A West Texas oil and gas producer, BC Operating, was operating with limited access to grid power, and as a result more than 16 of its wells were under developing or completely shutting down.

They needed access to temporary power, however neither diesel, LPG, LNG or CNG as a power generations fuel source were economic options. Field gas was available, but it was in the form of hazardous, wet-sour gas, containing more than 200 ppm of H2S. With utility upgrades more than six months away, the operators needed an alternative solution quickly.

In order to determine a better power management strategy, our technical specialists helped engineer a cost-efficient design to clean up the toxic, wet-sour gas and turn it into a fuel source to help power a natural gas generation station.

The temporary station was designed to work in parallel with the utility grid, providing incremental power to supply run operations utilizing 2 – 1 MW natural gas generators.