Bio
Manager, Storage Services at Southern Star:
Charlie McConnell is responsible for and oversees all aspects of Southern Star’s underground natural gas storage reservoirs from the wellhead down into the formation, including reservoir integrity and security.
Started in Gas Storage in 1991 at Texas Gas Transmission and then joined Southern Star in 2001 and continue now as Manager of Storage Services. Prior to Texas Gas, Charlie worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for Sperry Sun Drilling Services performing Measurement While Drilling (MWD) services.
Co-Chair of API RP 1170/1171 Task Group – revision for 2nd edition
2018 American Gas Association Underground Storage Committee Chair
2017 American Gas Association (AGA) Trailblazer Award
API RP 1171 Task Group member – developed 1st edition
Member of the AGA, INGAA Underground Storage committees, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines