API-AGA JOINT COMMITTEE ONOIL AND GAS PIPELINE FIELD WELDING PRACTICES

2010 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTESJune 30th and July 1st, 2010

Washington DC

Attending Company

Alex Afaganis Evraz Inc NABill Amend DNV Columbus, Inc.Kevin Beardsley Lincoln Electric CompanyMatt Boring Edison Welding InstituteWilliam Bruce DNV Columbus, Inc.Tim Burns Shell International E&PBill Byrd T. D. Williamson IncLarry Christmas Panhandle EnergyGreg Clark American Steel PipeYang Cuo CNPCDavid L. Culbertson El Paso CorporationMichael Childers Southwest Gas CorpDon Drake Exxon-MobilDoug Fairchild Exxon-MobilBill Fazackerly MicroalloyingQingshan Feng CNPCRyan Fokens CRC-EvansEduardo Frias TubaceroScott Funderburk Lincoln ElectricSteve (Harry) Harrison Bechtel CorpBob Huntley RMH Welding Consulting IncOliver Jouffron SerimaxJohn Kern GE Inspection TechArie Krygsman GasunieJonathan Lee ChevronKenneth Y. Lee PHMSA/OPSBill Marhofer SerimaxJim McHaney Exxon-Mobil DevelopmentRandy McGill ShellPamela Michalski Dominion East OhioBrian Moidel Dominion East OhioCyril Petit SerimaxRobert Prince ExxonMobil DevelopmentVaidyanath Rajan Lincoln Electric CompanyGeoff Rogers Spectra EnergySam Saha US SteelPerry Sheth National GridJoseph Sieve PHMSA/OPSDon W. Thorn Welded Construction LPYong-Yi Wang CRESRonnie Wise Price Gregory Construction

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2010 ANNUAL MAIN COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

1.0 OPENING SESSION – First Day (June 30th, 2010)

1.1 The meeting called to order by the Chairman, Dave Culbertson at 8:30AM.

1.2 Introductions

All committee members and visitors were welcomed and each introduced themselves, and encouraged to fill in sign up sheets for all committee activities.

Committee Chair Dave Culbertson announced that Vice Chair Scott Metzger and Secretary Jim Ibarra were not present. Tim Burns will be acting as Secretary for Jim Ibarra

Chair introduced two new members, Daniel Posipanko with Buckeye Partners and Brian Moidel with Dominion East Ohio. It was requested that the two voting members who were replaced be identified, Dave Culbertson will revert. Daniel Posipanko replaced Damodaran Raghu and Brian Moidel replaced Joseph Sieve.

1.3 The minutes of the 2010 January Meeting held in New Orleans, LA on January 27th and 28th were proposed for approval, motion by Pamela Michalski and seconded by Don Thorn. 11 for, 0 against, 0 abstained. (vote is incomplete, must be submitted for ballot approval)

1.4 The agenda for the June 2010 meeting was proposed for approval, motion by Bill Bruce and seconded by Don Thorn. 9 for, 0 against, 0 abstain. (vote is incomplete, must be re-voted or submitted for ballot approval)

1.5 It was noted that there was not a majority of committee members. This was remedied by the following actions:

Alan Beckett, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, joined by teleconference.

Robert Gatlin assigned his voting rights to Pamela Michalski and Brian Lang assigned his voting rights to Bill Fazackerly.

1.6 PHMSA-DOT representatives thanked participants for coming

1.7 No old business.

1.8 Subcommittee reports for proposed changes:

Mechanized Welding – Don Thorn, Chairman.

No Report. Ballot items from January were provided electronically.

Modifications, Interpretations and Policy – Wayne Klemcke, Chairman

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No Report

Fracture Mechanics Subcommittee: Yong-Yi Wang, Chairman

Yong-Yi Wang made presentation

Appendix A - A.5.1.1 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Don Thorn. 14 for, 0 against, 1 abstain.

Appendix A - A.2.1 ballot item discussed and proposed motion by Bill Bruce and second by Yong-Yi Wang. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix A - A.2.2.1 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Yong-Yi Wang and second by Robert Huntley. 14 for, 0 against, 1 abstain.

Appendix A - A.3 / A.3.1(d) ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Yong-Yi Wang and second by Don Thorn. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix A - A.3.2.1 / A.3.2.1.2 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Robert Huntley. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix A - A.3.2.2 / A.3.2.2.3 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Yong-Yi Wang and second by Don Drake. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

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Appendix A - A.3.1 (f) ballot item was discussed and sent back to the subcommittee for consideration.

Appendix A – A.3.1 (b) ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Don Thorn and second by Bill Fazackerly. 14 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

General Interest Member Selection – Don Thorn, Chairman.

No Report

Maintenance Welding – Bill Bruce, Chairman.

Presented a video to demonstrate Hydrogen cracking in welds.

Everyone is invited to email Bill Bruce at bill.bruce@dnv.com to request a DVD of this video.

Appendix B – B.1 General ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Pam Michalski and second by Don Drake, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix B – B.2.1.1.3 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Don Culbertson and second by Pam Michalski, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix B – B.2.1.1.4 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Pam Michalski and second by Bill Bruce, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix B – B.2.2.1.1 ballot item discussed will be presented again on July 1st.

