EWN Welcomes our Newest Clients!
City of Blountstown, Blountstown, FL
Town of Franklinton, Franklinton, LA
Midwest Avtech, Peru, IL
Washington Gas Utility District #2, Franklinton, LA
Scientific Construction Group, Irving, TX
EP Seal Rite Pipeline, Inc., El Paso, TX
SSP Services, LLC, San Benito, TX
Seven Springs Excavating, Cadiz, KY
Gator Maintenance & Pipeline, Houston, TX
Coastal Field Services, Beaumont, TX
Pipeline Construction & Maintenance, Houma, LA
Echo Maintenance, Port Arthur, TX
Mason Construction, Beaumont, TX
Cardinal Utilities, LLC, Melissa, TX
Dig Tech, LLC, Bastrop, TX
Falls City, NE Gas Department, Falls City, NE
AG2M, El Paso, TX
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Brighton, CO
Stacy Coston Maintenance, Hartley, TX |
At EWN our Clients are Always First!
"...you guys and gals certainly have great customer service."
Jason Revell
Revell Construction Co., Inc.
"Switching to EWN has greatly improved and streamlined our OQ process, which allows me to provide a better service to my clients. The customer service at EWN has been exceptional. Jeremy is there day or night, never fails to return my calls . The staff is knowledgeable and courteous, and is a pleasure to work with. Very happy to be using EWN."
Russell Robicheaux, Jr.
Safety and Compliance Manager
Wilcrest Field Services, Inc. |
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Upcoming Events
June Training Events in Decatur, Texas:
Click here to register for these events.
MASTER EVALUATOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 12, 8:30 am- 3:00 pm
BASIC SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING
Wednesday, June 13, 8:30 am- 3:00 pm
ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR COURSE
Thursday, June 14, 8:30 am- 3:00 pm
MASTER TRAINER PROGRAM
Thursday, June 14, 8:30 am- 3:00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO THE INDUSTRY
Friday, June 15, 8:30 am- 3:00 pm
Save the Date!
2012 ENERGY worldnet, Inc. Annual Conference and Expo
October, 2-3, 2012 in Decatur, Texas
Training events on October 1 and 4.
Please look for us at the following industry events:
The Energy Association of Pennsylvania Operations Conference in Grantville, PA, on May 30 - June 1, 2012. Stop by our booth and visit with Jeremy Green.
The Northeast Gas Association Gas Operations School in Smithfield, RI, on June 4-8, 2012. ENERGY worldnet, Inc, will be exhibiting and will also be conducting EWN System Administrator Training for NGA Operators and Contractors.
Geoff Isbell will attend the ASME B31Q Technical Committee Meeting in Portland, Oregon, on June 12-13, 2012. The committee will be reviewing proposed updates to the B31Q task standards. The meeting is open to guest participants.
The Tennessee Gas Association Annual Conference in Nashville, TN, on June 13-15, 2012. ENERGY worldnet, Inc. will be exhibiting at this conference.
The Missouri Association of Natural Gas Operators Annual Conference at Lake of the Ozarks, MO, on June 27-29, 2012. EWN will exhibit at this conference- be sure to make time to visit with Jeremy Green if you are attending.
The Southern Gas Association 2012 Operating Conference & Exhibits will be held in Fort Worth, TX on July 23-25, 2012, at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. ENERGY worldnet, Inc. will be exhibiting - stop by and visit us at Booth #104. |
This Week in History
May 14 to May 20
May 14, 2004 - Oil and Natural Gas Museum Opens in Louisiana
The first public museum in Louisiana dedicated to the oil and gas industry opens in Oil City, 30 miles northwest of Shreveport.
The Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum, originally the Caddo-Pine Island Oil and Historical Museum, includes the historic depot of the Kansas City Southern Railroad. The museum preserves the many Caddo Parish oil and natural gas discoveries - and the economic prosperity brought by a North Louisiana petroleum boom.
With the first oil wells drilled in the early 1900s, by 1910 almost 25,000 people are working in and around Oil City, which becomes the first "wildcat town" in the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region.
The museum documents the historical importance of the first oil discovery in 1905 - and the technology behind the May 1911 Ferry No. 1 well at Caddo Lake, one of the nation's earliest over-water oil wells. Gulf Refining Company completed this early "offshore" oil well on Caddo Lake, where production continues today.
