCI Storage CommitteeBi-annual meetings20 industry experts


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Natural Gas Industry Background

410 storage fields

500 bcf of LNG imports for 2003 270,000 miles of transmission pipelines*

952,000 miles of distribution pipelines*

$8 billion/yr investment in infrastructure*

Energy companies dominating the industry

R&D viewed as expense, not investment

FERC-funded R&D loss

Security difficult with dispersed assets *NPC Report, December 1999


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Core R&D Areas & Issues

Inspection Technologies Robotic platforms

Sensors

Pigs

Automation Remote Sensing

3rd party damage

Underground imaging

Leak detection Materials

Repair

Smart Pipe

Liners Operational Technologies

Compressors

Modeling

Corrosion

Deliverability enhancementand reservoir management

Storage well deliverability

Storage resource efficiency

Metering and Measurement

Accuracy and real-timemeasurement of both gas

volume and energy content Advanced Storage Concepts

Storage alternatives

LNG

Education

Safety

Transportation/storage


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Implementation Strategy

Focus on high risk, innovation, and leap frogtechnologies

Strong industry participation Input to R&D priorities

Feedback on program & project status

Collaborations & cost sharing Balanced R&D program

Distribution, transmission, & storage

Most funding dedicated to private sector projects National laboratory efforts focused on innovation

Some quick wins to demonstrate progress


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Inspection Technologies

GASNET: NetworkAutomatika 01

DOE $998K, CS $1,025K

Network Comm.UMR 02

DOE $237K, CS $63K

Data FusionRowan U. 02

DOE $162, CS $54K

Pipeline CrawlerBattelle 03

DOE $920 CS$230

Electrochemical DetARC 02

DOE $502 K, CS $0K

EMAT In-LineTuboscope 01

DOE $641K, CS $453K

Nonlinear HarmonicSwRI 01

DOE $254K, CS $137K

Pipe ExplorerNYGas CMU 01

DOE $499K CS $282K

Unpiggable LinesNYGas FM 02

DOE $573K CS $200K

Acoustic Wave DetORNL 02

DOE $814K, CS $0K

Ultrasonic - P StrainPNNL 02

DOE $568K, CS $0K

Fusion Joint InspectEdison Welding 03DOE $280 CS $93

Acoustic InspectionLANL 02

DOE $450K, CS $0K

Remote Field ECGTI 02

DOE $150, CS $50K

Plastics CharacterizationNETL 03In-house Research

Sensors Robotic PlatformsAutomation

Private Sector

University

National Laboratory

Note: 01, 02 & 03 refer to fiscal year of award


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Conformable Array for Mapping Corrosion Profiles

Southwest Research Institute

Description: A simple, rugged, low cost devicethat that can be used to quickly map the corrodedsurface of a pipe, without cleaning of the pipe

surface. The device will use eddy current sensingcoils in a conformable array that can be wrappedaround the pipe surface.

Schedule/Status: Start Date:8/1/01 End Date: 9/30/03

(2 Projects)

Partners: Clock Spring Inc.


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Innovative Sensors for Pipeline Crawlers toAssess Pipeline Defects and Conditions

Battelle

Description: The project will design and developRemote Field Eddy Current Sensors to detectinternal and external pipeline corrosion. The lastphase of the work will attempt to integrate thesessensors with autonomous robotic platforms.

Schedule/Status: Start Date: 9/30/03 End Date: 9/29/06

Partners: Platform developer - TBD

NS

RotatingMagnetizer Sensor Ring

AC Magnetic Field


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New Acoustic Wave Pipe Inspection SystemOak Ridge National Laboratory

Description: This project will develop anddemonstrate a new waveguide pipe flaw detection

technique that has the potential to detect pipelineflaws in a single pass at speeds of approximately 2miles per hour.



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Ultrasonic Measurements of Plastic Strain in PipelinesPacific Northwest National Laboratory

Description: PNNL will develop and demonstratea novel ultrasonic nondestructive test method todetect and evaluate the severity of third party

damage in pipelines.


Partners: Battelle Memorial Institute PipelineInspection Facility, National Institute of Standards,Pacific Gas and Electric


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EXPLORER: A Long Range Untethered Live GaslineInspection Robot System

Northeast Gas Association (New York Gas Group)

Description: A long-range untethered visualinspection robot prototype for use in distribution

pipelines 6 to 8 inches in diameter, capable ofindependent movement and communication of 5,000 -10,000 ft.


