From oilfield innovation to renewable breakthroughs, Nacelle Solutions leads with service, technology, and impact 

With increasing industry pressures and complicated needs, Nacelle Solutions is meeting the demands of the oil and gas sector with innovative gas processing technologies and sustainability-focused solutions. Employing a customer-centric approach, the company is renowned for pioneering field gas conditioning and distribution equipment strategically designed to optimize gas usage, reduce cost and decarbonize the most complex O&G operations. Nacelle is headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, with eight offices across the United States, and has built longstanding partnerships with customers and their projects across the country. The company surpassed its ten-year anniversary in 2024, marking a decade of industry excellence and expertise. One year later, Energy, Oil & Gas sat down with Nacelle’s Co-Founders, Gov and Patrick Graney, to discuss the company’s approach to energy innovation and vision for the future. 

“We founded Nacelle Solutions in 2014,” Patrick begins. “We’d grown up in the diesel fuel distribution business and had been distributing fuel to oil and gas rigs, as well as equipment on completions sites, but we eventually decided that our next move within this area was going to be with natural gas. In the early days, we knew we wanted to be entrepreneurial and start our own business. We wanted to develop a technology to condition natural gas, right on a drilling or completion site, to an engine spec that would maximize the displacement of diesel fuel bringing cost savings, safety and environmental benefits to the market. We soon realized our vision and we’ve been pursuing that business ever since. Right now, we’re working in the Marcellus & Utica, the Delaware and Midland basins, Eagle Ford, Haynesville as well as other areas.” 

Adapting and evolving to the ever-changing market, Nacelle has since experienced significant growth and garnered immense industry success and recognition. Since its inception, Nacelle has displaced over 136 million gallons of diesel fuel in the oilfield savings hundreds of millions of dollars for its customers. The company operates in the traditional oil and gas sphere, where its offering of fueling distribution, field gas conditioning and well kickoff technologies are expertly designed with a sustainability focus, all customizable to optimize operations in a safe and efficient way. 

“We bring the processing equipment that we’ve designed and developed to our customers’ sites and connect directly to the pipeline to condition gas in the field. We go straight to pad, removing fuel trucks from the road, to clean up the gas to the right spec on site,” Patrick says. “First and foremost, we’re a service company. Our team sets up our equipment onsite and ensures that it works as desired. They are responsive and fine-tune everything with both the customer and their contractors that utilize the fuel. They’ll work with them to manage their equipment to ensure that the field gas is optimized. It’s a collaborative process; we use a lot of data to make sure we’re maximizing our performance, the conditioning of the gas and its delivery to each engine to maximize displacement.” 

Customized solution 

With these principles in mind, Nacelle’s most recent innovation, the GOALIE, excellently expands on its existing portfolio. Designed to be the safest, most efficient system in field gas distribution, the GOALIE leverages real-time data to optimize gas consumption within completion operations, providing a progressive upgrade to existing alternatives within the market. 

“Initially when gas started to be used to power the completions sites, basic manifolds systems were used to get the gas to the engines,” Patrick explains. “As the industry evolved, we saw the opportunity to develop a piece of equipment to effectively distribute gas from our conditioning equipment to each engine on a completion site. The aim was not to just to distribute the gas in the safest and most efficient manner to maximize the displacement of diesel, but to show why and how that optimization was occurring and directly point to any savings that were being missed. This maximizes savings for our customers. That was the mindset that we had when developing the GOALIE. It’s a unique, one-of-a-kind system within the marketplace – a very customized solution that helps us to collaborate with our customers and completions companies.” 

Actionable data

“It’s very important that, when you’re trying to optimize your diesel displacement with gas on site, whether you use CNG, LNG, field gas, or some sort of combination, you’ve got to make sure that you really understand where there may be shortfalls,” Gov adds. “The GOALIE was designed to provide you with real-time data that you can act upon to optimize, allowing you to make any necessary adjustments or calibrations to make sure that all the gas that could be consumed is. It’s essential that you understand what you need to do to improve during or right after the stage, as opposed to at the end of the week. That’s what we’re doing with the GOALIE: innovating through real-time, live data that is actionable.” 

On the renewables side, Nacelle is continuing to grow its presence within the RNG sector, working collaboratively with project developers to help reduce the environmental impact of the global food supply chain. Expanding its portfolio further, the company designs, commissions and manages a plethora of biogas upgrading systems, which produce clean, ready-to-use pipeline quality RNG. 

Multiple benefits 

“A lot of our technologies have similar functionalities that work very well within the RNG space, so, in 2016-17, we decided to develop a new technology that upgrades biogas to a higher BTU value in the renewable natural gas space,” Patrick describes. “Since then, we’ve pursued that market and become a real leader and innovator in the market. As the sector developed, there was a clear need for upgrading technology with local presence, service and staff, so we decided to fill that niche as a service provider.” 

By customizing each system to the unique specifications and needs of the project, Nacelle’s biogas upgrading solutions offer an abundance of both environmental and economic benefits. Whilst providing an organic, sustainable approach to waste management, RNG solutions create long-term financial security and economic viability for family farms by supplying a monetizable resource and consistent stream of profit, which can make a monumental impact on rural communities. This problem-solving ethos is just one of the attributes that have contributed to Nacelle’s longevity and success. It falls in line with the company’s commitment to exceptional customer service and dedicated workmanship as it remains the partner of choice for RNG and O&G projects. 

Service business 

“We have something that people need, and we have the knowledge and experience to provide it to them in the way that they want it,” Gov says. “Our culture and attitude are what have made us so successful from the very beginning. We wanted to be very customer focused and easy to do business with, really understanding what challenges and requirements are present and how we all interplay together.” 

“One thing we’ve always felt very strongly about is that we’re a service business,” Patrick affirms. “Yes, we have equipment and technologies that are unique and effective, but ultimately, it’s the people that make a service business. As long as we can cultivate a culture of strong, customer-focused work, the rest falls in line. In our tenth year, we are really focused on maintaining and building upon that mindset. 

“Moving forward, we want to continue to build upon our culture and bring in the best and brightest people that are really focused on working for each other and our customers as we grow,” he finishes. “We want to maintain our entrepreneurial mindset and continue to be known as a company that is easy to do business with.” 

Equipped with a shining reputation and wealth of industry know-how, Nacelle Solutions is well-positioned for a prosperous future. As market demands shift, and new challenges sweep the industry, Nacelle’s adaptability and hunger for innovation will place the company at the fore as it continues to construct progressive, cutting-edge energy solutions designed for a sustainable future.  

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