AGA targets cybersecurity, pipeline safety as leading 2013 concerns
Pipe safety and cybersecurity will certainly cover the list of priorities for the American Gas Organization in 2013, Ron Jibson, the incoming AGA chairman, said Friday.
The US group will certainly have a brand-new focus on cybersecurity, stated Jibson, the head of state and also CEO of Salt Lake City, Utah-based Questar, at a press briefing. "It is not a matter of if, however when. We know already that individuals have actually been successful in entering into systems."
Improving cybersecurity will include educating market on the hazards as well as recommending best methods, he stated. "We can not ever before kick back and also state we have achieved what we need to on cybersecurity."
Much more particularly, market has generated specialists from the Division of Homeland Safety and security to locate weaknesses in pipeline systems as well as recommend tools to attend to vulnerabilities, he said.
" These are cyber ninjas," Jibson said. "They frighten the heck out of me in terms of what they can do."
Pipe security and also honesty is also a leading priority, and also one that maintains him up at night, Jibson stated. There are about 2.4 million miles of pipes in the market, which spends $2 billion in year to replace the highest top priority pipelines.
The gas sector also intends to aid with the financial recovery, by creating work, maintaining gas prices reduced and also offering gas as an alternative to sustain automobiles, he said.
Pertaining to the atmosphere, improvements in extraction technology have minimized land influences, and raised gas usage is helping air quality, he argued.
On iro water , AGA is confident that following year the Senate power board will consider some broad power proposals that deal with issues from manufacturing and also circulation to the possible function of liquefied gas exports, stated Dave McCurdy, the head of state of the team.
On the problem of LNG, Jibson stated he expects some jobs will move forward. "I believe there will likely be export of natural gas however I assume it will certainly be ... really sluggish and regulated," he claimed.
The US group will certainly have a brand-new focus on cybersecurity, stated Jibson, the head of state and also CEO of Salt Lake City, Utah-based Questar, at a press briefing. "It is not a matter of if, however when. We know already that individuals have actually been successful in entering into systems."
Improving cybersecurity will include educating market on the hazards as well as recommending best methods, he stated. "We can not ever before kick back and also state we have achieved what we need to on cybersecurity."
Much more particularly, market has generated specialists from the Division of Homeland Safety and security to locate weaknesses in pipeline systems as well as recommend tools to attend to vulnerabilities, he said.
" These are cyber ninjas," Jibson said. "They frighten the heck out of me in terms of what they can do."
Pipe security and also honesty is also a leading priority, and also one that maintains him up at night, Jibson stated. There are about 2.4 million miles of pipes in the market, which spends $2 billion in year to replace the highest top priority pipelines.
The gas sector also intends to aid with the financial recovery, by creating work, maintaining gas prices reduced and also offering gas as an alternative to sustain automobiles, he said.
Pertaining to the atmosphere, improvements in extraction technology have minimized land influences, and raised gas usage is helping air quality, he argued.
On iro water , AGA is confident that following year the Senate power board will consider some broad power proposals that deal with issues from manufacturing and also circulation to the possible function of liquefied gas exports, stated Dave McCurdy, the head of state of the team.
On the problem of LNG, Jibson stated he expects some jobs will move forward. "I believe there will likely be export of natural gas however I assume it will certainly be ... really sluggish and regulated," he claimed.
