News & Events
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New Century Software has scheduled an online demonstration of the Gas HCA Analyst application for Tuesday, May 20th, at 2PM CST. Gas HCA Analyst was designed to identify Class Locations and High Consequence Areas as defined by the DOT. The application is easy to configure and allows for a variety of "what if?" scenarios to be run.
During this one-hour presentation, we'll review HCA regulations, discuss data acquisition strategies, demonstrate the various methods used by this application to identify HCA's, and open the line for a question and answer session.
Registration is required for this event.
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The revolutionary Deep Sea Viewer application, which allows offshore pipeline operators to view GIS data and ROV video surveys simultaneously in an online environment, will be the focus for New Century Software at the OTC conference in Houston. Working in partnership with a major offshore oil producer, we developed this application to help operators make more informed risk and asset management decisions. The application utilizes ArcIMS to provide web-based access to PODS database reports, GIS maps, alignment sheets, and streaming ROV video survey taken during underwater surveys.
Visit booth 11118 at OTC to learn about New Century’s offshore pipeline GIS solutions and to view a demonstration of Deep Sea Viewer.
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Ron Brush of New Century Software and Chris Stachura with BP will be making a presentation at the ESRI Business Summit being held April 27-30 in Chicago. The presentation, “Using ArcGIS for Spatial Risk Assessment,” is part of the risk management and business continuity learning track. ArcGIS can be used to perform spatial risk analysis for diverse business GIS needs ranging from major utilities to real estate. Drawing from an example pipeline operator, this presentation will focus on the business case, benefits and general process of doing GIS-based risk analysis. The presentation describes types of geospatial data that is used for risk assessment with sample risk formulas. It includes a brief software demonstration using multiple data sources and tabular, GIS and chart-based reporting. The presentation will also describe how this technique may be applied to diverse business needs such as insurance and real estate site selection. Spatial risk assessment will become a common practice in the future and this presentation will help users understand the benefits of this innovative approach.
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According to the AGA website, “The annual AGA Operations Conference is the natural gas industry’s premier gathering of natural gas utility and transmission company operations management from across North America and the world for the sharing of technical knowledge, ideas and practices to promote the safe, reliable, and cost-effective delivery of natural gas to the end-user. The Operations Conference is AGA’s largest forum with nearly 500 in attendance, including 80 speakers, and over 100 technical presentations that run the gamut of topics, such as gas measurement, operations advocacy, safety, environment, storage, engineering, construction and maintenance, gas control, supplemental gas, corrosion control and plastic materials.”
As a Silver Sponsor for this year’s event, New Century Software will be on hand to discuss GIS solutions of natural gas transmission pipelines and how these solutions can be adapted to meet the pending Distribution Integrity Management (DIM) regulations. For more information or to arrange a meeting at the conference, contact Rob McElroy, VP of Sales & Marketing, at (970) 267-2000 or rob.mcelroy@newcenturysoftware.com.
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This year’s API Pipeline Conference is scheduled for April 8-10 in Orlando, Florida. As an official show sponsor, New Century Software will be on hand to answer questions about its GIS mapping, data management, and integrity management solutions for pipeline operators. If you would like to schedule a time to meet with Rob McElroy, VP of Marketing, during the event, please email rob.mcelroy@newcenturysoftware.com.
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On March 11, 2008, 1 in Seattle, WA, New Century Software President Ron Brush made a presentation describing a powerful technique that utilizes GIS spatial data in risk analysis, using proximity in the analysis and eliminating the need to pre-process spatial data. This new approach introduces new opportunities to use GIS data that has been difficult to use such as one-call, soil, non-crossing foreign lines, GPS collected data, etc. Spatial risk assessment can be used for gas and electric utilities as well as water and wastewater systems.
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New Century Software has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor and holds membership on the planning committee for the GeoGathering Conference to be held June 2nd and 3rd in Estes Park, Colorado. GeoGathering is an event dedicated to providing oil and gas gathering system professionals a venue to share their experiences and best practices with geospatial information while learning about current industry regulations and GIS solutions. The venue is held in the beautiful mountain town of Estes Park, which serves as the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park.
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On Thursday, March 27, New Century Software will be hosting an online demonstration of its SheetCutter and TemplateDesigner applications. The one-hour presentation is designed for oil and gas pipeline operators that are interested in examining new GIS mapping solutions.
SheetCutter is designed to generate alignment sheets and area maps from a pipeline GIS implementation. After being successfully implemented in over 25 client sites, the application serves as one of New Century’s flagship products. TemplateDesigner enables SheetCutter users to create their own alignment sheets and area maps instead of relying on costly outsourcing options.
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The 2008 User Conference for New Century Software clientele will be held June 3-5 in Fort Collins, CO. Hosted at the Marriot, the User Conference will be an opportunity for New Century clients to collaborate on how they generate alignment sheets, maintain data, and manage their pipeline integrity management programs using our suite of GIS applications.
In addition to training by our development team and idea sharing with peers in the industry, New Century will preview upcoming new applications and enhancements. The event will offer fun opportunities to explore this unique northern Colorado town. Fort Collins is known for its great breweries, relaxed atmosphere, and outdoor lifestyle.
