Lower Cost Membership for Smaller Operators
New PODS Membership Category   

 

The PODS Board of Directors has approved a new membership category for small pipeline operating companies. 

This $2,000 annual membership provides full membership benefits including use of the PODS Pipeline Data Model, voting rights and the opportunity for representation on PODS committees, and access to all of the PODS online resources.


To qualify for the Small Pipeline Operator membership, companies need to indicate they meet all of the following criteria:

• have < 1,000 miles (1,609 km) of gathering pipelines 
• have < 1,000 miles (1,609 km) of transmission pipelines
• have < 100,000 customer distribution meters  

The Board also evaluated new membership categories for individuals and students, but decided not to move forward with these membership categories at this time.  The Board did authorize offering free attendance to the PODS User Conference for a limited number of students each year.

The PODS Board of Directors and Technical Committee proudly announce the Release of the PODS 5.1 Relational Data Model and the PODS 5.1 ESRI Spatial Implementation.

 

In PODS 5.1, three new sub-models have been added to the PODS Pipeline Data Model to manage One Call ticket information, One Call boundary data, and to record details of pipeline damage incidents.  This release also includes minor updates to some tables, a complete list of these changes may be found in the release notes.  This release also includes the newly updated PODS Data Dictionary.

 

 

 Download PODS 5.1 Relational for Oracle and SQL Server 

 

 

Download PODS 5.1 for ESRI Spatial 

 

The PODS Board recognizes the significant overlap between the PODS Association's Mission Statement and the objectives set forth by Gas Technology Institute (GTI) in developing the Gas Distribution Model (GDM).  PODS and GTI have come to an agreement on how best to proceed in further development of the GDM, and GTI has assigned the Intellectual Property (IP) of the GDM to the PODS Association.   

 

"The pipeline industry will be best served by a proven, robust, pipeline data model, which supports all pipeline assets equally well, from wellhead to burner tip" states Janet Sinclair, PODS Executive Director. 

 

The PODS Association has formed the PODS GDM Work Group which includes GTI, and is open to other companies interested in the GDM, both PODS members and non-member companies.  The Work Group will work towards the following initial objectives:

• Provide a recommendation regarding the feasibility, effort, and benefit of incorporating some or all of the GDM into the PODS Pipeline Data Model.

• Proof-of-concept testing, completion of documentation, and further data modeling efforts to align and integrate the GDM into the PODS Pipeline Data Model.

The first meeting of the PODS GDM Work Group is planned for December 8, 2011.  Interested parties should contact Janet Sinclair to join the PODS GDM Work Group.

The PODS Executive Director and Board of Directors are pleased to recognize and thank Kenneth Greer of CenterPoint Energy, and Kirk Cameron of New Century Software for their distinguished service to the PODS Association.  The 2011 PODS Distinguished Service Awards were presented at User Conference.

Kenneth Greer, CenterPoint Energy

Kirk Cameron, New Century Software

The 2011 PODS User Conference was held October 11th and 12th in Sugar Land, Texas.  Conference registration was 50% higher than previous years, and nearly 30 pipeline operating companies were represented.      

 

The annual conference offers a uniquely open forum to discuss challenges, developments, real-world experiences, and progress in the field of pipeline data collection, analysis, and management. 

 

• The National Pipeline Mapping System:  Customized PODS implementaion for the US DOT PHMSA, by Amy Nelson, GIS Manager, US DOT PHMSA

• Inline Inspection (ILI) Data Management in PODS by Katherine Ikeda, Nova Chemicals, and Tim Edward, Cylo Technologies

• Regulatory Developments in Pipeline Recordkeeping by Bill Byrd, President, RCP   

• Broadband vs. GPS - Latest Developments in the LightSquared / GPS Interference Controversy by Eric Gakstatter, Contributing Editor, GPS World Magazine

• The Future of High Accuracy GPS by Eric Gakstatter, Contributing Editor, GPS World Magazine

• Leveraging PODS at Chevron by Paul Herrmann

• Leveraging PODS at TIGF by Jean-Alain Moreau 

• Leveraging PODS at Enterprise Products by Gary Hoover 

• Leveraging PODS at CenterPoint Energy by Kenneth Greer 

• GPS Data in PODS at Chevron by Jeff Cannedy 

• GPS Data in PODS at DCP Midstream by Darrell Clark 

• GPS Data in PODS at SAM Inc. by Kevin Pomaski    

To learn more about the PODS Pipeline Data Model, and the PODS Associaiton, click the logo to visit our website.

Wiki-PODS Update
Seamless integration with the PODS website 

 

Have you been frustrated, trying to remember your password for both the PODS website and Wiki-PODS? 

Good News!  Now when you log-in on the PODS website, just click the Wiki or Forum link and your log-in credentials will be authenticated automatically.