API RP 19G11Feb 5, 2010Page 1

API RP 19G11

Dynamic Simulation

Work Group Meeting – Agenda and Minutes

Feb. 5, 8, and 9, 2010

Venue

Date:Friday, Feb. 5, 2010Monday, Feb. 8, 2010Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Time:3:00 – 4:00 pm8:30 am – 5:00 pm8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Office:Crowne Plaza HotelShellShell

Location:Houston, Texas, USAHouston, Texas, USAHouston, Texas, USA

Host: Juan Carlos ManteconSusan HansenSusan Hansen

Meeting Chair: Juan Carlos ManteconJuan Carlos ManteconJuan Carlos Mantecon

Conference Call Instructions

  • These will be on-site, face-to-face meetings.
  • There will be no “conference call” facilities.
RSVP
  • Please RSVP and let us know if you are coming to one, two, or all three meetings.
We must know the attendance for all three meetings so we can plan.

Driving Directions to the Hotel

  • The Hotel is located on Beltway 8, a few blocks east of Interstate 45, in North Houston. 425 North Sam Houston Pkwy E, Houston, TX - (281) 445-9000..
  • Shell is located on the Katy Freeway, at Dairy Ashford.

Safety Briefing

  • Follow the Crowne Plaza Hotel’s guidelines for safe exit in case of an alarm.
  • Follow Shell’s guidelines for safe exit in case of an alarm.

Meeting Agenda

The agenda for the meetings is shown below. If you would like to suggest additions or changes, please send your comments to Cleon Dunham, Work Group Secretary, at .

Attendees (Feb. 5, 2010):

AttendeesPositionCompany

In Person Attendees

Ken DeckerDecker Technology

Neil de GuzmanIntelligent Agents Corporation

Cleon DunhamSecretaryOilfield Automation

Eric LaineLaine and Associates

Juan Carlos ManteconChairmanSPT Group

Larry PeacockAppSmiths

Rick PetersShell

Attendees (Feb. 8, 2010):

AttendeesPositionCompany

In Person Attendees

Dan DeesAppSmiths

Cleon DunhamSecretaryOilfield Automation

Juan Carlos ManteconChairmanSPT Group
Ron SchmidtWeatherford

Attendees (Feb. 9, 2010):

AttendeesPositionCompany

In Person Attendees

Dan DeesAppSmiths

Cleon DunhamSecretaryOilfield Automation

Juan Carlos ManteconChairmanSPT Group
Ron SchmidtWeatherford

  1. Kick Off.
  • Start of the Meetings
  • (2/5/10)The meeting was started by Chair. Juan Carlos Mantecon.
  • (2/5/10)Ken Decker agreed to address the items that have his name by them.
  • (2/5/10)Ken Decker provided the definition of the variable Trvl.
  • (2/8-9/10)This meeting was held at Shell Oil Company in West Houston.
  • Check in with everyone and ask how everyone is doing?
  • (2/5/10)Everybody is OK.
  • (2/8-9/10) All who attended these two days are OK.
  • Introduce any new attendees.
  • (2/5/10)New attendees were introduced.
  • (2/8-9/10) Ron Schmidt attended these two days and was very helpful in the “read through” process.
  1. New Members. Welcome any new members to the Work Group.
  2. (2/5/10)There were no new members.
  3. (2/5/10)There were some interested visitors.
  4. (2/8-8/10) Ron Schmidt of Weatherford is now part of the Work Group.
  1. API RP 19G11 Document
  • The purpose of these meetings is to perform a complete read-through of the Master Document of API RP 19G11. We will hand out paper copies of the Master Document and will have the document on line. The document has been fully drafted, with all sections completed.
  • The purpose on Friday, Feb. 5 is to present the current status of the document and plan for the detailed read-throughs on Monday and Tuesday.
  • The purpose on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8 and 9, is to perform a complete read-through of the document. We will make any necessary corrections that can be made during the meetings. We will assign corrections or additions that need to be made off-line.
  • (2/5/10)Dan Dees, Ron Schmidt, Juan Carlos Mantecon and Cleon Dunham will attend the read-through meetings at Shell on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8 and 9, 2010.
  • (2/8-9/10) The members of the Work Group who were present read through the entire API RP 19G11 document. This took approximately 17.5 hours, with 9 hours on Monday and 8.5 hours on Tuesday. We read the entire document and made many editorial changes. We did this as we read through the document.
  1. New Action Items. If necessary, agree on new action items.
  2. (2/5/10)Ken Decker will send a reference for the Winkler Eads model.
  3. (2/5/10)Ken Decker will send a chart showing the effect of a downstream choke on a 1” IPO valve.
  4. (2/8-9/10) In addition to the editorial changes mentioned above, we agreed to update Table II-1. This was completed after the meeting.
  5. (2/8-9/10) We also agreed to update Table II-2. Cleon Dunham was given an action item to do this after the meeting.
  6. (2/8-9/10) As soon as these few action items are complete, the document will be sent to the Task Group for further processing.
  1. Project Schedule. Review the project schedule and update it as necessary.The current schedule is:
  2. When the Work Group is finished with the document, it will be transmitted to the API 19G Task Group. It will be reviewed by them on a future date. This may also be a word-by-word read through of the document.
  3. If necessary, the Task Group will return the document to the Work Group and ask for any required updates or changes.
  4. When the document is finished, the Task Group will send it to API.
  5. API will “ballot” the document.
  6. If necessary, the Work Group will make changes required by API.
  7. Once the document is finally approved by the Task Group, it will be edited by API.
  8. Finally, it will be published by API.
  9. (2/5/10)This process was described to the Work Group members.
  10. (2/8-8/10) This schedule remains the same. When the few action items listed above are completed, the Work Group will transmit the document to the Task Group and await their meeting to perform a second read-through.
  1. Next Meeting. If there is a need for another meeting to re-review the document, it will be scheduled at the Feb. 8, 2010 meeting.
  2. (2/5/10)This was defined for the members.
  3. (2/8-9/10) There is no need for another meeting of the Work Group at this time.
  1. Meeting Close.
  2. TheFeb. 5 meeting was adjourned at 3:30pm.
  3. The Feb. 8 meeting was adjourned at 7:00 pm.
  4. The Feb. 9 meeting was adjourned at 5:00 pm.