Natural gas was discovered in Shreveport in 1870 while drilling for water for the Shreveport Ice Factory. "A night watchman struck a match to see if the wind he heard blowing from the site would blow it out, but it ignited," notes the Caddo Parish website (which includes a good collection of photos). The 1870 Shreveport natural gas well was used to light the ice factory - the first documented use of natural gas in Louisiana.
The Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum tells these stories and others about the Oil City region's history, starting with the culture of Caddo Indians. Visitors learn petroleum heritage from photographs and full-sized replicas of early Oil City homes.
Visitors also view scaled down, functional oil and natural gas equipment as it once operated in the most famous oilfield of Northwest Louisiana. Chevron donated a derrick and other oilfield equipment that help draw tourists to the museum, which is a 20-minute drive from Shreveport.
May 16, 1934 - "Stripper Well" Association Founded
The National Stripper Well Association is organized in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Stripper wells - marginally producing wells - make up about 80 percent of all U.S. wells, almost 20 percent of domestic oil and natural gas production. A Stripper well produces 10 barrels of oil or 60 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day or less.
America is the only country with significant stripper well production, the association notes. Although each individual well contributes a small amount, there are about 400,000 wells still producing - contributing more than 291 million barrels of oil in 2007, when oil production generated $728 million in tax revenue. NSWA says the tax revenue from natural gas reached more than $600 million.
Higher prices and new technologies for enhanced recovery methods could add up to 200 billion barrels of recoverable oil in the United States. Information about the latest stripper well technology - including a "Stripper Well Consortium" managed by the Pennsylvania State University - is posted at the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy.
May 16, 1961 - Natural Gas Museum Opens in Southwestern Kansas
A small museum over a giant natural gas field opens today in southwestern Kansas.
The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum in Hugoton educates visitors about one of the largest natural gas fields in North America.
Operated by Gladys Renfro, curator, and a few dedicated volunteers, the museum serves "as a memento of the Hugoton gas field and the progressive development of Stevens County."
The 14-county Kansas gas field, part of a larger group extending 8,500 square miles into the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, has produced more than 29 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, notes the Kansas Geological Survey(KGS).
About 11,000 wells produce both oil and gas in the Kansas portion of the Hugoton area - and thousands of miles of pipeline carry Hugoton gas throughout the United States.
"Hugoton production is a major source of natural gas and oil for the state and the nation," KGS says, adding that the economic value produced in 14 counties of southwest Kansas exceeds 50 percent of all gas and oil produced in the state. "The major gas fields of this area have produced enough gas to supply every household in Kansas for 364 years."
Although natural gas had been discovered as early as 1922, near Liberal, Kansas, that well did not produce oil - so it was considered of little value and remained unused for several years, explains KGS.
"In 1927, gas was discovered at the Independent Oil and Gas Company's Crawford No. 1, about 2,600 feet below the surface southwest of Hugoton," says KGS. "In 1929, Argus Pipe Line Company started construction of a pipeline to furnish gas to Dodge City."
A 2004 Hugoton Asset Management Project brought a collaboration between KGS and eight industry partners in the Hugoton field - to build a "knowledge and technical base required for intelligent stewardship, identification of new opportunities, and continued improvement in recovery strategies."
The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum, 905 S. Adams Street in Hugoton, today includes early oil patch equipment, restored buildings - including an historic Santa Fe Hugoton Train Depot - an 1887 school house and home, a grocery store, and a barber shop. A natural gas well drilled in 1945 is still producing at the museum. Hugoton hosts as an annual "Gas Capital Car Show" in August.
Beginning in the 1930s, Phillips Petroleum company produced Hugoton natural gas from 3,000 feet deep in Texas County, Oklahoma. "This field with subsequent deeper discoveries of oil and gas has provided landowners with royalty revenue and cheap fuel," the company explains on an historic marker in a Guymon, Oklahoma, park.
"There are nearly 8,000 producing oil or gas wells in Texas County today," the historic marker notes. "For 75 years, the county has been one of the largest sources of revenue for the state of Oklahoma through taxes on oil and gas production."
Editor's Note - Recent natural gas shale discoveries (and advanced production technologies) have overtaken the Hugoton's once dominant role. In 2009, the Hugoton gas area produced 328 billion cubic feet of natural gas, making it the ninth largest source of gas in America.
