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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
July 23, 2012 - July 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: 202/334-3510


Agenda:

Monday, July 23

NAS Room 120 and 118

9:35 AM OPEN SESSION

9:45 AM PHMSA Briefing: Linda Daugherty, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs, Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator of Field Operations, Jeffery Gilliam, Director of Engineering & Research

11:30 Overview of relevant industry consensus standards and state of the practice in detecting, preventing,and mitigating internal corrosion
Oliver Moghissi,Pres.,NACE; Director,Materials & Corrosion Technology Center

1:00 PM Alberta Innovates report “Comparison of Corrosivity of Dilbit and Conventional Crude”John Zhou, Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions; Harry Tsaprailis, Alberta Innovates Technology Futures

1:45 Industry Associations: Peter Lidiak, Director, Pipelines, American Petroleum Institute; Andrew Black, President and CEO, Association of Oil Pipe Lines

2:30 Carrier Perspective and Experience—Enbridge, Inc.; Scott Ironside, Director, Integrity Programs

3:30 Carrier Perspective and Experience—TransCanada Corp.; David Crittick, Director, Pipeline Integrity
Jenny Been, Technical Representative

4:15 Concerns raised in Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report; Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, NRDC

5:00 General Discussion: Follow-on Comments and Roundtable Q&A with Speakers

5:45 OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT

6:20 OPEN SESSION
General Discussion (Rotunda)

7:00 OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT


Tuesday, July 24

***NOTE: Opportunity is offered at 11:00 am for interested individuals to comment and offer information relevant to the study. Comments should not exceed 5 minutes in duration; lengthier comments and information can be submitted in writing to the committee. Please notify NRC staff Tom Menzies (tmenzies@nas.edu)if you intend to comment during this session or have information to submit.****

NAS Lecture Room

9:35 AM OPEN SESSION

9:35 Canadian Pipeline Safety Oversight and Incident Reporting Systems
--Iain Colquhoun, Chief Engineer, NNational Energy Board of Canada

10:15 Standard and Non-Standard Methodologies to Evaluate Crude Oil Corrosivity Under Pipeline Operating Conditions
Sankara Papavinasam, Senior Research Scientist, CanmetMATERIALS

11:00 Comment Forum (see note above)

11:30 Follow-on Q&A Discussion with PHMSA on study scope, expectations, and workplan

12:00 OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT


Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
M. Barteau
R. Rabinow
O. Harris
K. Muhlbauer
B. Little
J. Payer
G. Tenley
F. Cheng
and Modarres. Srdjan Nesic and H. Scott Fogler were not present.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
statement of task; bias and conflict of interest discussion; committee composition; NRC study process; 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: July 26, 2012