FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES’ CATHODIC PROTECTION EXPERT TO DISCUSS PIPELINE INTEGRITY AUTOMATION

FreeWave’s David J. Southern, P.E. to explain how a new technology can address regulatory needs and pipeline operational performance through cathodic protection remote monitoring at NACE conference

WHO: David Southern is Product Development Manager for FreeWave Technologies (www.freewave.com), the leading independent designer and manufacturer of spread spectrum wireless solutions.

Southern has 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, mining, hazardous waste remediation, petrochemical and refining industries. Prior to joining FreeWave, he was a Business Manager for an Emerson Process Management representative. In 1978, as a summer intern on an offshore oil production platform, Southern learned firsthand the basics of corrosion prevention and the everyday importance cathodic protection plays in mission critical operations. Southern authored/co-authored several U.S. patents and has been published in several industry magazines, including Pipeline and Gas Technology, POWER Magazine, American Oil & Gas Reporter and Compressor Tech II Magazine. He is a 1982 graduate of the School of Mines.

WHAT: New, Low Cost Technology Development for CP Remote Monitoring

Energy and Pipeline Companies wrestle to meet new stricter state and federal pipeline integrity requirements while simultaneously trying to control operating costs. Recent, unfortunate, pipeline news events pushed corrosion and cathodic protection to front page news across the nation to the extent that the U.S. Congress and several states passed legislation directed specifically toward cathodic protection practices. Many companies are looking to new technologies and automation for answers. Unfortunately, ever changing cell phone technologies left some companies scrambling to stay ahead of telemetry obsolescence. Effective answers to critical issues affecting public safety are often found in a combination of both old and new technology.

This presentation will focus on how Cathodic Protection Remote Monitoring Units automatically collect and report mission critical, corrosion prevention data from remote rectifiers and test points and transmit that data back to a central data collection system via wireless, radio modems—often using companies’ existing radio networks.

WHERE: DoubleTree World Arena Hotel

1775 E Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard

Colorado Springs, Colorado

WHEN: January 24, 2008

1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

Academy/Palmer Room

CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview with Mr. Southern, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR

(303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com