Significant natural gas shale discoveries in the Fayetteville, Arkansas, region (2004) and Haynesville, Louisiana, region (2008) have estimated production volumes of 517 billion cubic feet and 204 billion cubic feet respectively in 2009.
May 17, 1912 - First Liquefied "Bottled Gas"
America's liquefied petroleum gas industry is born when gas cylinders are installed on the farm of John W. Gahring near Waterford, Pennsylvania. The American Gasol Company of West Virginia hires A. F. Young Hardware and Plumbing Company for this first installation of the cylinders of "bottled gas" to be used for cooking and heating.
May 18, 1882 - 646 Mystery Well production Revealed
The true - and at that time massive - oil production of the closely guarded secret discovery well in the Warren County, Pennsylvania, township is revealed today...with a devastating impact on oil prices.
As this oil patch community's historians explain: "The hilltop settlement of Cherry Grove saw national history in the spring and summer of 1882 when the 646 Mystery Well ushered in a great oil boom."
The sudden news about the mystery well, operated by the Jamestown Oil Company, sent shock waves through early oil market centers. "The excitement in the oil exchanges was indescribable," notes an account of historian Paul H. Giddens. "Over 4,500,000 barrels of oil were sold in one day on the exchanges in Titusville, Oil City and Bradford."
According to Giddens, the Cherry Grove discovery demoralized the market and drove the price down to less than 50 cents per barrel. Despite this, hundreds of derricks appeared around Cherry Grove and thousands of people moved there while the boom lasted. It was short lived, according to the dedicated volunteers of today's Cherry Grove Old Home and Community Day Committee, which hosts special oil patch events on the last Sunday in June.
"Before the railroad could lay a new line to Cherry Grove, the boom went bust," notes Walt Atwood, president of the Cherry Grove Old Home and Community Day. "Thousands of people moved on. Those who remained kept the memory of the Oil Excitement alive with reunions that became known as Old Home Day."
In 1982 and again in 2007, a group of Cherry Grove Old Home Day regulars rebuilt a replica of the 646 Mystery Well. The volunteers worked with the township supervisors to secure grants and bring in a work crew from the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps.
"Come join us on June 24, 2012, for the 130th anniversary of the great 1882 Oil Excitement in Cherry Grove," says Walt Atwood.
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Join Us in Celebrating National Electrical Safety Month
May is National Electrical Safety Month, and ENERGY worldnet, Inc. is joining with the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) to raise awareness about potential electrical hazards and the importance of electrical safety.
Electrical safety awareness and education among consumers, families, employees, and communities will prevent electrical fires, injuries, and fatalities. Learn more about home electrical safety by visiting ESFI's Virtual Home at http://virtualhome.esfi.org.
The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) sponsors National Electrical Safety Month each May to increase public awareness of the electrical hazards around us at home, work, school, and play. ESFI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety. For more information about ESFI and electrical safety, visit www.electrical-safety.org.
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Natural-Gas-Vehicle named pace car at NASCAR race track
A first for Atmos Energy and NASCAR
Atmos Energy's 2012 Honda Civic NGV led a pack of professional racers who were vying to become the next NASCAR "All-Star" on Saturday, May 5, at the grand opening of the Revolution Park Racing and Entertainment Complex .
"It's an unbelievable opportunity to drive the first natural gas-powered pace car in a NASCAR race," Atmos Energy service technician turned pace-car driver Greg Martin said. "I've worked at race tracks since I was a teenager. Now, I get to be even closer to the action - behind the wheel of a pace car... wow!"
Dozens of professional racers followed Martin and his natural gas pace car during the Bumper to Bumper Pro Late Model Series at Revolution Park. It is part of the NASCAR "Whelen All American Series" allowing drivers to be eligible for NASCAR's national championship program for weekly racing.
Atmos Energy and many other companies are converting their fleet vehicles to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), a highly pressurized version of the same clean-burning natural gas used in many homes and businesses. It performs the same as a gasoline vehicle, but the fuel and maintenance costs are much lower. Plus a CNG vehicle is better for the environment because it produces fewer carbon emissions.
"Another amazing component of this car is its safety record," Atmos Energy's Mike DeArmond said. "Unlike the volatile combustion caused by gasoline leaks - natural gas will actually dissipate into the air in the event of an accident or tank rupture, which is especially important when it's on a NASCAR race track."
