BOILER CASE STUDY Plains Exploration & Company McKittrick, California Waste Heat Recovery and SCR Upgrade System CUSTOMER APPLICATION AND KEY CHALLENGES Plains Exploration & Production Company, also known as PXP, is a petroleum company based in Houston, Texas with several locations through- out the United States, including California. PXP has grown to be one of the largest independent companies in the U.S., and the fourth largest oil and gas producer in California. PXP operated a cogeneration facility at a land exploration site in McKittrick, CA. When the state instituted new emission regulations, PXP was required to reduce NOx levels on the gas turbine generating electricity at the facility. PXP was dissatisfied with boiler companies they had worked with in the past and

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