Oil and gas production relies on equipment to get sites through daily production quotas. Different equipment provides different advantages based on their design. 

One of the leading products we sell at Pro-Gas, LLC is designed with efficiency in mind and can benefit oil and gas facilities throughout 2020 and beyond. Find out why our skid-mounted fuel gas conditioners are in such high demand at production facilities across the nation.

Modular Equipment Offers Scheduling Advantages in the Oil and Gas Industry

Packaged systems like the JT Skids we offer at Pro-Gas, LLC help facilities like yours stay on production schedules. Modular products like ours aren’t stick built, so a project like a facility expansion would be a simple move because it eliminates some of the lag time involved with installing equipment on-site.

Also, the construction of oil and gas machinery can be complex, offsite builds typically help reduce any downtime or interference with facility scheduling.

The oil and natural gas industry has its own set of market drivers that make it unique. Learn about the four key drivers in the oil and gas industry.

Compact Design

Our systems pack a ton of efficiency and power for the facilities that use them. A modular package from Pro-Gas presents an ideal design that also has a small footprint. Skid-mounted equipment is made for mobility. 

In order for these products to be shipped, and installed with ease, smaller, compact design is essential.

Simple Installation Process

The ease of installation with modular systems is where this equipment really shines. Once your equipment is shipped onsite, all that needs to be done is:

• Placing the equipment in its designated space
• Tying the new equipment within the current facility’s setup

Usually, joining processes is a time-consuming task that results in unnecessary downtime. With packaged systems from Pro-Gas, you can minimize site downtime and get your equipment connected and working in no time!

Safe Relocation

On-site construction means your facility employees have an increased risk of injury in the process. When your company takes the assembly of its equipment out of the equation, you no longer have to worry about the risks involved with construction.

Also, skid-mounted equipment like our gas coolers and NGL storage units are easy to relocate if the need arises. Simply disconnect the equipment from your facility’s processes and make the necessary preparations for safe equipment relocation; no deconstruction or high-risk necessary.

Enjoy the Power of Modular Products with Pro-Gas, LLC!

Keep the functionality of your equipment simple with modular systems from Pro-Gas, LLC. Our products and services help keep facilities and drill sites alike, on schedule and with little downtime between installation. Help your site produce faster, and better. Get in touch with us today to find out more about our current products. Plus, learn more about how we are helping to meet the needs of oil and gas tools and equipment.

The team at Pro-Gas, LLC is passionate about oil. We provide support to production facilities nationwide that use natural materials to create products consumers use on a daily basis.

While most people know that oil helps fuel up cars and keep equipment running, there are quite a few surprising ways that the product is used under the radar with consumers.

Here are six “oil products” you can be thankful for this holiday season!

Chewing Gum

If you like a good stick of chewing gum throughout the day, thank petroleum for the long-lasting chewiness that it provides to this product!

That’s right gum bases stem from natural latex and petroleum products. So, the next time you pop a piece in your mouth, thank the oil and gas industry!

Lipstick

Petroleum products like crylates, coal tar colorants, and propylene glycol are found in most lipsticks. These oil and gas products are what give this cosmetic product the color that makes your lips stand out when you wear it!

Aspirin

Thanks to fuel treatment processes at drill sites, we have aspirin, a medication that helps millions of people throughout the world relieve headaches and fever.

Aspirin stems from the product benzene, which is a hydrocarbon that is extracted from petroleum during the production process.

Wrinkle-Resistant Fabric

Do you like putting your clothes on in the morning and not having to worry about ironing them? Well, fabrics like polyester that give users the benefits of wrinkle resistance come from oil found at drill sites. When different petroleum products are combined, they can create materials that literally put the clothes on our back.

General Plastics

Whenever you use plastic products, the oil and gas industry helped make that product a reality. Plastic requires crude oil for production and proves the versatility of this product within all different industries.

Guitar Strings

Although the petroleum itself won’t make your guitar licks slicker on their own, the nylon that stems from the product allows you to shred in the first place!

Pro-Gas, LLC Helps Facilities Near You Create Products for Everyday Life

If you are the manager of a facility or drill site, you need the best in equipment the industry has to offer. At Pro-Gas, LLC, we are a group of oil industry professionals with nearly 100 years of combined experience with oil and gas equipment. Trust us to provide your site with tech that streamlines your efficiency in 2020. Contact us today to find out more about our products.

