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Our trainers excel at engaging and motivating learners. With more than 200 years of cumulative industry experience, they knowhow to bridge theory and practice - giving technicians, engineers, HSE professionals and others the ability to solve real-world challenges. And because they develop their own courses and supporting materials, they can tailor their content to your teams. That means your people learn new skills the right way the first time, and retain more of their training. The result? Improved performance and productivity.

Alan Morton

Throughout his career, Alan has contributed to pioneering technologies, from primary controls for full-flight stimulation to the world’s largest pipeline tapping machine. He believes that innovation must be tied to real-world application, or it has no value.

Alan got his professional start in the aerospace industry, then joined the oil and gas industry as an integrity engineer for a major natural gas processing and transportation company. He rounded out his corporate career at a global pipeline services company, serving as pigging and closure product teams leader and chief engineer. His global seminars on systems engineering and design of experiments helped that company reduce new product time to market and costly project overruns.

A strong proponent of knowledge-sharing, Alan has published technical papers in industry magazines and American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME) proceedings. In addition, he has presented at global trade events, industry conferences and webinars. He is a longtime ASME committee volunteer.

Alan holds six product patents in the U.S. and other countries. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.

Larry Alspaugh

Larry has actively served the energy industry for nearly 50 years, since earning his bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Oklahoma in 1976. During that time, he has helped oil and gas operators navigate monumental changes driven by technological advances and evolving market and regulatory demands.

In particular, for the past 34 years he has tailored effective and efficient pigging solutions to help pipeline operators optimize gathering, midstream, transmission and distribution systems.

Larry values process success based on a team approach. Building a pigging team beyond a pigging crew yields the greatest success.

Committed to service being a cornerstone of stewardship, Larry has helped strengthen industry collaboration, advance technical knowledge, and support continuous improvement in safety and operations through his work with key organizations. He participated in multiple American Gas Association (AGA) technical committees and was chair of the AGA Operations & Engineering Services Associates Managing Committee. He also chaired the Midwest Energy Associations Associates Committee and served as a board member of the Oklahoma Gas Association (OGA). In addition, Larry has been a volunteer instructor for AGA, OGA, PHMSA DOT, PPIM, the Midwest Energy Association, the OU Corrosion Control Couse and numerous operating companies.

Jonathan Beam

Jay Beam is a lifelong learner with an undergraduate degree in chemistry and two master’s degrees, one in mechanical engineering and the other in biochemistry and biophysics. In addition, he is a certified safety professional (CSP) and safety engineer.

Throughout his career, Jay has focused on managing health, safety and environmental risks from the wellhead to the pipeline.

And though he didn’t write the book on purging, he probably knows more about the American Gas Association’s definitive manual than anyone outside the AGA.

Jay’s comprehensive knowledge of the purge manual, its theories and related documents led him to develop the PurgEnomics™ training curriculum for R.B. Williamson Energy Advisors.

PurgEnomics helps operators find the right solution for handling emissions during pipeline purges with consideration of: safety, cost, time, quality, and environmental impact.

Jay has also published white papers on purge-related topics, including Introduction to the AGA Purge Manual, and a series on methods for mitigating blowdown emissions. Those topics include:

· Atmospheric Impact of Gas Pipeline Blowdowns

· Flaring’s Role in Mitigating Emissions During Pipeline Blowdowns

· Cross-Compression as an Emission Mitigation Strategy

· A Hybrid Approach to Pipeline Gas Disposal and

· PurgEnomics: Balancing Safety, Quality, Time, Cost and Environmental Impact

Aaron Madden

Aaron is a technical innovator whose years in the field — as an engineer, technician, coordinator and product manager — give him a ground-level perspective of the challenges operators face every day. He’s seen first-hand how people think, act and react — the so-called human risk factors that affect safety — and knows how to put in place the best practices for preventing incidents.

In addition, his decades of experience with traditional hot tap and line isolation technologies give him a deep understanding of where depressurization and appropriate purging practices overlap and how to help operators achieve the balance that safety demands.

Aaron’s experience enables him to move beyond theory to develop real solutions to the complex challenges all pipeline operators face, whether they’re transporting oil, natural gas, refined products or water.