Capstone Green Energy has announced that its distributor, E-Finity Distributed Generation, secured an order from an undisclosed oil and gas producer for the supply of ten Capstone C65 microturbines.

E-Finity Distributed Generation is Capstone's distributor for the Mid-Atlantic, south-eastern US and the Caribbean.

This is the second order this year from the unnamed oil and gas producer. With an already extensive fleet of Capstone microturbine systems, the oil and gas company plans to deploy the Capstone C65 microturbines in the heart of the Marcellus Shale Play in Appalachia.

Capstone Green Energy president and CEO Darren Jamison said: “When our customers, who rely on power in remote locations for critical operations, consistently choose to return for additional units, it serves as a testament to the positive impact of Capstone Green Energy.

“This degree of customer loyalty can be attributed to the dependable performance, minimal maintenance requirements and environmentally-friendly nature of our microturbine-based solutions.”

Fuelled by wellhead natural gas extracted directly from the pipeline, the C65 microturbines are designed to provide primary electrical power at various wellhead sites that do have access to utility power.

The microturbines with ultra-low site emissions serve as the primary power source for these remote sites.

Capstone said that its microturbines help customers to increase on-site power production while reducing operational expenses, strengthening reliability and cutting emissions.

E-Finity Distributed Generation president and CEO Jeff Beiter said: “These microturbine units will significantly enhance production and facilitate the efficient extraction of clean-burning, abundant natural gas from one of the world's largest natural gas fields.”

Earlier this year, Capstone secured orders for C600S microturbines from two undisclosed oil and gas operators for a major oil field project and two offshore platforms.