Marcellus Midstreamers Turn to Calif. Company for Compressor Power
Even companies as far away as California are successfully selling their manufactured products to the Marcellus and Utica Shale industry--albeit the products they manufacture are pretty specialized. Capstone Turbine Corporation of Chatsworth, CA issued a press release yesterday to announce three midstream operators in the Marcellus/Utica have placed orders with the company for power plants that will power multiple compressor stations and pipeline interconnections. Captstone doesn't name the customers, but we can certainly guess who they may be (although we won't).
To be honest, this is pretty obscure (i.e. uninteresting) stuff for most. Our point? Big supply chain bucks (millions) have just been spent--and it's money that could potentially be spent with manufacturers closer to home, if those manufacturers exist, and if they get plugged into the northeast shale supply chain. So pay attention companies that manufacture power plants! Here's the Capstone press release with a few more details...
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