FREE EVENT
Event Summary
Compressor lubricant is expensive. So is gas stream contamination. Lube oil carryover is a major component of gas stream contamination. It leads to reduced valve life, fouled filters, contaminated metering stations, pipeline restrictions, increased pigging expenses, and it can damage equipment like turbine fuel gas valves. Learn how one pipeline operator killed two birds with one stone by implementing an advanced lubrication system that reduced their compressor cylinder lubricant requirements by approximately 90%. This course provides detailed analysis following 1,112,415 successful run hours 3.5 years post-implementation of TriCip Lubrication Systems on 135 natural gas compressors covering 11,000 miles of pipeline.
Attendees will receive 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) upon completion.
The specific benefits reviewed in this course include:
- 81,000 fewer gallons of lubricant used
- 4,106 fewer hours – a 56% improvement in hours associated with unplanned valve maintenance
- Up to a 100% reduction in liquids collected during pigging operations
- Reduced inlet filter fouling/maintenance and associated downtime
- Reduced cost of purchased lubricant
- Reduced cost to collect and dispose of lubricant that carries over into pipelines
Learning Objectives
- Better understand how compressor lubricant is linked with gas stream contamination
- Understand the risk/reward of 90% lubricant reduction
- Introduction to the equipment required to successfully reduce lube rates by 90%
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for compressor engineers, pipeline operators, and gas quality managers working with reciprocating compressors in industries such as Gas Transmission, Midstream (gathering and processing), Gas Storage, and Power Cogeneration using gas turbines.
Meet Your Instructors
Seth Johnson
Subject Matter Expert/Compression Equipment, TC Energy
Seth Johnson is a 3rd-generation pipeline professional with 21 years of industry experience, specializing in reciprocating engines and compressors for the past 18 years. He serves as a Subject Matter Expert for Compression Equipment at TC Energy. Seth holds multiple certifications, including an ICML certification – Maintenance Lubrication Technician. He has earned postgraduate certifications in Engine Design from the University of Wisconsin and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee. Seth has also served as a multi-year Chair of the GMRC Engine Analyzer and Reliability Workshop and was a former member of the PRCI Compression Committee.
Matt McCarthy
Regional Sales Representative, Sloan Lubrication Systems
Matt McCarthy is a 32-year sales veteran of Sloan Lubrication Systems and has become an expert compressor lubrication advisor to the oil, gas, refining, chemical, and food industries. He has invested most of his career in sales-focused roles but also has extensive hands-on experience in field work, including installations, troubleshooting, and maintenance. His current position as Regional Sales Representative – North Central and Southeast US, allows him to bring his vast application knowledge to the industry and affords him opportunities to collaborate on the industry’s most challenging issues.
In addition to being a part of Sloan, Matt has been on the Board of Directors of the EGCR (Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable) where he has served for 28 years in various capacities including chairmen of several prominent committees. He is also a member of the GMC Planning Committee. Matt resides in Saxonburg, PA.
Keith Schafer
Retired, TC Energy
Industry Trainer & Consultant, BlackRock Resources
Keith Schafer joined Columbia Gas Transmission and spent 28 years in Compressor Station Reliability and became the Team Lead of the Equipment Analyst Program. In 2010, he served as Manager of System Reliability, responsible for 103 compressor stations. He oversaw the design and installed over 1 million horsepower in new compression. TC Energy purchased CPG in 2016. Keith was named the US Gas Operations Reciprocating Principal responsible for the 530 reciprocating engines and compressors in the fleet. Keith has served the GMC in various capacities, including the Planning Committee for 15 years, the Chairman in 2014, and the GMRC Analyzer Workshop Committee. Other groups include the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable, serving as Chairman from 2019 to 2021, the KSU, NGML Advisory Board and the PRCI Pipeline Research Counsel International, Compressor and Pump Committee for many years. After 45 years, he retired from TC Energy and is currently working for BlackRock Resources, serving our industry as a trainer and consultant.