Summer 2013Natalie Hubbell Overland Park, KS

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Natalie Hubbell

• Intern at Overland Park Service Center• Chemical Engineer at KU

– Graduating May 2015

• Engineering Projects– Pipeline Design – Measurement and Regulation– Pressure System Analysis– Field Experience

• Primary Project– Merriam & Roe Relocation

Engineering Intern

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Merriam & Roe, Kansas City

• Storm system improvements, mill and overlay

• Conflict resolution– Retire DRS #0407– Install 2” PE main

• Increasing pressure in surrounding area

City-initiated improvements

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Town Border Stations

• System Reinforcement to create another source of gas for that Pressure System

71st & Chouteau

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Welding & Alignment12’’ Coated Steel

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Field ExperienceKCK & Johnson County

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The Many Hats of an Engineer

• Project planning and estimating using JES and GIS

• Communicating with Construction, Contractors, and the Warehouse

• Project Management• Long term planning (system

analysis) and short term (responding to emergencies)

• Meter sets, TBS, service lines, mains

From start to finish

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KGS Goals• Consumer Safety• Maintaining a competitive advantage over electric• Restructuring with the Journey

– Construction and remodeling of our current office facilities– Improved operational efficiency

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Things to Take Away

• Second Internship with a utility company– Westar, Summer 2012

• KGS is regulated• Reliability and safety are top

priority

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