Revolution Park spokesman Doug Branch says the decision to make Atmos Energy's natural gas car the track's pace car was easy.
"It aligns perfectly with our goal of providing an exciting fan experience, yet keeping in mind our responsibility to the environment," Branch said. "At Revolution Park, we are proud to wave a checkered flag and an environmentally friendly green flag!"
About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is one of the country's largest natural-gas-only distributors, serving more than 3 million natural gas distribution customers in more than 1,600 communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Visit, www.atmosenergy.com.
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The Value of an LCMS
Part One of a Series by: Jeremy Green, Regional Account Excecutive
A Learning Content Management System (LCMS), is the ideal technology for the development and delivery of customized training content to an entire organization's workforce (both internal employees and contractor employees). Over the next several weeks, we will look at many of the benefits that make an LCMS system truly invaluable, especially when it comes to: 1) Convenience of schedule, 2) Consistency of training, 3) Customization of courses, 4) comprehensive Compliance records management, and 5) Cost-effectiveness. More than anything, though, an LCMS meets the training, assessment, and records management needs of an organization with the ability to adapt over time to fulfill changing requirements.
Over the last few decades, personal computers and the web have been used more and more for training purposes. Thousands of students now take courses via the internet to complete their degrees. Many organizations use enterprise-wide Learning Management Systems (LMS) to deliver training to their workforce. However, the unique training, assessment, and records management needs that companies face is continually changing. This constant state of flux leads many organizations to throw away time and money, throw their hands up, or throw in the towel. In order to hit today's moving target, organizations need to "adapt and overcome" - an unofficial Marine Corps mantra that promotes creativity and a can-do-attitude in order to achieve success. In other words, yesterday's solutions are simply not the answer to today's problems.
According to Arie de Geus, author of The Living Company and former head of the Strategic Planning Group for Shell Oil, "In the future, an organization's ability to learn faster than its competitors may be its only sustainable competitive advantage." How can a 21st century company's workforce maintain their competitive advantage in an ever-changing business landscape? Well, the answer is Perpetual Beta, a term used nowadays (primarily in the tech world) to refer to a much more agile and rapid rate of developing and deploying online solutions. "When devices and programs are connected to the internet, applications are no longer software artifacts, they are ongoing services" (O'Reilly). This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) allows a tech company with its own LCMS, like ENERGY worldnet, Inc., to provide a solution that is always changing to meet today's training, assessment, and records management needs in real time as they arise. In other words, your solution is our problem!
Works Cited
What is web 2.0 (O'Reilly) - http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html
Bibliography
Perpetual Beta (Wikipedia) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_beta
Taylor, David and David Brunt. Manufacturing Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Lean Approach. Thomson (2001).
Pietersen, Willie. Strategic Learning: How to be Smarter than your Competition and Turn Key Insights into Competitive Advantage. Wiley (2010). |
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Western Regional Training Seminar
July 16-18, 2012 in Angel Fire, New Mexico
Beat the heat and make plans to join us in Angel Fire, New Mexico, this summer for the ENERGY worldnet, Inc. Western Regional Training Seminar.
ENERGY worldnet, Inc. will be offering the following activities, training and more at a great location.
Monday, July 16, 2012: Golf Event at the Angel Fire Resort & Country Club
Rise above the ordinary at Angel Fire Resort Golf Course and Country Club. The longer-playing layouts of the front nine wind through two unspoiled canyons of aspen and spruce. The signature 6th hole features a tee box soaring 200 vertical feet above the green- 250 yards away. The back nine offers mountain meadow play with rolling fairways, meandering streams and plenty of bunkers to challenge every level of golfer. This includes green fees and a shared cart.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012: Master Evaluator Certification Program
Breakfast and Lunch are provided. Topics to be covered include: Regulatory Updates, New EWN features for Trainers and Evaluators, Master Evaluator Certification Program (MECP). This does serve as the initial or 3 year renewal MECP class. An evening reception will follow.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012: EWN System Administrator Training
Breakfast and Lunch are provided. Topics to be included are: Surviving a PHMSA Integrated Inspection, New EWN System/Administrative Features, Admin Training: Navigation, Global Settings and User Administration, Admin Training: Organizational Tools, Assignments and Evaluations, Admin Training: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping
Register today for the best rates! Registration rates go up after June 16.
Accommodation information through Angel Fire Resort is located on the website.