Anyone who’s ever read or listened to news about the oil and gas industry knows that the terms upstream, midstream, and downstream exist. While most people think these are all completely different aspects of the industry, the truth is, they are all essentially connected. Without one sector of the industry, the others are rendered obsolete.

At Pro-Gas, LLC we provide products that serve all of the levels of the oil industry’s production process. From storage to delivery, we understand the importance of each of these industry branches.

The oil and natural gas industry has its own set of market drivers that make it unique. Learn about the four key drivers in the oil and gas industry.

Here are some facts about the different streams, their functions throughout the supply chain, and how they work together to keep our facilities production effective.

Defining the Upstream?

Upstream companies within the oil and gas industry are the sectors that explore and produce for our industry. People who work in the upstream production sector usually hold positions that include:

• Rig operators
• Chemical supply extraction
• Deposit identification
• Drilling wells
• Material recovery from underground

These are typically the businesses and facilities that are at the top of the food chain in the industry. For example, Exxon-Mobil is an upstream company.

What is Midstream?

The midstream sector is where most of our products shine. When NGLs and crude oil require transportation and storage, the midstream comes into play. Not only does this include the NGL storage we provide to our clients, but it also involves the necessary pipelines and infrastructure required to push raw product to its downstream destination.

What is Downstream in the Oil and Gas Industry?

Downstream oil and gas companies are essentially the ones that supply petroleum products to consumers. Downstream production is the final phase of oil and gas production and provides customers with products like:

• Diesel
• Natural Gas
• Gasoline
• Heating Oil
• Pesticides
• Propane
• Pharmaceuticals

Get Your Industry News From the Experts at Pro-Gas, LLC

Depending on the state of the market, the oil and gas industry sees many fluctuations and changes occur throughout the year. If you’re a facility or drill site manager, it’s important to stay in the know and provide your site with the most up-to-date information and equipment available. 

With Pro-Gas, LLC, you can do both from the same source. We are leaders in the industry that provide the best in site and facility equipment, as well as the most recent news from the industry. Contact us today to find out more about our services and how we can make a difference at your site. 

Oil drilling rigs are large structures that hold large, essential equipment for extracting crude oil from its location under the ocean. Even though oil drilling rigs have a standard purpose, the locations where petroleum is found require different types of structures to successfully pull off a vertical or horizontal drill.

Here are four of the most common types of oil drilling rigs found in the industry and why a facility would need to use them!

Compliant Towers

Offshore drilling is an aspect of our industry that continues to grow. One of the most popular choices for offshore drilling rigs is the compliant tower. This type of rig is used because it grants the ability for the site to both drill and produces oil products. It is also a flexible yet strong structure that is able to easily hold its own in water that extends to 3,000 feet of depth.

Drilling Barges

Also known as drillships, drilling barges are typically built on tankers. Although they look like commercial vessels, these tankers are mostly used during scientific drilling efforts. These drills are fit with drilling devices that help achieve deepwater oil drilling and are also large enough to host a helipad that helps transport staff and supplies to and from the offshore site. Unlike fixed platforms, drillships are mobile and are able to hop around from offshore drilling site to site as needed. 

Jackup Rigs

Another type of offshore drilling rig we use in the industry is the jackup rig. While the other rigs we’ve discussed have been focused on deep water, sometimes oil can be found in bodies of water with less than 350 feet of depth. That’s where the jackup rig comes in. 

This bottom supported structure lowers its legs to cement itself into the drill site’s floor to stabilize the rig for drilling. Although these are movable drills, they can only drill up to 350 feet into the ground.

Fixed Platform Rigs

Fixed platform rigs are a permanent and safe option for oil drilling. These rigs are usually made with steel and cement. The intent of this option is for an immobile offshore drilling rig that is able to comfortably hold crew and equipment like JT Skids and other essentials. These rigs have special directional drilling capabilities and can pull from numerous wells in the ocean within a five-mile radius.

Get the Essentials Your Offshore Rig Needs From Pro-Gas, LLC!

If your facility is in need of equipment to help smooth out the process of drilling for oil, Pro-Gas, LLC has the machinery for you! No matter the type of drilling rig or even its location, our equipment is able to be transported for efficient use by your drilling team. Get in touch with us today to learn more about our current product lines!

