The Story of Natural Gas U.S.®
Natural Gas US business model:
Natural Gas U.S.® (“NGUS”) and its team of engineers has developed effective mobile strategies to capture well gas that escapes into the atmosphere during drilling, production, or processing. Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, operators must capture the gas and make it available for use and/or sale or face substantial fines and penalties. Natural Gas US purchases waste gas from oil producers on a temporary basis with no long-term commitments and will share with producers recovered hydrocarbon values. We pay producers to solve their problems.
Our Growth
Pollution prevention is the fundamental concept behind nearly all emerging trends in environmental rulemaking and regulatory compliance. The systems that Natural Gas US provides removes heavier hydrocarbons. This results in a 60%-70% reduction in volatile organic compound (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) and 95% or more reduction in HAPs, and 20%-30% reduction in CO2 emissions.
A NEW DAY IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
U.S. Gas Flaring a Real Problem:
Scientists have found 6,292 flares in the U.S., burning off 10.65 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. They found only 1,738 flares in Russia, but those burned much more gas - nearly 20 billion cubic meters. The United States is the “fifth largest gas flaring country” in the world and globally more than 350,000 flares are operating today.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Jan. 22, 2016, proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public land. Energy companies frequently "flare" or burn off vast supplies of natural gas at drilling sites because it does not earn as much money as oil. A report by the Government Accountability Office said 40 percent of the methane gas being burned or vented could be captured economically and sold. “The new rule also should generate millions of dollars that can be returned to taxpayers, tribes and states while reducing pollution,” Jewell said.
The Wall Street Journal reported April 2014 that the flaring of waste gas by drilling operations was costing North Dakota alone more than 10.3 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas per year, which was valued at almost $50 million on the 2014 spot market. Since the Wall Street Journal article was published North Dakota’s flaring has grown, making the resource and economic losses even larger.
Innovative Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry
Flare Gas Solutions
Natural Gas U.S.® (“NGUS”) is a vertically integrated company with multiple solutions that eliminate the environmental and economic problems associated with gas flaring and hydrocarbons leaking from stranded, capped or shut-in gas wells. The loss of revenues for the landowners and the oil producers is unnecessary, instead NGUS can convert this cheap feedstock into clean burning useful fuels; paying landowners and producers to solve their problems. Each solution ultimately ends up as a clean burning fuel for transportation, electric generation, or other uses.
Natural Gas is predominantly methane (CH4), which is the most plentiful hydrocarbon found in oil and gas production. If no existing natural gas pipeline or alternatives are available at a wellsite, the oil producer’s only solution to relieve pressure and continue production is to flare the gas, creating environmental issues and the loss of an extremely valuable resource. In addition to the NGUS income, the cleanup of waste gas and conversion to clean energy fuels may earn carbon credits, a tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one metric tonne of carbon dioxide or the mass of another greenhouse gas with a carbon dioxide equivalent to one tonne.
NGUS extinguishes flares by converting the waste gas into a fuel for the end-user solving both the environmental and economic losses associated with flaring. The captured flare gas is processed onsite with NGUS’ proprietary mobile solutions (“Energy on WheelsTM”). The producer and land owner gets paid for the raw gas coming from the wellhead.
Upon signing a contract with the producer, permits are pulled and equipment arrives on site to begin the process. The Energy on Wheels technology, captures, cleans, dries, and treats the flare gas at the producers site. The processing removes the Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs), Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), and other contaminants from the gas, making gas ready to fire end-user equipment upon delivery.
From Captured Gas to Premium Fuels:
The Income Opportunities are:
1. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Production and Sales - (Compression Ratio ~400:1).
a. 50-400 Mcf per day facility
(1,000 cubic feet (Mcf) of natural gas)
b. 400-800 Mcf per day facility
c. 800-1,200 Mcf per day facility
2. Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Production and Sales - (Compression Ratio ~600:1).
a. 700-1,200 Mcf per day facility equivalent to 6,000 - 8,000 gallons LNG per day
b. 10,000 Mcf per day facility equivalent to 30,000 gallons LNG per day
(A Modularized, Compact, Re-Deployable, Distributed Natural Gas Liquefaction Plants)
3. Energy on Wheels™, Processing, Storage, Transportation and Delivery Systems.
a. CNG - Single Storage Tube and Technology Systems 123,606 SCF
(Standard Cubic Feet “SCF”, 1 SCF Natural Gas = Approximately 1,000 British thermal units “BTU”)
b. CNG - Double Storage Tube and Technology Systems 247,212 SCF
c. LNG - 40' ISO containers - 12,000-gallon capacity, equivalent to 850,080 SCF
4. Complete Service Station, Fleet Fueling System Design, Build and Development.
a. Engineering, Permits, Advanced Fueling Technology, Funding, and Fuel Supply
5. Combined Heat and Power Generation.
a. Electric Generation
b. Heat Generation and/or Chilling
6. Fossil Fuel Displacement (FFD).
a. Reduces Diesel Fuel Consumption in Diesel Fired Generators by 30-80% through a Natural Gas Diesel Displacement Technology
(the displacement % is typically related to equipment age)
b. Equipment Conversions of Propane and Diesel Generation to Natural Gas
7. Gas to Liquids (GTL) - Natural Gas Converted into Liquid Fuels and Chemicals.
a. Methanol
b. Jet Fuel (JP-8)
NGUS has the technologies to monetize natural gas and to capture the income available from the seven opportunities listed above.
