Right now its a good chunk of our business though we are careful to keep the other markets well looked after in case the bubble bursts.
We have a department that specialises in well optimization and compressor station advanced control and theyve been busy, especially with companies that havnt dealt with the big temperature changes here finding the limitations of what simple compression control packages can handle.
To add to that the local refineries are busy with both capacity expansions and clean fuels (ULS Diesel and now ULS Gasoline)requirements so the DCS side of things (which I look after) has been doing well too. A planned product pipeline from here to Las Vegas is a big deal right now as is the Pioneer crude line expansion from down into the valley. Our panel shop is pretty stuffed with all the stuff for that particular job.
There is more to come once the Rocky Mountain Express pipeline is completed in 2009, and theyre looking at extending that from Ohio to Maine. Rumour mill is also saying another line is planned from the Opal Hub to Oregon which would stretch things even more.
The big plant at Opal is now up to 1.1 Billion a day and rising so it looks like theyre expecting it to get even more hectic.
The Piceance Basin area is also doing well. Our group down there has also been doing alot of well automation and compression plus some of the more mature wells are getting a freshen up with added automation/optimisation and some workover stuff.
All done its a pretty good market right now.
Just dont tell anyone.......