2. 1852 – H.C. Leonard & John Green moved from Astoria to Portland
1859 (Jan. 7th) – Leonard and Green Gas Works obtained a permanent franchise charter
from the territorial government to distribute gas
1859 (Feb. 14th) – Oregon became the 33rd U.S. state
1860 (June 1st) – Gas began flowing: Portland downtown gas lights & 49 customers
1862 – Portland Gas Light Company (Flanders & Waterfront)
1882 - East Portland Gas Light Company (East Second & Ankeny)
1892 (August) – Sold to C.F Adams & Abbot Low Mills for $850,000
Connected East & West Portland under Willamette River w/ 10” Pipe
1913 – Sold to American Power & Light Company for $3.5 Million and renamed to
Portland Gas and Coke Company
1957 – Company closed its last manufactured gas plant upon arrival of Natural Gas
3. 1958 – Company changed its name to NW Natural Gas Company
1969 – The company builds its first liquefied natural gas storage tank
1979 – Largest expansion, adding 450 miles of pipeline to its 11,000-mile system
1989 – Has grown to serve over 300,000 customers
1997 – Company changed its name to NW Natural
2000 – NWN arrives to the stock market and launches a stock buyback
2001 – NWN attempted to purchase Portland General Electric for nearly $3 Billion
2012 – Employs over 1,000 fulltime permanent employees, serves over 680,000
customers
2012 – NW Natural operates over 634 miles of transmission lines and nearly 20,000
miles of distribution lines
4. MENTOR: Katie Gough
PROJECT ENGINEERS/MANAGERS: Mark Schaefer, Brian Konrad, Scott Lundgren
WORKING HOURS: Monday – Friday: 7:30 – 4:30 (Flexible)
HOURS PERWEEK: 40
WAGES: GIVEN: x = 3 SOLVE FOR: dF(x)/dx
F(x) = $1/5(x) - $¼(x) - $2/3(x) - $18x
VACATION: Holidays are taken off without pay. Desired days can be taken off without
pay upon request.
OTHER: Company Laptop, Cell Phone, BusinessCards, Downtown ParkingVouchers,
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided…
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8. HWY 30 Depth
of Cover Project
Beaver Station
Valve
Replacement
Columbia City
Station 10”
Replacement
HWY 101
Redesign Lincoln
City
Corvallis Loop
South of
Monmouth Bare
Electrostatic
Corrosion
Detecting Agent
Projects (ECDA)
6” Pig Launcher
Corvallis Loop
S. Of Monmouth
9. South of Monmouth Bare
12” Steel Pipe
Approximately 6 Miles of Pipe
$17 Million Project
7 HDD Bores – 5Trenches
• Longest Bore: 4,442’
• LongestTrench: 6,630’
Corvallis Loop
12” Steel Pipe
Approximately 10.5 Miles of Pipe
$28 Million Project over 2/3 years
10 HDD Bores – 7Trenches
• Longest Bore: 6,425’
• LongestTrench: 4,500’
2014 PHASE II
2015 PHASE III
2012/13 PHASE
2013 PHASE I
