When engineering graduate Wendy Wagster joined Williams in 2005 as a Houston-based designer of compression stations, she was excited to spend time at several field locations seeing the ins and outs of natural gas operations. “I had all this book knowledge but in the field, I was able to take things apart and look inside …
The arts are back at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. While the building adjacent to Williams’ headquarters is still closed because of COVID-19, concerts soon will resume on the Williams Green. The free Arts in the Air series, sponsored by Williams, starts Friday, Sept. 11, with a performance by The Fabulous Mid Life Crisis Band, …
When Williams started construction on a new communications tower near Wamsutter, Wyoming, earlier this year, it was a tall order. Crews had just weeks to erect the 100-foot tower in the most extreme conditions: drifting snow, blustery winds and sub-zero temperatures. The tower completes a critical link in maintaining reliable data communication between the Echo …
How do you track a butterfly that travels thousands of miles each year migrating between the northern United States and Mexico? If you are part of Project Monarch Watch, you tag them with tiny stickers that are placed, oh so carefully, on their hind wings so their flight is not inhibited. The Oglebay Good Zoo …
The Transco pipeline safely and reliably delivers natural gas through a 10,000-mile interstate transmission pipeline system extending from south Texas to New York City.
The pipeline system transporting approximately 15% of the nation’s natural gas.
The secret to time travel in the popular 1980s movie Back to the Future was 1.21 gigawatts of electricity. When the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmet Brown could not obtain plutonium in the film’s dramatic ending, he was able to harness the gigawatts from the only other available source – a bolt of lightning – sending …
April is Safe Digging Month and a reminder to contact your state’s 811 center before any digging projects, whether big or small. For anyone planning projects that require digging this spring – including homeowners and contractors, please call 811 or use your state 811 center’s online tools to enter requests to notify the affected utility …
More people are working from home this summer and that means more residential electricity demand, and higher monthly bills for many. Here are some tips from the U.S. Department of Energy to save some cold hard cash during the hot summer months. Replace or clean filters in your air conditioner. Schedule regular maintenance of equipment. …
Learning to ride a bicycle is step one for most kids. But learning to take care of it is just as important. Here are some tips from a Williams employee and school volunteer who says upkeep is as easy as ABC. “Now that it’s warmer outside, many of us are taking bike rides, which is …
Marie Sotak has a lot of mouths to feed. Beaks too. As a volunteer at the Wildlife Center of Texas, Marie spends most Saturday mornings feeding, caring for and cleaning up after any number of sick, injured or orphaned animals. In the spring, she’s especially busy helping the hundreds of baby squirrels, opossums and birds …
You may already know that natural gas is an abundant and affordable source of energy to heat homes and generate electricity. Did you also know that this same natural resource is used to create many of the other fuels and products that we use every day? One of the ways Williams makes the most of …
Video courtesy of the American Gas Association. Families across America are spending more time at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic – cooking more meals, using more hot water for dishes and laundry and adjusting the thermostat to stay warm or cool down. During these challenging times it’s nice to know that your natural …