Over the last decade, the EPA has been focused on the New Source Review and its final steps towards state implementations regarding greenhouse gas emissions and Clean Air Act permits. Although the initial actions went into effect in January 2011, the EPA has recently begun to make revisions to their New Source Review that will have a further impact on the oil and gas industry.

At Pro-Gas, LLC, we love to keep our clients informed on what’s news in our industry. Here’s a closer look at the new review rules and how these new standards will benefit the industry’s push for cleaner oil and gas production and safer facilities.

What is the Reasoning Behind the New Source Rules?

The whole goal of the New Source Review is to reduce methane found at many oil and gas drilling sites and production facilities. Through the use of industry tech, volatile organic compounds, including methane will be reduced and allow for clearer air and the preservation of our overall climate. 

This push towards greener production is not only environmentally sound but also helps save the U.S. at least $2 billion in annual lost revenue to methane leaks.

What Are the New Standards Expected of Oil and Gas?

In 2016, the EPA decided that the standards of the review needed to be raised in order to meet the regulations and expectations of the Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit decisions on the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

Two of the biggest changes the industry will see in the push for greener production are more inspections at local sites and more efficient repair requirements for production and drilling equipment.

More Inspections

Leak detection is the main cause of methane emissions at numerous oil and gas sites. The EPA has initiated a Leak Detection and Repair program to ensure that equipment inspections increase and leaks are fixed in a cost-effective manner. According to the EPA, these checks will occur quarterly at compressor stations and semi-annually for well sites.

Innovative Technology

Over the years, the technology used to detect methane has quickly advanced. The final rules on the New Source Review state that oil and gas operators now have the choice to employ these technological advancements if they can prove the tech truly reduces VOCs. With this type of technology in place, both offshore and onshore drilling sites will be able to monitor leaks on a continual basis with overall less effort.

Stay Up To Date in the Industry with Pro-Gas, LLC

The oil and gas industry is a global force that is always on the cusp of change. Get the information your site or production facility needs straight from the source of your most trusted facility equipment.

Pro-Gas, LLC is a leading provider in facility and site equipment and storage solutions. Contact us today to find out more about our current product lines.

Horizontal directional drilling may seem like a strange move for oil and gas extraction. Since the beginning of our industry, vertical wells have been the standard, so it’s no surprise that some experts are skeptics of the method. 

Even though HDD brings a literal new direction to our industry, many facility operators and drill site managers are starting to see the advantages of using this process to farm oil!.

What is Horizontal Directional Drilling

While you may just be hearing about HDD, the practice has been around in several industries for 26 years. Horizontal directional drilling is a controversial form of drilling for oil that involves installing pipes and other drilling essentials via a trenchless method. Also known as directional boring, it’s a revolutionary method for drill sites to obtain oil with less effort and energy than other directional drilling efforts.

When drilling companies opt to use horizontal drilling in their projects, a directional drilling machine is used to drill through a select path. This practice offers several benefits to both the drill site, as well as the owners of the land where the drilling takes place.

HDD Benefits

Aside from a quicker drilling project, horizontal directional drilling provides several other benefits that make the oil farming process a smoother experience.

Continued Land Use

Onshore drilling is a controversial subject for landowners giving up their property for drilling. In most cases, this means giving up the right to use their land and roads around the drill site. However, with horizontal drilling, there is a pre-set path developed during the planning period of the project.

This path underneath the used land allows for the continuation of normal property use, as well as ensuring the buildings and roadways surrounding the project maintain their integrity as drilling takes place.

Increased Reserve Recovery

Another huge advantage of HDD is that it offers more effective drainage of the target reservoir. With vertical drilling, there is only so much oil that a site can pull before it has to dig again. HDD presents increased exposure to the reservoir and allows for more production with less land interference; which brings us to our final benefit.

Less Damage to the Natural Environment

Environmental conservation has been one of our industry’s main efforts in 2019. So it only makes sense that we should be pushing for more horizontal directional drilling as a sustainable industry effort. With horizontal paths far below the surface of a piece of land, there is little to no disturbance within the natural environment aside from the actual drilling site.  

Get Industry Updates and Reliable Facility Equipment From Pro-Gas, LLC

Horizontal directional drilling is just one of the many ways that the oil and gas industry is making changes for the future. Get the information you need about our industry straight from the source. 