Partners: Carnegie Mellon University, Keyspan,Central Hudson Gas and Electric, Consolidated Edisonof New York, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, NewYork State Electric and Gas, Orange and Rockland

Utilities, Rochester Gas and Electric, NASA


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Roboscan A Robotic Inspection Platform and Sensors forAssessing Corrosion and Mechanical Damage in Un-Piggable

Transmission MainsNortheast Gas Association (New York Gas Group)

Description: A Pipeline Inspection Robot toovercome the shortcomings of transmission pigs.

Self-powered and self-propelled. Capable ofcarrying NDE sensors, navigating both in bothdirections. Negotiate mitered elbows, tees andback to back bends. Passable through partiallyported plug valves. Automatically adaptable, by afactor of two, to changes in pipe diameter.


Partners: Foster-Miller, PII North America,Public Service Electric & Gas Company, and

Southern California Gas Company


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Remote Sensing

Det RoW IntrusionGTI 01

DOE $291K, CS $157K

Acoustic DetectionWVU 02

DOE $406K, CS $109K

Real-Time MonitoringSwRI 03

DOE $320 CS $80

Mobile LDPSI 02

DOE $160K CS $40K

Act/Pass ImagersSNL 02

DOE $586K, CS $0K

Hyperspectral/radarLLNL 02

DOE $490K, CS $0K

Low-cost GPRGSSI 01

DOE $646K, CS $277K

Airborne LDOphir 02

DOE $600K, CS $150K

Airborne DetectionEastman Kodak 03

DOE $500 CS $1680

Soil Impedance BoringGTI 01DOE $192K CS $192K

Distributed SensingIpitek 03

SBIR

Multi-Spectral ScannerEn-Urga Inc 03

DOE $281 CS $352

Optical Leak Detection

Southwest Science, Inc 03SBIR

Leak Detection Underground Imaging3rd

Party Damage

Private Sector

University

National Laboratory



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Detection of Unauthorized Construction Equipment

in Pipeline Right-of-Ways

Gas Technology Institute

Description: Develop and demonstrate anoptical fiber intrusion detection device that will

prevent outside force damage by detecting andalarming when construction equipment is near anatural gas pipeline.


Partners: ANR Pipeline, Gas Research Institute(IL)


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Acoustic Detecting and Locating Gas PipelineInfringement

West Virginia UniversityDescription: This project will develop asystem to detect the unique sound wavegenerated when a pipeline break releases a

large discharge of gas after being damaged bylandslides, excavations, or other disturbances.The system will be designed to monitor thebackground noise inside the pipe and pick upany sudden new frequencies that might signal asudden pipeline rupture.


Partners: Dominion Transmission


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A Low-Cost GPR Gas Pipe and Leak Detector

Geophysical Survey Systems Inc.

Description: A low-cost, easy-to-use, GroundPenetrating Radar (GPR) for locating metallic and

non-metallic gas pipelines, as well as the remotedetection of pipeline leaks.



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Differential Soil Impedance Obstacle DetectionGas Technology Institute

Description: A unique down-hole obstacledetection sensor for Horizontal Directional Drilling(HDD) equipment. This sensor utilizes a differential

soil impedance measurement technique that will besensitive to the presence of plastic, ceramic, andmetallic obstacles in the proximity of the HDDhead.

Schedule/Status: Start Date:3/25/02 End Date: 9/30/04

M bil S f R t D t ti f N t l


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Mobile Sensor for Remote Detection of NaturalGas Leaks

Physical Science Inc.

Description: Development of mobile gas leakdetector technology capable of quantifying and

distinguishing natural pipeline gas leaks from otherhydrocarbon leaks or ambient methane sources.R&D will focus on extending the performance andapplicability of the Remote Methane Leak Detector(RMLD) developed by PSI.


Partners: Heath Consultants

T ti f Ad d Ai b N t l G


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Testing of an Advanced Airborne Natural Gas

Leak Detection System

Eastman KodakDescription: The project objective is to flight test ahigh-sensitivity, broad-coverage, natural gas leakdetection system in an operational environment. The

system will accurately detect and locate smallconcentrations of natural gas leaks from transmissionpipelines with very high confidence.


