AmericanGas
CONTENTS july11
VolUme 93 | NUmBer 6
FEATurES
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Integrity management Fuels Innovation
BY S. LAWRENCE PAULSON—r&D initiatives are under way to create ever-better ways to maintain natural gas systems and meet or exceed distribution and transmission integrity management requirements.
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COlumNS
2 President’s Message
Principled Production Procedures— AGA has outlined principles to help ensure the sustainable, responsible development of the U.S. natural gas resource.
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In the Know
Natural Gas: A Windfall for a Clean Energy Future—Because of natural gas, there’s no need for expensive mandates and subsidies.
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GTI: A Trifecta of Technology Approaches
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NySEArCH: Technology Equals Solutions
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Safety First
Pipeline Safety: Our Paramount Priority—AGA and the natural gas industry are working hard to make the U.S. pipeline delivery system as safe as possible.
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AGA 2011 membership Directory
DEPArTmENTS
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In the News—Potential Gas Committee reports record U.S. natural gas resource; report finds natural gas decoupling programs in effect in 29 states; Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts wear their energy knowledge on their sash/sleeve Places to Be Noteworthies Marketplace Jobline Advertisers’ Index Facts on Gas
oN oUr CoVer: eddie Johnston, managing director of GTI’s delivery sector, is pictured with broadband electromagnetic (Bem) technology, which is designed to offer an assessment of remaining wall thickness and condition of buried metallic pipe.
Cover photography provided by gas teChnology institute (gti)
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Gas - July 2011