Aggreko plc, the pioneer in rental power, heating, and cooling, has been recognized by Texas Oil & Gas Awards with the award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship. This resulted from the custom emissions control technology that helps reduce NOx emissions on temporary, large-scale gas power plants.
Innovation in the form of its new emissions control technology surpassed emissions regulations and successfully reduced the NOx emissions by up to 90% and Hydro-Carbon, CO, and particulate emissions reduction up to 80% - a truly first of its kind in the world of Temporary Rental Power Generation.
Texas Oil & Gas Awards
Launched in 2012, the Texas Oil & Gas Awards showcases the great gains being made by upstream, midstream, and downstream companies in key areas of corporate social responsibility, the environment, and health and safety.
The awards enable companies to celebrate their achievement and demonstrate their commitment to these critical industry issues.
75% reduced NOx emissions
The challenge today is to find the optimal way to secure more energy, affordably and sustainably"
“We are gratified to be recognized with this prestigious award for the work we did for a new cryogenic gas processing facility in the Permian Basin of West Texas,” said Charles Royce, Managing Director, of North America.
“The job called for us to meet not only state emissions regulations but also Federal regulations, which meant we had to reduce NOx emissions by 75%. We are helping our customers in their transition to new realities of global energy markets. Globally, the energy sector is going through a major transition; the challenge today is to find the optimal way to secure more energy, affordably and sustainably.”
Criteria for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship
The Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship recognizes efforts, initiatives, or technological developments that have minimized or eliminated their environmental footprint within the region. Organizations working in the oil and gas sector that can demonstrate a positive contribution to the environment are eligible.
Award winners must demonstrate true innovation in tracking environmental impact, implementation of practices or technology proving environmental benefit, and must demonstrate a clear practical application of the solution or initiative in the region, as well as long-term environmental benefits that are also economically sustainable.
2-phase approach
A custom-built set of SCR units were retrofitted atop the exhaust stack of each of the 25 natural gas generators
Aggreko’s engineering team designed a 2-phase approach. Phase 1 included 26 MW of natural gas power generation. Additionally, a custom-built set of SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) units were retrofitted atop the exhaust stack of each of the 25 natural gas generators in Phase 1.
To ensure the emissions and the overall performance of the system could be monitored in real-time, Aggreko brought in its overseas SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) colleagues for additional support.
reduced costs and traffic congestion
The ability of the cryogenic plant to use its field gas for fuel also meant that fewer trucks needed to drive the roads to deliver fuel to the site, further reducing costs, and also helping to reduce traffic congestion and preserve the roads.
This 26 MW temporary power plant with custom-built SCR units and SCADA is a first of its kind and has set the benchmark for clean-burning, large-scale power plants moving forward.