At Pro-Gas, LLC, we are providers of high-quality equipment to production facilities and drill sites. From fuel genies to storage options, we have the solutions to your facility’s production needs. Get in touch with us today to learn more about our product lines.

No matter what market you examine these days, the 2019 tariffs are a hot topic. From China to Mexico, the United States government is making international waves that are threatening to crash into recent developments in oil and gas. 

Even though in recent years our market has thrived, if changes are imposed, many industry leaders believe that tariffs could lead to a domino effect that will quickly impede our economic progress.

Presidential Tariffs Against Mexico

U.S. relations with our neighboring nation of Mexico have been relatively strained as of late. With the push for stronger borders, everything deemed negotiable seems to be on the table. 

In June of 2019, President Trump proposed 5% tariffs on all U.S. exports to Mexico unless the country reduces the influx of citizens attempting to cross our borders illegally. 

Geopolitics is no stranger to our industry, but experts who were once confident with international tariffs now say that this particular move could be a painful blow for our industry.

What Imposing on Mexico Means for the Oil & Gas Industry

According to an article from Forbes, if our nation continues down this path, the United States will quickly hand over our position in oil and gas to OPEC and Russia, Experts say this threat is very real because if Mexico decides to retaliate against Trump’s sanctions, oil and gas prices will drastically shift. 

Currently, the U.S. imports 650,000 barrels of crude oil a day that stems from Mexico. Government data states that this alone is around 10 percent of our total crude imports. 

Mexican oil is considered to be heavy and a necessity to help create diesel fuel and standard gasoline. If the Mexican government opts to fight back against Trump’s tariffs, then we could be seeing retaliating tariffs in the 25 percentiles, which would cripple our competitive advantage at an international level. This is why the race between Biden and Trump, can have lasting effects on the oil & gas industry.

Earlier Tariffs Create a Gray Future

After seeing the impacts of tariff threats in China, it’s no shock that imposing tariffs on a neighboring ally creates the fear of substantial economic tremors. However, it may only be a short-term problem.

Initially, threats against China spooked investors and the industry saw a record drop in market data. Throughout the next few weeks, our infrastructure has shown that the U.S. is still a leading producer in crude oil at 2 million barrels per day. Will tariffs on Mexico have a negative impact on our power? Only time will tell.

Get Oil & Gas News and More From Pro-Gas, LLC!

If you are the manager of a Texas facility and need updates on the goings-on in our industry, Pro-Gas, LLC has your back! Not only are we on top of recent news, but we also provide quality equipment to facilities, drill, and pipeline construction sites. We want your next project to be a successful one! Get in touch with us to find out more about our product lines.

We’ve all heard the buzz in the news about the need for improvements in the nation’s infrastructure. Better infrastructure generally means a better world for our communities, but what do these efforts have to do with the oil and gas industry?

The answer is a lot. Over the last few years, infrastructure in oil and gas has been an industry priority and has developed at a very quick pace. Here are four of the biggest reasons why there are so many new facility projects, pipelines, and related developments that are all in place thanks to a push for better infrastructure.

Infrastructure in Oil and Gas Helps Keep Facilities Up with Technology Trends

Technology trends in oil and gas have become more important than ever. Many industrial facilities now rely on digital improvements to make management an easier task. Without the efforts of technological infrastructure, our industry would have a much harder time with items like real-time performance management and other advancements that drive up our value in the economy.

Greater Delivery Possibilities

More development in general means that we have even more opportunities to create delivery outlets for the masses. The need for better roads and more buildings couldn’t have come at a better time for our facilities. Also, the impact of the infrastructure push has begun to move our industry into a more environmentally-friendly territory.

Since we’ve been pushing the “green” effort into our drilling projects and general management, a surplus of more pipelines and delivery sites will not only be great for the average consumer but will also minimize the environmental risks involved with the projects. 

More Production Means a Greater Economy

Within oil and gas, economics is always the bottom line and the deciding factor driving growth. Our success is all about the supply and demand for oil and gas products that are exported from our nation. With expanded infrastructure, we can continue to produce more oil and gas, retaining our reputation as a globally-leading energy producer.

You Focus on Infrastructure, While Pro-Gas Meets Your Facility Needs

The development of new infrastructure in oil and gas can be a taxing project for facilities to take on. In order to have your standard projects running smoothly during this time, a location needs reliable equipment that will last throughout any job. 

