Workshop Agenda

Our technical team is working hard to secure the complete agenda and will post it shortly. In the meantime, a preliminary agenda is posted below. For further information, contact LaRae Foerster at (701) 777-5246.

Tuesday, June 22, 2004
8:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions John Harju, Associate Director for Research, EERC Joe Murphy, Program Administrator, North Dakota Department of Commerce Division of Community Services
9:15 a.m.	Improvements in Artificial Lift Technologies Larry Smith, DynaPump, Inc. "The Dyna Pump - Increase Production and Use Less Energy"
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Improvements in Artificial Lift Technologies Steve Newton, BeauTech, Inc. (invited) "'Slow Jack' Approach"
11:00 a.m.	Timers, Pump-Off Control, and Effective Metering Dennis Martin, eProduction Solutions (invited) Tyrone Browning, D-Jax Corp. (invited) "Using the Fiber Optic 'Penny Pincher' Pump Off Control"
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Self-Generated Power Darren Schmidt, EERC - Amerada-Hess Newburg Case Study "Power Production from Sour Gas"
1:45 p.m.	Field Automation Rick Beiver, Lufkin Automation
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45 p.m.	Total Well Management Lynn Rowlan, Echometer Company "Use Total Well Management to Maintain High Efficiency in Sucker Rod Lift Application"
3:30 p.m.	Understanding Utility Rates and Managing Power Consumption Leonard Hible, West Plains Electric Cooperative (invited)