You're usually looking at an LNG peak shaver when the gas supply problem has already become urgent. A cold snap is driving load higher than expected. A plant turnaround is coming up. A commercial project is ready for startup, but the permanent gas line...
The call usually comes at the worst point in the schedule. The utility tie-in has slipped. The building is close to turnover. Startup crews are lined up, inspectors are asking questions, and every day without fuel pushes another task off the board. At that point,...
If you manage a plant, a utility account, a commercial development, or a portfolio of energy-sensitive sites in the West, you probably don't spend much time thinking about Kern River Gas Transmission Company until a constraint, maintenance notice, or demand spike...
If you're running a temporary CNG or LNG setup on an active jobsite, leak detection usually moves up the priority list only after the piping is in, the mobile unit is staged, and people start asking who owns gas safety once the burners, heaters, generators, or...
A lot of readers land on this topic when a job is already under pressure. The temporary heaters are on site, the generator is waiting for commissioning, or a utility delay has pushed a project onto mobile gas. Everyone assumes the gas package will “just work” until...
A crew is trenching for a service tie-in. The backhoe operator feels the bucket catch, then everyone hears it. A hard hiss from below grade, dirt shifting, that sharp mercaptan odor that turns a normal workday into an incident in seconds. At that moment, the...
