Eric Kelner, P.E.

Experience

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  KTVX, KTKK

  Apr 1985 - Sept 1990

  Public Relations, Television and Radio Production

  • Radio station Program Director.• Radio talk show host.• Television and radio producer.

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  Questar Pipeline Company

  Aug 1994 - Jun 1997

  Systems Engineer

  • Performed inspections of field equipment.• Developed a vehicle-mounted gas sampling and analysis system to eliminate a costly step in thermodynamic property determination.• Performed pipeline simulations.• Company representative on industry research steering committees.

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  Southwest Research Institute

  Jun 1997 - Jul 2007

  Group Leader and Sr. Research Engineer

  • Research program manager for the oil and gas industry.• Responsible for a $2,000,000 per year research program.• Managed the daily operation of a large-scale research facility.• Directed the development and commercialization of a gas energy measurement device.

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  Pipeline & Gas Journal

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Contributing Editor

  Authored quarterly column on flow measurement.

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  The Letton-Hall Group

  Jul 2007 - now

  CIO

  Providing production, transmission and distribution flow measurement consulting services including:• Oil and gas metering technology research, development and evaluation.• Measurement assessment.• PVT modeling.• Measurement standards development (individual organizations and industry associations).• System balance analysis.• Instructional design/training program development.• Instructor: natural gas fundamentals and flow measurement.

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  Natural Gas Training Council (now the Gas Training Association)

  Jul 2015 - Oct 2019

  President

  The Gas Training Association (formerly Natural Gas Training Council) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high quality training for the natural gas industry. Gas Training Association content is developed through collaboration and cost-sharing among members, to provide low-cost training that is representative of industry practices.www.naturalgastraining.org