2010 North Texas Scholarship Golf Outing

The North Texas Golf Outing is scheduled for October 7, 2010 in the Dallas Area. Golf will be played at the Indian Creek Golf Club on the north side of Dallas.
The Scholarship Golf outing helps fund scholarships that are given to the children of employees of TGA member companies. In 2010, the number of scholarships [...]

2010 Distribution Roundtable Scheduled

The 2010 Distribution Roundtable is scheduled for September 16 and 17th in San Antonio.
The location of the roundtable will be:
CPS Energy Building
17281 Green Mountain Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78247
The registration form, tentative agenda and information form is located here.
The sponsorship form for the Distribution Roundtable can be found here.
Hotels near the meeting facility can be found [...]

5 Classes scheduled for August, September and October

Five classes have been scheduled for August, September and October.
Measurement and Regulator Basics
Texas Gas Service Building
Harlingen, TX
August 31, 2010
This Class has been canceled
Measurement and Regulator Basics
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Gas Building
September 2, 2010
Information and Registration Form
Measurement and Regulator Basics
Amarillo
Atmos Energy Building
September 7, 2010
Information and Registration Form
Measurement and Regulator Basics
Austin, Texas
Texas Gas Service Building
September 23, 2010
Information and [...]

RRC resolution – April is Safe Dig Month in Texas

On March 27, 2010, The Railroad Commission of Texas passed a Resolution recognizing April as “Safe Dig Month in Texas.”
The unanimously supported resolution is as follows:

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Silent Energy Revolution

February 7, 2010 News No Comments
Silent Energy Revolution

SOURCE: The American

How ironic that during the ‘drill, baby, drill’ demonstrations as gasoline prices spiked in 2007 and 2008, a silent revolution with natural gas was already underway that will make those concerns largely irrelevant. … Continue Reading

PHMSA issues final rule on Control Room Management (CRM)

December 4, 2009 News No Comments
PHMSA issues final rule on Control Room Management (CRM)

PHMSA has issued the final rule on Control Room Management. The rule requires control room management procedures to be developed by August 1, 2011 and implemented by February 1, 2012. The final rule can be found here.

PHMSA releases the final DIMP rule

December 4, 2009 News No Comments
PHMSA releases the final DIMP rule

December 4, 2009

Today, PHMSA released the final Distribution Integrity Management Rule (DIMP). The rule can be found here. The effective date of the regulation is February 2, 2010. There is a comment period on the rule and comments are invited on the provisions for reporting failures of compression couplings. The comment period ends January 3, 2010. At the end of the comment period, PHMSA will publish a document modifying the provisions of DIMP or a document stating that these provisions will remain unchanged. The Texas Gas Association has compiled an executive summary of the rule which can be found here and will be having regional meetings to introduce and discuss the rule and the requirements of the rule beginning in January of 2010.

600 HP Natural Gas Car

October 27, 2009 News No Comments
600 HP Natural Gas Car

Many of the advancements made through racing and hot rodding have been passed down to the passenger car segment. Nothing quite stimulates innovation like pushing a vehicle to its limits. AFVTech, an alternative-fuels conversion company, is building a compressed natural gas (CNG) hot rod based on the classic ‘33 Ford coupe. … Continue Reading

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