Mobile Power Units, Power for Shale Gas Plant Commissioning, Williams Partners L.P. - Brochure

When Williams began building their Bucking Horse natural gas processing plant in Wyoming`s Niobrara Shale, they faced a major issue - no power lines were available. The local utility set about bringing power to the facility, but electricity wouldn`t be available to support plant commissioning. Williams turned to Peterson Power, who suggested two Taurus 60 mobile power unit (MPU) packages from Solar Turbines, each rated at 5,670 kW (ISO), along with transformers, breakers and a black start generator. Peterson brought the equipment to site, supervised the setup, started the turbines, and trained the plant`s operators. The plant`s commissioning included the start of motors as large as 2,000 horsepower - one of the reasons Peterson Power had offered gas turbines, as they can handle large on-load or off-load demands and still maintain good frequency control. In the end. because of the reliable electricity the MPUs provided, the Bucking Horse plant was able to start up and go on-line five months early.