Pro-Gas, LLC is a Dallas-based company that provides elite equipment to facilities and drill sites, in order to improve the efforts at their location. Contact us today to find out more about our current product lines!

2019 has proven to be a great year for advancements in the oil and gas industry. Across the nation, technological trends are constantly developing and shaping oil and gas production facilities and drilling sites.

What once seemed like a crude industry has now become one that eagerly looks towards the horizon of current digital trends and how they can improve the delivery of natural gas products and the management of local facilities.

Looking Towards “The Cloud”

Be prepared to see top organizations in the oil and gas industry begin to lean into the “cloud-first” strategy with their business approaches. The cloud has become a familiar place where information is securely stored and data is shared freely between approved users, and our industry can greatly benefit from its use!

Industry experts predict that production facilities will soon begin to roll out and transfer new projects and data interfacing within a secure cloud. This will lead to a more organized approach to upcoming extraction projects and production plans, while also speeding up facility efforts as a whole.

Real-Time Performance Management

Within the oil and gas industry, asset performance management is a critical initiative when keeping track of upstream and downstream operations at excavation, drilling, and production locations. Asset performance management as a whole focuses on risk and reliability and long-term organization initiatives and is important driver for growth in the oil and gas industry.

By focusing industry efforts into digitally-based initiatives, we will now have the capabilities to track real-time oil and gas equipment performance that enables us to ensure worker safety at sites across the nation.

Overhauled IT Infrastructure

At the core of every digital trend on the rise in our industry is the biggest initiative yet; the evolution of our current IT infrastructure.

By performing a complete overhaul at a facility, business growth and enterprise value will shoot through the roof. With new infrastructure in place, something as advanced as an SAP Test Environment for a site can be digitally completed within minutes. These types of advancements are what will continue to drive the overall value of our industry as newer options for energy begin to saturate the current market.

Stay Informed and Up-To-Date with Pro-Gas, LLC

The oil and gas industry is always on the evolutionary uptick. Don’t let your company or facility fall behind, especially when it comes to the quality of equipment used at your sites. When you put your trust in Pro-Gas, you are gaining the help of oil industry professionals that are always a step ahead of what makes our industry great.

If your site needs reliable equipment outside of the completely digital spectrum, turn to us for the best in NGL storage, JT skids, and more. Contact us today to find out more about the availability of our products.

Oil and gas are two of the most common resources used for energy throughout the world. While most people know that the oil and gas industry is based around drilling and extracting these natural resources, the actual process is one that often gets overlooked. With current concerns about how fracking impacts surrounding environments, it is helpful to understand the care that the oil and gas industry puts into the extraction process.

Staging the Construction Site

The construction of an extraction site is one that is strategically planned. When staging the site, the area is cleared out and is often reinforced with timber matting that minimizes the impact that the project may have on the surrounding land.

Usually, there is also the creation of access roads to and from the site. This can prove problematic for landowners with the desire to preserve their land as much as possible. That’s why the oil and gas industry has begun to take a more “green” approach” and create removable access roads that preserve the land leading into the pipeline site.

Excavation

After initial site construction, equipment is located to the site. This equipment can range from gas conditioning equipment to natural gas coolers. The type of and amount of equipment used really depends on the scope of the project.

Once the equipment is on-site, work to form the drill pad begins. This involves the actual excavation of the trench and removal of wooded areas surrounding the project.

Landowners have the choice to then:

• Sell the timber themselves
• Put the disposal in the hands of the pipeline company

Drilling and Testing

Oil and gas are resources that are typically found over a mile below ground. This means that a well must be drilled in order to grant access to resources to the pipeline. The industry currently makes the effort to practice horizontal drilling during this process. This drilling technique actually minimizes the impact and scale of the land disturbance aboveground. This advanced technique makes modern sites smaller than they have ever been in the last decade.

Fracking and Production

Fracking is the main event for a drilling site and involves chemicals, water, and sand being pumped at high pressure in order to release the oil and gas trapped inside of the property’s shale rock.

After fracking is completed over the next few days, actual production on the site begins with fracturing fluid being recycled for future sites!

Complete the Extraction Process Successfully with Equipment from Pro-Gas

Pro-Gas, LLC is a Dallas-based company that is dedicated to providing the best in equipment for industry extraction sites and facilities alike. We provide clients with storage solutions, gas cooling solutions, and more. Contact us today to find out more about our product availability.