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Congratulations to EWN's Recent Training Graduates!
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Recent MECP Graduates:
CETCO Oilfield Services, Lafayette, LA:
Allan Prejean
OQ Safety and Training, LLC, Lafayette, LA:
Michael Johnson
Knoxville Utility Board (KUB), Knoxville, TN:
Brian Griffin
Michael Buckner
Robert L
Chris Thomas
Tiffany Martin
Lance Greene
Andy Entrekin
Carol Payne
David Hixenbaaugh
Hugh Kilgore
Julie Gand
Michael Cate
Robert Langston
Charles Dragg
Stacy Coston Maintenance, Hartley, TX:
Stacy Coston, David Bridgeman
DCG Construction LLC, Keller, TX:
Scott Christensen
Sand Creek Pipeline, Turpin, OK:
Robert Johnson
Kenneth Rodriguez
Eber Estrada
Miller Paving and Construction, Kansas City, KS:
Mike Thomas
Pantheon Construction, Inc., Sanger, TX:
Jason Coin
Leon Jacobs
Scientific Construction Group, Irving, TX:
Mike Willis
Dan Hicks
Larrett Energy Services Inc., Grand Prairie, TX:
Timothy Gilliland
Houston Inspection Field Services, Houston, TX:
Joel Jiminez
AJ Mosqueda
R.A.W. Construction, LLC, Tallahassee, FL:
Mitch Shaffer
Cardinal Utilities, LLC, Melissa, TX:
Chris Testerman
Dig Tech Inc., Austin, TX:
Bodie Leslie
Recent Basic System Administrator Training Graduates:
Cardinal Utilities, LLC, Melissa, TX:
Chris Testerman
Sealweld USA, Houston, TX:
Royce Heiman
Alagasco, Birmingham, AL:
Denise Moye
Scientific Construction Group, Irving, TX:
Dan Hicks
Houston Inspection Field Services, Houston, TX:
Joel Jiminez
Pantheon Construction, Inc., Sanger, TX:
Jason Coin
Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), Knoxville, TN:
Pam Martin
Carol Payne
Doug Miller
Chasitty Cannon
Kristi Plumlee
Edward Johnson
David Rosecrance
Tiffany Martin
Margaret Sammons
Andy Entrekin
Deanna Unger
Jana Brown
Lance Greene
Chris Thomas
David Hixenbaugh
Adonia Phillips
Recent Instructional Design and Authoring Graduates:
Alagasco, Birmingham, AL:
Denise Moye
Houston Inspection Field Services, Houston, TX:
Joel Jiminez
Recent Authoring Graduates:
Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), Knoxville, TN:
Janalyn Brown
Edward Johnson
Tiffany Martin
Carol Payne
Adonia Phillips
David Rosecrance
Kristi Plumlee
Chasitty CannonT
Andy Entrekin
Lance Greene
Chris Thomas
David Hixenbaugh
Margaret Sammons
Dawn Williams
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KUB Training Graduates - Knoxville, TN. |
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Where in the World is the EWN TEAM?
 Stephanie Hubbard, EWN Customer Service Specialist, recently attended Camp Grady Spruce with her son's class from Decatur ISD. ENERGY worldnet, Inc. was a sponsor of this class trip. Camp Grady Spruce is a branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas. The camp is located on Possum Kingdom Lake, approximately 100 miles west of Dallas. Stephanie is shown here on Devils Island.
Jennifer Hettler, Education and Communication Division (ECD) Director, recently spent a week in Knoxville, Tennessee, with employees of our client Knoxville Utility Board (KUB). KUB has started a project to do their company training and recordkeeping using the ENERGY worldnet, Inc. system for others areas than just OQ. Representatives from the Human Resources, Safety and Tech, Electrical and OQ Departments took part in the multi-day training. 
KUB employees are shown in this picture are preparing for Performance Evaluation process.
Please contact us toll free at 855-396-5267 to schedule on-site training or to discuss your needs for company-wide training and recordkeeping programs. The programs KUB chose for on-site training were System Administrator Training, Authoring Training and Master Evaluator Certification Program (MECP). |
Sincerely,
ENERGY worldnet, Inc.
Phone Support: 1-855-396-5267 (toll free) or 940-626-1941
The EWN Office is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.
For Email Support, contact us at support@energyworldnet.com |
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