Pipeline operators have more monitoring data available than ever before. Satellite detections, one-call tickets, patrol observations, and land-use information all carry signals of third-party activity along the right-of-way.
The operational challenge is no longer collecting this information. It is using it effectively: deciding what deserves attention, how fast, and by whom.
Every source adds signal, but it also adds volume. Without a clear way to prioritize, more data can mean more noise: more tickets to screen, more detections to triage, more decisions competing for the same finite field capacity. Programs that solve this well turn data into fewer damages. Programs that don't end up managing information instead of managing risk.
To explore how this works in practice, we are hosting a live virtual session with Targa Resources, one of the largest independent midstream infrastructure companies in North America.
Zero is Achievable: Damage Prevention at Targa Resources
At Targa, this challenge connects to a company-wide belief: Zero is Achievable. Safety with zero incidents is not treated as an aspiration but as a standard the organization works toward every day, and damage prevention is a central part of that commitment.
Bill Grantham, VP Operations at Targa Resources, will share how his team uses monitoring data to prevent third-party damage across Targa's pipeline network today, and where the approach is heading.
The discussion will cover both how it works now and the longer-term vision: what it takes to turn a growing stream of data into fewer damages, and ultimately, zero. That includes the parts that are still unresolved: where the data falls short, where judgment still has to fill the gap, and what stands between today's results and the goal.
What the Webinar Will Cover
This session will provide a practical, operator-led perspective on making monitoring data actionable in a damage prevention program.
Key topics include:
- Where monitoring data fits in Targa's damage prevention program today
- How Targa makes effective use of the data it already has to drive action
- What has proven effective, and where the limitations are
- The vision: what the next stage of data-driven damage prevention looks like at Targa
- What stands between today's results and zero
The discussion will draw directly on Bill's operational experience running a live midstream network, not hypothetical scenarios.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for professionals involved in:
- Damage prevention and public awareness
- Pipeline integrity and risk management
- Right-of-way monitoring and encroachment management
- Operations and field response
- Regulatory compliance and safety programs
- GIS, data, and asset information management
Anyone responsible for turning monitoring information into field action along a pipeline right-of-way will benefit from this discussion.
Join the Webinar
Third-party damage remains one of the leading causes of pipeline incidents, and the volume of data available to prevent it keeps growing. The operators who reduce damages are not necessarily the ones with the most data. They are the ones who act on it fastest and most consistently.
This session will provide a practical, experience-based perspective on how to prioritize what matters, route it to the right people, and build a damage prevention program that measurably moves toward zero.
Register now to secure your place and hear directly from Targa Resources on how monitoring data drives damage prevention across their network.