Natural Gas U.S.® (“NGUS”) team of experts and engineers has vast experience within the oil and gas industry. The NGUS team is experienced in developing projects worldwide, integration, visionaries that understand how to convert problems into solutions, historical leadership within the logistics of the transportation industry, marketing, understanding the need for a vertical integration, and is prepared to lead this ever increasing demand for clean burning energy products. With the Energy on Wheels technology and processes, NGUS has developed an all-inclusive solution from the wellhead or high pressure gas pipeline to the end users site.
Innovative Oil and Gas Solutions
Understanding Compressed Natural Gas (CNG):
Compresses Natural Gas (CNG):
Source: NGVA
Energy on Wheels CNG systems compress natural gas at the wellhead site or at a high pressure pipeline interconnection location when pipeline gas is needed as the feedstock. The CNG is then sold to nearby (within 150-mile radius) small and large end-users with electric generators, and commercial or industrial businesses. Large end-users may purchase gas from NGUS as a supplement supply to reduce their existing needs with less expensive costs for fuel that will add new revenue to their bottom line. At times, the CNG may be delivered to a NGUS GTL plant for the production of premium fuels like Methanol or Jet Fuel (JP-8).
CNG Fuel of Choice for Large Fleet Operations:
CNG is rapidly becoming the fuel of choice for large fleet operations. Federal Express, UPS, taxi cab, school bus and trash disposal companies are all converting their fleets to CNG. The nation's largest trash hauler has started specifying CNG engines exclusively for all new truck purchases. Ryder, one of the largest U.S. truck leasing companies that lease vehicles primarily to grocery, automotive, electronics and retail industries is converting its trucks to CNG. The move to CNG fueled vehicles was summed up in a simple statement by Scott Perry, a vice president at Ryder Systems, Inc. - "The economics favoring natural gas are overwhelming." Engines that operate on CNG last longer, have lower maintenance costs and burn cleaner than either gasoline or diesel fueled engines.
Understanding Compressed Natural Gas (CNG):
CNG Business Strategy “A Need to be Filled”:
The problem with flaring of gas can be solved starting right here in the United States. NGUS can turn this serious problem around and convert this waste gas being burnt into our atmosphere (considered a Volatile Organic Compound “VOC”) into a precious commodity of clean burning fuels. With the reality of major EPA fines, lost revenues, lawsuits from property owners not getting paid their royalties; removing these negative business practices and turning them into positive cash flows is good for all.
One of the challenges for the oil industry is that many remote sites where these gas streams are located, lack basic infrastructure. Many wellhead sites are too small for the large oil companies to spend the time and capital required leaving an opportunity to be capitalized on. Oil companies make more money producing oil and it’s been their business model for a hundred years. Natural gas is so abundant and burns clean, a new door of opportunity is open for those wishing to walk in.
Of the many hydrocarbons found within the earth is methane the number one fuel being flared. For this reason alone, NGUS has focused on producing the right technology to capture and convert it into premium fuels and chemicals.
Ideal Site Locations for Energy On Wheels™ CNG Proprietary Technologies:
The key to NGUS securing fast growth, is to secure as many flaring sites as possible before others figure how stupid they have been all these years throwing away this precious commodity. CNG projects and other NGUS clean fuel projects will be sited on top of or next to; i) flaring natural gas wellhead sites,
ii) stranded gas sites with capped or shut-in deposits, and iii) existing high pressure natural gas pipelines. All these options ensure a steady inexpensive feedstock supply of natural gas to produce CNG, LNG, Methanol, Jet Fuel, etc.
When practical, waste and stranded gas resources will be the gas supply for NGUS projects. Using waste and stranded gas resources; i) lowers feedstock costs, ii) diversifies supply resources creating contingency/supplemental gas supplies, and iii) expands Energy on Wheels services to oil producers, which will lead to capturing additional revenue for the company and the lowering of fuel costs to the end-users. In some circumstances, the stranded or waste gas captured may be the exclusive feedstock for the NGUS processing facilities.
