Bill Bannister
Regulatory Compliance
Practice Director
Bill has over 30 years of management, regulatory compliance, and training experience in the pipeline oil and gas industries. He is an expert in Corrosion Management, DOT Regulatory Compliance, Operator Qualification, Safety Management Systems, Operations, Training, and Project Management.
Bill has a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision from Purdue University, and has a special interest in process safety management. As a consultant, Bill uses his vast knowledge and hands-on operator experience to provide clients with pragmatic guidance on all aspects of their pipeline facility’s regulatory compliance requirements. He also offers operators valuable insights into improving their Personnel Training, Workforce Development and Corrosion Control Programs that can improve performance efficiency, and the bottom line.
Trish Thomason
Sr. Regulatory Compliance Consultant
Trish has over 20 years of oil and gas consulting experience, beginning as a senior writer and project manager for a large engineering standards project, managing multiple writers and graphics personnel. With the industry’s need for increasingly robust compliance programs, she became the primary expert in multiple programs to better support the more than 40 operators she worked with throughout the years. She has spoken at AGA and SGA, facilitated roundtables for operator-specific topics, and been an industry instructor on topics such as Practical Application of Project Management Techniques in the Natural Gas Industry.
Trish has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English/Technical Communications from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As a consultant, Trish provides services in regulatory compliance for control room management (CRM), operations and maintenance (O&M), emergency response, operator qualification (OQ), and public awareness. She works with operators on all federal/state-regulated assets, conducting comprehensive internal analyses and supporting operators during audits to ensure continued compliance and safety.
Chris Bullock
Sr. Regulatory Compliance Consultant
Chris has over two decades of pipeline integrity management and regulatory compliance experience. He has held senior-level leadership and technical roles for a large pipeline operator and has been responsible for developing and implementing pipeline safety compliance programs; providing technical expertise in support of operations, design, and construction activities; driving innovations; and mitigating risk.
Chris possesses multiple MBAs from Louisiana Tech University in Management and Finance, a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of Louisiana. Chris has also provided the pipeline industry with years of support, with his involvement in organizations such as INGAA and SGA, and is a current member of the ASME B31.8 Committee.
As a consultant, Chris uses his exceptional regulatory compliance and technical knowledge to help clients develop and integrate compliance programs, risk management programs, and integrity management plans. Clients also look to him for support in developing personnel, using his natural ability to coach, mentor, and teach.
Lane Dobscha
Sr. Regulatory Compliance Consultant
In her 10+ years in the oil and gas industry, Lane has provided a wide range of DOT compliance, technical writing, information technology liaison, and database management services to mid-sized midstream companies. As a key member of pipeline integrity assessment and regulatory compliance teams, she gained experience and provided expertise for 49 CFR 192/195 compliance and preventive and mitigative (P&M) measures.
Lane has a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Linguistics and Anthropology and previously participated as a member on the API Operations & Technical Committee, contributing to API 1161 – Qualification of Liquid Pipeline Personnel and API 1162 – Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators.
Lane utilizes her knowledge of pipeline integrity management, control room management (CRM), operator qualification (OQ), public awareness, and damage prevention to provide guidance and expertise to clients in program and procedure writing, audit preparation and support, and merger and acquisition (M&A) integration.
Sivan Wall
Regulatory Compliance Consultant
Sivan has over 15 years of editorial, technical writing, and technical analysis experience in fields ranging from pipelines to banking to engineering. Since 2010, this work has predominantly been focused in the oil and gas industry, working on upstream development projects, pipeline and facility safety procedures, control room operations procedures, and pipeline code compliance.
Sivan has a Bachelor’s of Arts in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is skilled at organizing and shaping original documentation or drafts into a coherent, finished product tailored to the target audience by effectively consulting with engineers, technicians, and other SMEs. Additionally, he is skilled in working with compliance audit checklists (such as for 49 CFR 192/195 assessments) to help identify potential areas of concern, was a member of the NuStar Energy pipeline regulatory compliance team, and has several years of management experience.
Clint Yeagley
Sr. Integrity Management Consultant
Clint has over 15 years of experience with a focus on oil and gas pipeline integrity management, high consequence area (HCA) analysis, external corrosion direct assessment (ECDA) reviews, and risk modeling and analysis. He is skilled in producing post-assessment reports, compiling historical and current data to predict pipeline life and recommend preventive and mitigative (P&M) measures, and he is well-versed with Integrity Solutions’ proprietary Anomaly Data Manager™ (ADM™) and Pipeline and Facility Integrity Manager™ (PFIM™) risk evaluation software.
He is also skilled in 49 CFR 192/195 jurisdictional analyses—assessing facility components to determine which parts are subject to these regulations and which are not, as well as making recommendations for modifications that will remove components from PHMSA jurisdiction when only a technicality applies.
Clint has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Colorado State University. As a consultant, Clint assists clients with pipeline risk modeling, analysis, and reporting; asset identification and jurisdictional applicability; and their overall integrity management program (IMP).
Regan Carriger
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Regan has over 10 years of experience in the hazardous liquids and gas pipeline industry, working in areas including regulatory compliance, operator qualification (OQ), emergency response planning (ERP), and public awareness (PA) and damage prevention programs. She also has extensive experience as a teacher, coach, and mentor, and she leverages those skills to help operators develop training programs across all their regulatory and safety programs—often leading the training sessions herself, even for client-specific procedures.
Regan uses her knowledge of PHMSA regulations and industry standards to review client programs, manuals, and procedures for gaps versus current requirements and to write updated and enhanced procedures as needed. Additionally, she assists operators in organizing and maintaining their operational records and procedural documentation to meet regulatory requirements and to ensure ready availability to personnel.
Regan has a Bachelor’s of Science in Geography from Texas A&M University. She has organized and administered operator programs for OQ, PA , and training (across all areas), ensuring that personnel are properly evaluated and remain current and competent in their areas of service. With her regulatory compliance and teaching background, Regan helps clients achieve their best across all their operational needs.
Gwen Holladay
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Gwen has over 10 years of editorial, technical writing, and technical analysis experience, including several years teaching technical writing at the university level. Since 2015 her experience has been predominantly focused in the oil and gas industry, where she has become an expert in several areas of pipeline and facility regulatory requirements, including control room management procedures, operations and maintenance (O&M) procedures, public awareness procedures, operator qualification procedures, and 49 CFR 192/195 integrity management programs (IMPs).
Gwen has a Master of Arts degree from the University of North Texas, and a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English Literature. She is skilled at performing regulatory gap analyses and updating content to help clients bring their procedures into compliance.
Additionally, Gwen is experienced in consulting with engineers, technicians, and other subject-matter experts (SMEs) to create or update procedures, and is highly adept in organizing and shaping original documentation or SME drafts into a coherent, finished product tailored to the target audience.