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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Topic: Economic Regulation
Completed On: 01/26/2011
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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
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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
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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