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Modular System Design
Brings LNG Plant On-Line.
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Northstar
Industries is a Massachusetts
based company specializing in the
premanufacturing of city gate stations, LNG facilities, odorization,
communications, SCADA and distributed power
systems for natural gas, industrial and power
clients. Northstar's staff is comprised of gas
ex-utility managers and workers teamed with
professional engineers and environmental
scientists for approvals and permitting.b
It's
a simple fact. Reducing project costs keeps
productivity and profits up. The Northstar
Modular System Design can reduce overall
construction costs by as much as 40 percent.
Creating a process is now
easier than you think.
In
the past, chief engineers, site planners, field
techs and others who are responsible for the
planning and development of gate stations, compressor stations
or LNG facilities struggled to find
consensus with pipelines and end users. Resource
management was stretched to meet internal goals
as well as external codes and standards such as:
Ever-changing federal safety standards; building
codes, administration and enforcement
requirements; and, standards for the production,
storage, and handling of dangerous materials, to
name a few. Now, all these professional services
are available from one manufacturing source.
All you need is a Northstar
System.
Northstar
Industries offers a team approach providing fast
track regulatory and insurance approval,
financial guidance, site logistics,
long-lead-time equipment definition and
procurement, and design/construction services.
Our patent-pending Modular System Designs are
competitively priced, manufactured at our
facilities, and transported to your worksite.
Best of all, services are provided by
professional team of engineers, environmental
specialists, field construction personnel, and
staff dedicated to the success of your project.
To increase profit, make our
system a part of yours.
Just call
Northstar Industries at (978)975-5500. At your
convenience, our representative will meet with
you to discuss your needs. You may want to begin
with a project profile to find out your company's
current system status. Then, whether it's a
complete system design or integration of
additional freestanding upgrades such as SCADA,
odorization, or other System Modules, Northstar
Industries will schedule services for your
greatest success.
Northstar Background
Northstar
Industries, Inc. is a Massachusetts based company
specializing in the premanufacturing of a unique,
patent-pending Modular System Design for the
petroleum industry. The company was founded to
provide guidance and technical expertise for the
energy industry due in part to deregulation.
The
organization is comprised of senior gas engineers
providing services and engineering for gas, LNG,
LPG, and industrial clients. The principals of
the company are: Tom Quine, president; James
Hunt, vice president engineering & technical
services; and James Smilikis, vice president
manufacturing/business/finance. All of the
principals are ex-managers of engineering and
production from such companies as Essex County
Gas, Boston Gas, Colonial Gas, and Central
Hudson.
Northstar
provides expertise in areas such as metering,
regulating, SCADA Systems, Network Analysis, LNG
vaporization, LNG siting, gas supply analysis,
distribution and transmission engineering, bridge
crossings, LPG plants, O&M plans, odorization
and training modules for gas and energy
companies. The company's strategy is to provide
concise preliminary engineering for project
definition, detailed engineering construction
services, and detailed project data books and
training to those involved in the petroleum
industry. Clients have included such companies as
PNGTS, Duke Energy, PECO Energy, Greenville
Utilities Commission, Borough of Chambersburg,
City Of Wakefield, and NYSEG.
Specifically,
Northstar provides professional service and
manufacturing capabilities to the following
business sectors of the energy industry:
- Natural
Gas (transmission, production,
distribution and acquisition)
- Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG)
- Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- Industrial
Energy (cogeneration, landfill energy
recovery, etc.)
- Specialty
consulting to maximize profits through
the organization of unregulated
subsidiaries to control costs of pipeline
demand charges, peak shaving, and gas
supplies.
Northstar
employs a unique system to ensure quality
engineering and project documentation involving
four, simple engineering steps:
- Perform
basic preliminary engineering: to define
the project with design criteria for each
engineering disciplines. This criteria
typically includes hydraulic,
civil/structural, electrical, piping,
controls, SCADA, permits, costs and
schedules, and economic analysis.
- Complete
final design, procurement and receive
project approvals: this step includes
piping and instrumentation diagrams
(P&ID's), engineering calculations,
design drawings, data sheets for major
equipment, and requisite specifications.
- Implement,
construct and project management: we
provide each of these steps as needed to
result in a very well orchestrated and
code-compliant process.
- Provide
permanent project data documentation and
training: this step includes as-built
drawings, procedures, test reports,
material test reports and operational
parameters.
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