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Appendix B – B.2.2.1.4 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Pam Michalski and second by Bill Bruce, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix B – B.2.4.4.3 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Pam Michalski, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix B – B.3.1 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Pam Michalski and second by Ronnie Wise, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

Appendix B – Weld Deposition Repair ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Alan Becket and second by Bob Huntley, 16 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

1.9 Subcommittee meeting times for Thursday were announced for 8:30am to 4:30 PM. API Reception Wednesday evening from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.Meeting was adjourned at 5pm

2.0 Second Day Activities (Thursday July 1)2.1 The meeting called to order by the Chairman, Dave Culbertson at 8:30AM.

Chairman called for voting member attendance, 16 voting members or their proxies are present.

Teleconference with Alan Beckett scheduled for 10am EST.

2.2 Subcommittee reports for proposed changes:

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Maintenance Welding continued – Bill Bruce, Chairman.

Appendix B – B.2.2.1.1 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Perry Sheth and second by Yong-Yi Wang, 16 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

(Ballot B.2.2.1.1 above on page 5) Nondestructive Testing – Chuck Woodruff and Tom Reeder, Co-Chairmen.

Ballot items presented by Chair Dave Culbertson

1104 Section 8.4.2 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Dave Culbertson and second by Yong-Yi Wang, 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

1104 Section 8.4.3 ballot item discussed. Pam Michalski proposed that the new wording regarding Visual Examination be inserted as 8.4.2, and the current 8.4.2 Record becomes 8.4.3 and add “visual acuity tests” to the second sentence describing what records are to be maintained by the company. Ballot proposed, motion by Pam and second by Dave Culbertson, 16 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

1104 Section 11.1.5 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Dave Culbertson and second by Ronnie Wise, 16 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 / 5L Joint Work Group – Subcommittee Chair Bill Fazackerly reported on the meeting Tuesday June 29th afternoon.

Tim Burns noted that API 1104 Section 5.4.2.2 needs to have psi / MPa values removed.

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Bill Bruce and Bill Amend will make an interpretation request to API to clarify dual certification of API 5L line pipe and the application of welding procedures. Additionally they will develop a ballot item for proposal for the 21st edition in the January meeting.

Randy McGill from API 5L joint API 1104 committee meeting to provide status on Subcommittee on Tubular Goods (SC5) discussion on pipe straightness and end squareness. SC5 voted the proposal of a new work group down 9 to 7. Bill Fazackerly proposed to make this a new work item in the API 1104 / 5L Joint Work Group.

Dave Culbertson charged that Item 1 from API 5L questions in Bill Fazackerly’s minutes be assigned to the Welding Procedure & Welder Qualifications Subcommittee and Fracture Mechanics Subcommittee for action prior to the January 2011 meeting.

Fracture Mechanics Subcommittee cont: Yong-Yi Wang, Chairman

Yong-Yi made a presentation of Pcm data provided by Larry Christmas to support the chemical analysis limitations provided in the ballot item Appendix A Section A.3.1. Note that Jim McHaney, Tim Burns, Bill Fazackerly and Bob Huntley committed to provide similar data at a future meeting.

Vaidyanath Rajan made a presentation to discuss heat number and lot number re-qualification requirements in Appendix A proposed item

Tim Burns asked that the presentation be provided and Rajan will seek permission from his customer. Presentation not provided.

Appendix A - A.3.1 (f). ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Yong-Yi and second by Don Thorn. 12 for, 1 against, 3 abstain.

Repair Welding Task Group - Robert Gatlin, Chairman

Report provided by Geoff Rogers. Full Committee to provide comments to the proposed revision items below to Alan Beckett by August 1st, 2010. Email these comments to beckettas@alyestka-pipeline.com.

Teleconference will be organized by Alan the end of August with full committee participation.

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The following proposed revision items were discussed.

Welding Procedures & Welder Qualifications - Alan Holk, Chairman

Bill Marhofer presented

The full committee requested that the outstanding proposed revisions from the Welding Procedure & Welder Qualification Subcommittee be brought forward for discussion.

API 1104 Section 5.6.2.3 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Ronnie Wise. 16 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 Section 5.6.2.1 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Yong-Yi. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 Section 5.3.2.1 ballot item discussed and tabled for further consideration by subcommittee.

API 1104 Section 5.4.2.5 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Pam Michalski and second by Bob Huntley. 14 for, 0 against, 1 abstain.

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API 1104 Section 5.6.3.3 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Ronnie Wise. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 Section 6.2.2 (c) ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Don Thorn. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 Section 6.2.2 (f) ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bob Huntley and second by Bill Bruce. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 Section 6.2.1 ballot item was discussed and had been previously balloted in January 2010.

API 1104 Section 6.2.2 proposed editorial item was agreed to by Chair.

API 1104 Section 6.3.1 / 6.3.2 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Bob Huntley. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

API 1104 Section 6.5.2 ballot item discussed and proposed, motion by Bill Bruce and second by Don Thorn. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstain.

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Dave Culbertson charged Jim Ibarra to check the records from January 2009 meeting to ensure that it was voted affirmative to accept editorial changes to API 1104 Section 5.4.2.2 and 5.4.2.6 and Table B and 12.5.2.2 and 12.5.2.6 (b),

Pam Michalski, Jim Ibarra, Mike Childers and Tim Burns will work on the editorial subcommittee

2.3 The minutes of the 2010 January Meeting held in New Orleans, LA on January 27th and 28th and the agenda for the June 2010 meeting were proposed for approval, motion by Ronnie Wise and seconded by Bob Huntley. 15 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.

The next meeting will be January 26-27, 2011 at the API Winter Standards Meeting in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jim IbarraSecretaryAPI 1104

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