Eagle Industry News and Events

Held November 13-15th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 2012 DUG East Conference & Exhibition will focus on the positive growth that operators, service companies and local economies are experiencing across the Utica and Marcellus regions, including first-hand reports from senior-level oil and gas executives who are bringing these exciting plays to fruition.

The Southern Gas Association will host the DOT Compliance Workshop - Transmission & Midstream Pipelines on November 14-16, 2012, in Addison, Texas.

The Southern Gas Association hosts the Introduction to the Natural Gas Industry workshop on October 23 -25, 2012 at the Atmos Energy Charles K. Vaughan Center in Plano, TX.

The 2012 Esri Electric and Gas GIS Conference will be held October 7–10 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. This event connects you with your fellow electric and gas GIS users to share tips and ideas and learn new applications of GIS.

What is the best way to use integrated data to analyze different shale plays in the U.S.? Join us for a dynamic short course, Understanding Heterogeneity in U.S. Shale Plays, that will cover best practices for each of the major U.S. shales. It will be offered on September 19, in Houston at the AAPG Fall Education Conference.

PHMSA is planning a Pipeline Leak Detection and Automatic/Remote Controlled Shutoff Valve Studies web-based meeting to share the progress and status on the two commissioned studies for improving pipeline leak detection system effectiveness and understanding the application of automatic control and remote control shutoff valves.

The Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Department of Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) invite interested parties to participate in a co-sponsored stakeholder meeting on the use and implementation of performance-based regulatory models for enhanced safety and environmental performance in the United States oil and gas industry. The meeting will be held at the College of the Mainland and hosted by the Gulf Coast Safety Institute. Speakers will address the current regulatory landscape and discuss the challenges and benefits of non-prescriptive, outcome-based approaches to reduce the frequency and severity of harmful events.

How can you gain an in-depth understanding of the geochemical profile of liquids-rich shale plays? Don’t miss Christopher Laughrey’s Introductory Geochemistry for Condensate-Rich Shales and Tight Oil, in Houston at the AAPG Fall Education Conference on September 20.

Get in the game with AAPG 2013 ACE in Pittsburgh. The committee has put together an all-star lineup for this comprehensive program. Abstracts will be accepted online through 11 October 2012.

The AAPG Fall Education Conference offers five straight days of Geoscience training, plus three concurrent sessions to mix and match according to your interests.