Jun 5, 2026 · 53 min · 22 segments
An audio reading of the feature articles from the June 2026 issue of Gas Compression Magazine. This month's stories include: Executive Outlook: Maas Energy Works (Begins At 1:48) Executive Outlook…
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Executive Outlook, Moss Energy Works, a conversation with Nathan Nisley, Director of Product Engineering at Moss Energy Works by Daniel Filbert.
Moss Energy Works, also known as MEW, develops, owns, and operates dairy-based anaerobic digester and renewable natural gas projects across the United States.
MEW has been increasingly insourcing its gas cleanup and compression systems.
What key lessons have emerged over the past year? How are you adapting systems for colder climates like South Dakota and harsher environments like West Texas? The biggest lesson has been that performance comes from continuously refining the small details that drive efficiency and uptime.
As we've brought more of our cleanup and compression systems in-house, we focused heavily on engineering fundamentals.
That includes getting the anchoring schemes right for rotating equipment to reduce vibration and wear, dialing in heat tracing and condensate removal systems so they function consistently in the field, and selecting and integrating the right sensor packages for accurate, reliable data.
None of these elements is new or groundbreaking on its own, but taken together, they are what allow a site to run smoothly with minimal downtime.
A good example is how we refine the way sensors are connected to our pipelines.
We've moved toward integrated block and bleed valve configurations rather than more complex multi-valve Christmas tree setups.
That kind of simplification and standardization is common in the broader gas industry, but biogas systems are still catching up.
More broadly, we're continuing to adopt the design, redundancy, and reliability standards that are customary in the oil and gas industry.
As we expand into new regions, those lessons are being applied in very different operating environments.
In colder climates like South Dakota, the focus is on insulation, heat tracing, and heaters to ensure systems remain operable in winter conditions.
We're also incorporating more enclosed buildings to better protect equipment and maintain stable operating conditions.
In West Texas, the challenges shift to heat, dust, and high winds.
There, we've made design changes to the lagoon covers to improve durability in high wind conditions.
We're also implementing weather monitoring and operational strategies that allow us to respond proactively.
For example, when high wind events are forecast, we can adjust operations, including drawing down covers in advance to reduce stress on the system.
Across all these environments, the underlying principle is the same.
Reliable performance results from executing a large number of small engineering details well.
South Dakota and West Texas were identified as key growth markets.
What does deployment look like today, and is development tracking with your projections? How is MEW maintaining uptime across a growing distributed asset base? We've made steady progress in both regions, though the scale today is still relatively modest.
In West Texas, we've deployed two full gas self-built upgrading systems with another project in development.
In South Dakota, we have one system online and several more in the pipeline.
There's real growth, but it's not at a massive scale yet.
Executive Outlook, Moss Energy Works, a conversation with Nathan Nisley, Director of Product Engineering at Moss Energy Works by Daniel Filbert.
Moss Energy Works, also known as MEW, develops, owns, and operates dairy-based anaerobic digester and renewable natural gas projects across the United States.
MEW has been increasingly insourcing its gas cleanup and compression systems.
What key lessons have emerged over the past year? How are you adapting systems for colder climates like South Dakota and harsher environments like West Texas? The biggest lesson has been that performance comes from continuously refining the small details that drive efficiency and uptime.
As we've brought more of our cleanup and compression systems in-house, we focused heavily on engineering fundamentals.
That includes getting the anchoring schemes right for rotating equipment to reduce vibration and wear, dialing in heat tracing and condensate removal systems so they function consistently in the field, and selecting and integrating the right sensor packages for accurate, reliable data.
None of these elements is new or groundbreaking on its own, but taken together, they are what allow a site to run smoothly with minimal downtime.
A good example is how we refine the way sensors are connected to our pipelines.
We've moved toward integrated block and bleed valve configurations rather than more complex multi-valve Christmas tree setups.
That kind of simplification and standardization is common in the broader gas industry, but biogas systems are still catching up.
More broadly, we're continuing to adopt the design, redundancy, and reliability standards that are customary in the oil and gas industry.
As we expand into new regions, those lessons are being applied in very different operating environments.
In colder climates like South Dakota, the focus is on insulation, heat tracing, and heaters to ensure systems remain operable in winter conditions.
We're also incorporating more enclosed buildings to better protect equipment and maintain stable operating conditions.
In West Texas, the challenges shift to heat, dust, and high winds.
There, we've made design changes to the lagoon covers to improve durability in high wind conditions.
We're also implementing weather monitoring and operational strategies that allow us to respond proactively.
For example, when high wind events are forecast, we can adjust operations, including drawing down covers in advance to reduce stress on the system.
Across all these environments, the underlying principle is the same.
Reliable performance results from executing a large number of small engineering details well.
South Dakota and West Texas were identified as key growth markets.
What does deployment look like today, and is development tracking with your projections? How is MEW maintaining uptime across a growing distributed asset base? We've made steady progress in both regions, though the scale today is still relatively modest.
In West Texas, we've deployed two full gas self-built upgrading systems with another project in development.
In South Dakota, we have one system online and several more in the pipeline.
There's real growth, but it's not at a massive scale yet.
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