Foundation Studies, RFPs and Reports
The Foundation's primary activity is to sponsor research aimed at promoting natural gas use and safe, efficient pipeline construction and operation. These projects focus on key industry issues such as environmental impacts of energy use, improved pipeline construction practices, pipeline safety procedures, new technologies and market opportunities for natural gas.
Results
-
The proposed effort requires a study that develops several scenarios for Coordinated Energy Power Systems (CEPS) that utilize natural gas as a prime energy resource and provide natural gas pipelines’ compressor station with energy to power electric compressors. This effort is anticipated to be a ...
Topic: Environment, Pipeline Operations
Completed On: 06/29/2012
-
The INGAA Foundation Inc. is seeking a proposal from qualified consultants to perform an assessment on how pipeline age does or does not impact pipeline safety. We expect that the consultant will tap into past work by ASME, PHMSA, INGAA , PRCI and other key sources of technical literature on the ...
Topic: Pipelines 101, Safety, Pipeline Operations
Completed On: 01/13/2012
-
-
Forthcoming air emission regulations will likely require hundreds or potentially thousands of units in the natural gas pipeline industry to be controlled (some retrofitted) before 2020. The purpose of this study is to examine whether there will be enough resources (e.g., parts/equipment, vendors, ...
Topic: Environment, Pipeline Operations
Completed On: 07/28/2011
-
This study assesses midstream natural gas infrastructure needs through 2035 and includes an extensive update of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL) and oil production trends based on projections of drilling activity, the recoverable resource base and prevailing market conditions. A new ...
Topic: Economic Regulation, Pipelines 101, Pipeline Operations
Completed On: 06/27/2011
-
This study conducted by ICF International finds that natural gas-fired generation is expected to be the key to providing firming generation capability necessary to back up increased renewable electric power generation.
Topic: Economic Regulation, Safety
Completed On: 06/09/2011
-
Topic: Economic Regulation
Completed On: 01/26/2011
-
In conjunction with PRCI, the INGAA Foundation held two compliance workshops regarding the EPA GHG Mandatory Reporting Rule. One in December 2010 and the other in January 2011. Below you should find the materials that came out of those two workshops.
Topic: Environment
Completed On: 01/21/2011
-
The objective of this study is to develop a report that will support a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a permit program for incidental take of migratory birds under the MBTA.
Topic: Environment, Legal Issues, Pipelines 101
Completed On: 11/17/2010
-
The INGAA Foundation is hosting a Pipe Procurement Workshop on June 9, 2010 at the Westin Galleria in Houston, TX.
Topic: Pipelines 101
Completed On: 06/03/2010
-
A number of impending environmental regulations have created uncertainties about the ability of certain coallâ€fired power plants (utility owned and merchant owned) to remain profitable into the extended future. While impending greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation is one of the largest threats to ...
Topic: Economic Regulation
Completed On: 05/18/2010
-
With new GHG initiatives, there is a need to take a step back from the current design and operational thinking and consider what practices should look like if and when GHG legislation and related rulemakings are in place. The study is focused in two key areas, 1) design of new or expanded ...
Topic: Environment, Pipelines 101
Completed On: 01/14/2010
-
This project will asses the practicality and details of developing construction safety planning guidelines that will be available to all Foundation members.
Topic: Pipelines 101, Safety
Completed On: 11/05/2009
-
This project will develop a business model for the development and commercialization of a standardized safety training program applicable to employees and supervisors involved in the construction of natural gas pipelines and related facilities in the United States.
Topic: Pipelines 101, Safety
Completed On: 11/05/2009
-
This project will asses the practicality of creating a process and information repository to share safety-related issues and successes stimulating the culture of open communication among INGAA Foundation members.
Topic: Pipelines 101, Safety
Completed On: 11/05/2009
-
The Natural Gas Pipeline and Storage Infrastructure Projections Through 2030 study analyzes future natural gas infrastructure requirements under various market scenarios. The study anticipates a range of investment from $133 to $210 billion in infrastructure over the next 20 years (between $6 and ...
Topic: Economic Regulation, Pipelines 101
Completed On: 10/20/2009
-
This INGAA Foundation report forecasts the most critical skills for the natural gas pipeline industry workforce. By identifying positions that expected to be in short supply and critical functions in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of pipelines, this study locates the highest ...
Topic: Pipelines 101
Completed On: 08/03/2009
-
The INGAA Interstate Pipeline Desk Book, Second Edition 2009. In a single, easy-to-use volume, the Desk Book captures a wealth of background information about the interstate natural gas pipeline industry in the United States. The Desk Book spans many topics, including the evolution of natural gas ...
Topic: Economic Regulation, Environment, Pipelines 101, Safety
Completed On: 07/13/2009
-
The summit focused on understanding the recent pipe quality and construction/testing issues, understanding the root causes, and identifying possible solutions. INGAA’s OS&E committee developed an action plan as an outcome from the summit. This work began the process for responding to ...
Topic: Pipelines 101, Safety
Completed On: 06/11/2009
-
The purpose of the workshop examines the performance of all parts of the value chain on building interstate natural gas pipelines. The goal is to determine what was done well and not so well in the past year (2008), and what could be done better moving forward pertaining to all aspects of building ...
Topic: Pipelines 101, Safety
Completed On: 03/25/2009