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(Owensboro, KY – Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.) – Southern Star is proud to announce the formation of Southern Star Cares, an employee-led nonprofit organization that will benefit the Owensboro area community. Southern Star team members generated more than $100,000 in their inaugural fundraiser, surpassing the team’s $80,000 goal. “Our individual team members make…
Mr. Shawn L. Patterson was elected to the Board of Directors on October 1 to coincide with his appointment as President & CEO of Southern Star. Mr. Patterson joined Southern Star in 2017 and has over 27 years of industry experience with a passion for building strong teams, safety culture, growth platforms and optimizing organizations’…
Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas is the recipient of a metering skid with flow control, donated by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline. This equipment will be used for the school’s natural gas program, giving students the opportunity to work with the same level of equipment that they might encounter on the job. Southern…
(Owensboro, KY – Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.) – Southern Star is pleased to announce Charles Crews will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer effective December 1, 2022. Mr. Crews succeeds Shawn Patterson who will become President and Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2022. “Having worked with Charles for nearly 14…
(Owensboro, KY – Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.) – Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that Tamara “Tami” R. Wilson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will resign from the position effective September 17, 2022, to pursue another opportunity as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Rokstad Power, Inc.…
(Owensboro, KY – Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.) – Southern Star is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, and is proud to announce thecommencement of the testing phase of blending hydrogen fuels to power its compression system. This would make it the first natural gas transmission company in the United States to…
Since 2020, Southern Star’s training center in Hesston, Kansas has been home to one of the only pig launcher and receiver facilities run by air in North America. In pipeline transportation, pigs are devices used to inspect a pipeline from the inside. The pigs are launched from one part of the pipeline and received at…
Southern Star’s Training Center in Hesston, Kansas features a first-of-its-kind GMV-TF natural gas engine with a cutaway of a power cylinder. This unique engine allows trainees to see all the components involved in a power cycle. “You can see the piston, the exhaust, the intake port, the fuel injection valve, and the spark plug. We…