Partners: Coherent Technologies

GPS & IMU Navigation


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Materials Development

Large D Cast-IronGTI 01

DOE $520K, CS $130K

Internal RepairEWI 02

DOE $532K, CS $225

Keyhole Squeeze-offTimberline Tool 02

SBIR Phase 2

Repair Tool for PETimberline Tool 03

DOE $ 650 CS $153

Pressure Activated SealSeal-Tite 03

DOE $400 CS $100

Smart PipeINEEL 02

DOE $550K, CS $0K

Repair SleeveGTI 03

DOE $150 CS $150

Smart Pipe LinersRepair

Private Sector

University

National Laboratory


I l R i f Pi li


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Internal Repair of PipelinesEdison Welding Institute

Description: The work will evaluate, developand validate internal repair methods for pipelines,perform laboratory demonstrations of potentialinternal pipeline repair techniques and develop a

functional specification for a combined prototypesystem to perform internal inspection and repair ofpipelines.


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Smart PipeIntegral Communication, Damage Detection and Multiple

Sensor Application in PipelinesIdaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

Description: Thermally sprayed conductivetraces applied in natural gas transmission anddistribution pipelines that can be used forpipeline communications, detection and

location of damage and as a conductivepathway for attaching or embedding sensorsfor performance monitoring.

Schedule/Status: Start Date: End Date:


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Compressors Modeling Corrosion

Retrofit Micro-PilotCSU 01

DOE $572K, CS $959K

Flexibility of TurbosSwRI 01

DOE $368K, CS $220K

Laser IgnitionNETL 01

In-House Research

In-Line CompressorDresser-Rand 02DOE $600K, CS $516K

Op. EnhancementsSwRI 02

DOE $450K, CS $150K

Virtual TestbedKSU 01

DOE $808K, CS $291K

Microbial InhibitorGTI 01

DOE $509K, CS $274K

LNG DispersionUniversity of ArkansasDOE $438K CS $110K

LNG EducationNARUC

DOE $100K CS $0K

Operational Technologies

Engine ControlsSwRI 03

DOE $96 CS $120Private Sector

University

National Laboratory


IEMDC T t ll E l d I Li El t i


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IEMDC - Totally Enclosed In-Line ElectricMotor Driven Gas Compressor

Dresser-Rand Company

Description: Development of the worlds firstgas compressor that can be installed directly into

the pipeline (possibly underground.) The unit willutilize a direct coupled, variable speed inductionmotor with magnetic bearings mounted inside thecasing of a 10 MW centrifugal compressor.


Partners: Curtiss-Wright / WestinghouseElectro-Mechanical Division (EMD)

Technologies to Enhance Operation of the Existing


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Technologies to Enhance Operation of the Existing

Natural Gas Compression Infrastructure

Southwest Research Institute

Description: Develop and substantiate methodsfor operating integral reciprocating engine /

compressors to reduce fuel consumption, increasecapacity, and enhance mechanical integrity. Theapproach to optimization is by balancing enginepower cylinders, and distributing the load in thecompressor cylinders so as to minimize fuel

consumption, minimize damage rate, andmaximize capacity.


Partners: Gas Machinery Research Council,Pipeline Research Council International

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# TEMPS. STD.DEV. TEMPS PEAKS

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OEM max pk-pr = 650

OEM max temps = 750

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Current LNG Projects

LNG EducationNARUC

DOE $100K CS $0K

Novel LNG ReceivingCGI, Inc. 01

DOE $1,806K, CS $802K

Satellite LNG StorageNYSEG 03

DOE $600K, CS $1,530K

LNG Dispersion ModelsUniversity of ArkansasDOE $438K CS $110K

LNG R&D LNG SafetyEducation

LNG Dispersion StudiesNETL

DOE $100K CS $0K

LNG Risk AssessmentSNL

DOE $150K CS $0K

LNG Technical PrimerNETL

DOE $30K CS $0K

LNG Technology RoadmapNETL

DOE $35K CS $0K

Private Sector

University

National Laboratory


FY04 Pl d A i i i


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FY04 Planned Activities

Update Natural Gas Infrastructure Roadmap (February2004)

Broad-based solicitations (February)

Portfolio gaps and innovation

Develop LNG Technology Roadmap (spring)

Gas hydrate storage demonstration (winter)

Robotic platform demonstration (winter/spring)

Inspection/remote sensing field demos (summer)

LNG Heat exchanger field tests (spring) Continue collaboration with DOT/OPS joint technical

conference

No new targeted solicitations scheduled in FY 2004


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