Successful Rotating Equipment User Forum

Successful Rotating Equipment User Forum: Bringing people across the gas sector together


Entec convened the first of a series of user forums to bring together engineering, operations and maintenance people from across the gas sector. The evening was well attended and some excellent information was shared, we’re excited to arrange the next one!

Background

We’ve provided equipment, parts, service and technical support to New Zealand’s gas sector since Entec started in business in 1982. Indeed, the product around which Entec was founded was the Waukesha gas engine, which is known worldwide as a workhorse in the industry.

While Entec has successfully sold, installed and serviced around 20MW of power generation projects from landfill gas, digester gas and (occasionally) natural gas, the main focus of the Waukesha product now is powering reciprocating gas compressors.

Entec’s rotating equipment team is based in our New Plymouth facility and comprises ten factory-trained service technicians, backed up by a team leader, parts specialist and a substantial inventory of genuine OEM spare parts.

Entec gas compressor

Entec gas compressor

The undisputed market leader in global reciprocating gas compressors is Ariel Corporation, and Entec is proud to have served as Ariel’s New Zealand parts distributor for almost as long as our Waukesha relationship. Therefore, it was highly appropriate that our guest speaker at this first forum was Andrew Robertson, Ariel’s regional manager for Australasia. With decades of experience in the industry and decades of loyal service to Ariel, Andrew lives and breathes the product.


Entec’s First User Forum

October 2024


This inaugural event hosted around 25 attendees, with most of the significant gas compression operators represented; Todd Energy, First Gas, Beach Energy & Greymouth Petroleum.

Ariel Corporation is a highly successful business which is still privately owned, despite its large size and global footprint. Hence, they continually re-invest in product development, manufacturing efficiencies and in the capabilities of their large workforce. Andrew shared details on some of the new product upgrades including:

  • Ultra-low emissions packing cases
  • High efficiency CP compressor valves
  • Ariel Smart Compressor – compressor monitoring and optimisation package

As you’d expect from the participants who have collectively centuries of gas compression experience, there was excellent engagement in the Q&A session. All in all, it was an informative and entertaining evening, with some healthy technical collaboration across our local industry sector.

Want to join in the next conversation? Please contact Entec’s Operations Manager – Maintenance, Steve Zimmermann, for more information on the next User Forum.