Portable LNG system could solve oil field refueling problems
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/01/21/no-lng-station-no-problem/
Some energy companies have started moving water and sand to oil fields on trucks powered by natural gas, but refueling them can sometimes be a challenge.
India-based INOXCVA has developed a solution: Truck in a tank of liquefied natural gas and hook it up to a portable refueling pump.
The systems, developed at the company’s plant in Baytown, could be ideal solutions for hydraulic fracturing operations, which require high volumes of truck deliveries in one area, before moving to other locations, said Tim Miller, president of INOXCVA’s North America division, which employs about 400 people in the Houston area.
The company showed off the system during a tour of INOXCVA plants in Baytown and Mont Belvieu as the World LNG Fuels 2014 conference kicked off at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The system is also on display at the conference.
If energy companies use the INOXCVA mobile refueling systems, they can set up portable refueling pumps that can be supplied by LNG trucks, Miller said.
Then, when the drilling operations move elsewhere, figuring out a refueling option at a new well site won’t be a problem, he said.
“They can take it with them,” Miller said.
We’ve been providing Waukesha gas engines to Encana for this application. Also providing gas substitution systems to users for their Diesel engines that allow 50% natural gas in order to save fuel costs.