Typically, gas becomes stranded because: i) nearby pipeline infrastructure does not exist, ii) the cost to access a pipeline is too great or, iii) the pipeline capacity is full. In addition, oil producers don’t want to spend the capital for fixed assets when gas streams historically decline over time. A mobile solution that can move from site to site based on production demand and specifically designed to make money for the producer without the high costs of equipment is why Energy on Wheels will become an industry leader.
In these situations, Energy on Wheels can transport the processed captured gas to a NGUS customer, the company’s GTL processing facility, or to a CNG end-user. The Energy on Wheels transport of the CNG creates a pipeline on wheels for the wellsite owner and operator providing economical access to markets previously not available.
Energy on Wheels can produce CNG with an interconnection to an existing high pressure gas pipeline. In many cases, pipeline capacity is full and taking gas off the transmission line allows more gas to be placed on the line for producers. Pipeline off-takers, like NGUS are essential, and as a result contracts can be made with wholesale gas marketers that are advantageous to NGUS and its end users. In many situations, NGUS can use the pipeline interconnection for both its Energy on Wheels equipment, and for other Gas-to-Liquids technologies to produce additional premium fuels and chemicals for other end- users.
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How the Energy of Wheels Works Upon Delivery at the STARTING POINT:
Once Energy on Wheels proprietary technologies are located to a wellhead or high pressure pipeline site. (the “STARTING POINT”), the fun begins. The engineers connect the processing equipment and technology to the wellhead or gas main pressure reducing and metering station. Any water, NGLs, H2S, and other contaminants from the gas is removed. Once this process occurs making the gas ready to fire end user equipment, the gas is loaded directly into the Energy on Wheels Tube storage delivery trailer. If there are any natural gas liquids available at the site; those liquids would be captured separately and sold independently by NGUS.
Energy on Wheels proprietary technology compress pipeline gas, flared natural gas at the wellhead and stores it as CNG at 3,250 pounds per square inch gage (psig) in a ISO (International Organization for Standardization of Petroleum) Natural Gas Transportation Modules (NGTMs) which are unitized tube storage trailer delivery systems. The Energy on Wheels CNG technology is rapidly moving toward mainstream applications in the national and international fuel markets. The technology has already been certified by USDOT, and more than 200 systems are currently in use, utilized on highways, water and via air travel.
Efficient Oil and Gas Solutions
How Energy on Wheels Works Upon Delivery at the END POINT:
Once the NGTM storage tubes are filled to capacity, the CNG is then delivered by truck to the end-user customers site (the “END POINT”). The empty Energy on Wheels storage trailers at the end-user’s site will be picked up and returned to the CNG filling station. The rotation begins.
Upon arrival at the end-user’s location, Energy on Wheels becomes the temporary gas storage system for the clients’ natural gas until it is empty and is replaced by another NGTM. Each end-user customer has a different size and type of power generation equipment that requires this natural gas fuel at certain pressure (psi) requirements. The gas pressures needed to operate the equipment can differ from site to site and fluctuate significantly. This requires a pressure reduction manifold installed that will reduce the NGTM gas from 3,250 psig to the lower working pressure between 30 - 200 PSI at atmospheric temperature to match the existing operational pressure needed for the equipment it is powering. It is important to match the gas flow from the higher pressure NGTM through the regulator to meet the fuel volume and pressure needed by the equipment or system it powers. If the demand load increases or decreases, the regulator will accommodate and adjust to the working load required by the equipment.
The tube storage trailers will be rotated between customers depending on the volumes of fuel required at each end-user site. The most economic delivery occurs when one full CNG tube storage trailer is delivered, and one empty trailer is picked up each day from the end-user’s site. Some states allow for Double NGTM solutions per delivery and others only allow for single NGTM solutions per delivery. Either way, the economics is much better for the producer and the end user customer than what is occurring now.
The Energy on Wheels mobile technology is unique and makes it practical for CNG to be delivered to end-users to replace Liquefied Petroleum Gas (“LPG”/propane), gasoline, or diesel fuels. Natural gas as compared to diesel and gasoline; 1,000 cubic feet (MCF) of Natural Gas equals 6.81 gallons of diesel fuel (DGE) or 7.74 gallons of gasoline (GGE).
LPG (propane) is currently the heating/processing fuel of choice for many commercial and manufacturing businesses when natural gas is not available. The LPG serving these users is often trucked from distances as much as 300 to 1,000 miles away to the LPG distributor’s facility, and then reloaded onto a different truck and transported to the end-user. Most of the end-users are paying a
relatively high costs for their LPG fuels because of the additional long distance transport charges is being added to the fuel’s price.
The long distance transport of LPG to the distributor storage vessels from hubs and other centralized storage points is common throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The cost to compress and deliver CNG is relatively inexpensive, making displacement of LPG attractive for most end-user’s facilities, especially those paying the added long distance transportation charges.
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