Posts by Dee Hays

Project Scope Explorer Pipeline was directed by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to relocate a portion of their 28 inch pipeline in the western portion of Tulsa County in Oklahoma due to the proposed construction of a new tollway.  The project consisted of two conventional bores under West 41st Street South and under the existing Gilcrease…

Project Scope Hunt Oil Co. installed a recycle compression facility consisting of dehydration, compression and pumping equipment necessary for the injection of CO2 into an existing waterflood area of the Burnett Ranch near Knox City, Texas in order to enhance oil recovery.  Three existing central tank batteries were upgraded, and one new central tank battery…

Project Scope Kinder Morgan’s Wild Basin facility is a high BTU natural gas and NGL delivery point from their Bakken gathering system to an Oasis Midstream gas processing plant. The facility was designed to accept 55 MMSCFD of 2 phase natural gas. The product was stabilized by flashing in a 2 stage process to deliver…

Project Scope Nashville I Expansion Project was executed by Magellan Midstream Partners to expand their existing facility to meet the increased demand of the local market. A new 6-arm truck loading bay was added to the existing truck loading rack to increase the terminal throughput by 60%. Ten centrifugal pumps, a 60k BBL API 650…

Project Scope Powder Springs Logistics is a joint venture formed between Magellan Midstream and Colonial Pipeline. A new facility, named Greenfield, was constructed on a 60 acre property adjacent to an existing Colonial Pipeline asset and now houses North America’s two largest spherical pressure vessels. The greenfield facility’s main objectives were to offload, store, and…

Project Scope The project was initiated to upgrade the electrical system for the Ambia compressor station located in Ambia, IN. The facility has four gas-driven reciprocating compressors with ancillary motor loads, multiple building loads and a facility emergency generator. The facility was constructed in the 1960’s, and most of the electrical equipment in the compressor…

Project Scope The Conway pump station is used to move NGL products from an existing Conway facility to a 3rd party via a new 190 mile 16” pipeline. The site is designed to be unmanned, monitored, and controlled remotely from the Williams Tulsa Pipeline Control Center. The Conway pump station consists of two parallel electric…

Project Study Excellence conducted a grounding study of the 13.8 kV Substation Area.  The process began by providing on-site soil resistivity tests for the 13.8 kV substation area using a Fluke 1625 Earth/Ground Tester to perform 4-Point Wenner Soil Resistivity Method testing. Next, we provided ground resistance testing and evaluation for the existing ground system. …

The objective of an Arc Flash Study is to identify the arc flash hazard level for all major electrical equipment on a service or system. A completed Arc Flash Study is issued to the client with Arc Flash Labels to be installed on pertinent electrical devices. The labels include information regarding arc flash energy and…

Project Scope The Fauna Facility Upgrade Project in Houston, Texas consisted of two phases, both of which centered on optimizing the tank to mainline flow. Phase I installed new piping from an existing surge relief system to the suction side of two existing mainline units. A new turbine meter, small volume prover, and new piping…