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Project Title: Pipeline Transportation of Diluted Bitumen

PIN: TRB-SASP-12-04         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Transportation Research Board

Sub Unit:
Studies and Special Programs Division
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
DEPS Board on Energy & Environmental Systems

RSO:
Menzies, Thomas

Subject/Focus Area:
Transportation and Infrastructure


Pipeline Transportation of Diluted Bitumen
October 23, 2012 - October 24, 2012
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Claudia Sauls
Email: csauls@nas.edu
Phone: 202/334-2373
Fax:


Agenda:

Agenda
Tuesday, October 23
Room 125

OPEN SESSION
10:40 Welcome and self-introductions, Chair and committee

10:45 Report on meeting activities since July, Chair and Staff

10:50 am Overview of pipeline equipment,field operations,control center, leak detection, maintenance,regulation,and economics: Tom Miesner, Pipeline Knowledge and Development

12:30 pm BREAK FOR LUNCH (lunch provided for committee and guest speakers)

OPEN SESSION
1:30 Crude Oil Quality Association: Sources of information on quality of crude oils ad dilbit: Harry Giles, Executive Director, COQA

2:00 Research on Dilbit Chemical and Physical Properties by CanMet and Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association (CCQTA):
Representative (invited), CanMet Energy (possibly via telecom)
Representative (invited), CCQTA (possibly via telecom)

3:15 BREAK

OPEN SESSION
3:30 Evidence from Pipeline Incident Reporting Systems

PHMSA data: Jeff Gilliam/Blaine Keener, PHMSA

API's Pipeline Performance Tracking System: Pete Lidiak,API; Cheryl Trench, Allegro Energy Consulting

4:45 OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT

Wednesday October 24

CLOSED SESSION


Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Barteau
Fogler
Little
Cheng
Nesic
Dante
Modarres
Muhlbauer
Tenley
Payer
Harris
and Rabinow.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Tentative findings, report outline, additional data and information requirements, and plans for next meeting.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
none

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: October 31, 2012