Additional details will follow as the event date approaches.
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New Century Software will be exhibiting February 25-26 at the PUG conference in Houston, TX. The event is one of the premier GIS conferences in the oil and gas industry. In addition to exhibiting, on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, New Century will co-present with BP Pipelines on the Mardi Gras Offshore Transportation GIS.
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New Century Software will unveil a new logo, website, literature, and other related changes at ESRI’s PUG Conference the week of February 25th in Houston. According to President Ron Brush, “Though we have a fresh look, there is no change in our ownership or core business, and our mission, ‘Safer energy transportation through the application of GIS technology,’ remains steadfast”. In addition to a new logo, New Century has adopted the brand promise, Raising your Return on Integrity, reflecting the commitment to our customer’s success. “The solutions New Century provides are focused on achieving our customer’s business objectives in terms of regulatory compliance and financial performance,” stated Brush. “It is the trust and confidence that comes with knowing you have chosen a proven partner that will give you a greater return for every dollar invested.”
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The development team at New Century Software released a new version of the SheetCutter and TemplateDesigner applications this week. These applications are part of New Century’s GIS mapping solution suite and assist oil and gas pipeline operators with generating alignment sheets and area maps.
Clients were emailed detailed release notes along with instructions on how to upload the new version of the applications. For a copy of either document, please email support@newcenturysoftware.com.
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New Century Software has named Robert McElroy as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. In this role, he will develop and manage all sales and marketing programs including application and service promotion, client relations, trade shows, and customer focused programs. Before joining New Century Software in February, 2007, McElroy worked for major integrated energy companies including ConocoPhillips, Phillips Petroleum, Tosco, and Unocal in a variety of pipeline engineering, construction, operations, and business development roles. Most recently, Mr. McElroy was Vice President for Kaneb Pipe Line Partners during which time he served in leadership with the Association of Oil Pipelines. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona and is a licensed professional engineer.
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The ESRI Petroleum User Group (PUG) Steering Committee has announced their acceptance of the presentation titled, “BP Mardi Gras Offshore Transportation GIS System.” The abstract was a joint submittal by BP Pipelines and New Century Software. The BP Mardi Gras Offshore Transportation System includes multiple pipelines laid in water depths up to 7,200 feet and covers over 450 miles in the Gulf of Mexico. In order to provide BP Mardi Gras users with detailed GIS information on their pipelines, a web viewer was created to provide access to PODS database reports, GIS maps, alignment sheets, and streaming video survey data. The video data was captured during underwater surveys conducted by remotely operated vehicles (ROV) flown along the entire pipeline system. Integrated within the web viewer is a reporting tool that provides customized reports on selected features which can then be exported to multiple formats. BP Mardi Gras users can utilize these tools to identify pipeline anomalies and unforeseen risks on the pipeline.
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New Century Software has announced the launch of SheetCutter Server, an addition to the company’s map and alignment sheet suite of products and services. SheetCutter Server allows users the feature-rich functionality of New Century Software's SheetCutter and TemplateDesigner applications plus the added benefit of performing real time updates to selected alignment sheets using templates stored on your server. SheetCutter Server continuously "listens" to the pipeline GIS data and queues production of a new alignment sheet whenever a change in corresponding data for that sheet occurs.
Up until now, pipeline operators have had to manually generate alignment sheets and then distribute new versions to users. The SheetCutter Server application allows operators to automate this process by continuously producing and publishing finished alignment sheets, ensuring that the most current data is always being used throughout the organization.
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New Century Software is proud to announce the official product launch of Spatial Risk Analyst and Spill Impact Analyst.
Spatial Risk Analyst offers the premier solution for pipeline risk and integrity analysis by providing a full-featured GIS-based, data-centric approach to pipeline risk assessment. New Century calls this innovative concept "Spatial Risk" and believes that this provides powerful new risk analysis capabilities. Spill Impact Analyst is an ESRI ArcMap extension that provides the oil and gas industry with unparalleled overland spread and water transport analysis for hazardous liquid pipelines and facilities.
Spatial Risk Analyst allows pipeline operators to objectively measure absolute and/or relative risk along their pipelines by connecting to many different data sources, performing dynamic segmentation and then applying risk equations. Data from many different sources can be accessed in its original database or GIS without the need to "build bridges" or map data into a proprietary risk database. Spatial Risk Analyst Model Designer provides the ability to easily create multiple risk models from scratch or implement models developed by third-party consultants. Model Designer provides the flexibility to design qualitative or quantitative-based models, simple or complex. By carefully assigning threat and consequence equations to online and offline point and linear GIS pipeline features, Spatial Risk Analyst provides the user with resulting risk attributes that can be exported to many different output and analysis formats.
Using a FEMA-approved analytical flow simulation engine, Spill Impact Analyst identifies and simulates individual liquid product releases, and determines could-affect and not-affect segments for pipeline integrity management. This advanced ArcMap extension automatically calculates outflow hydrographs using drain-down and valve closure times, and release points at set intervals, at NHD intersections, or allows the user to designate release locations. Spill Impact Analyst simplifies the spill impact analysis thus allowing operators to perform the work in-house. New Century also offers spill impact analysis as a service.
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