You probably are aware of my series of blog posts about the new "Virtual Transmission Lines" by truck.
- Basic Overview:
http://williamahuston.blogspot.com/2017/05/virtual- transmission-lines.html - My first story, trucks spotted in Vestal:
TinyURL.com/VestalBombTrucks - MASSIVE 12-engine terminal proposed by "NG Advantage" near Binghamton: TinyURL.com/FentonBombTrucks
- Large 8 engine station proposed by "Pentagon Energy" at New Milford:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVC7MEWwHqs
(video: Vera Scroggins)
Here is a link to a spreadsheet I've been working on to calculate the total costs XNG is spending on this operation.
It's a rough idea, but I've used hard data where I could, and made reasonable guesses otherwise. (Thanks to Craig Stevens, Vera Scroggins, and Ray Kemble for help with this research)
https://docs.google.com/
Summary:
Comments?
| 50 trucks/day | 100 trucks/day | |
| capital costs | $61,000,000 | $72,500,000 |
| labor / year | $2.5M | $9.7M |
| trucks (drivers) needed | 13 | 26 |
| trailers needed | 17 | 34 |
| labor + cap dep. costs per day | $23k | $33k |
| Cost of gas in NEPA | $2.90 / MCF | |
| 1 trailer payload cost | $1,527 | |
| mcf/day | 26k | 53k |
| payload cost | $76k | $153k |
| break even -- must sell gas for (expenses + payload cost) | $100k | $186k |
| must sell @ per mcf | $3.80 | $3.54 |
| XNG Forest Lake to Manheim actual midstream costs / MCF | $ 0.9 | $ 0.64 |
| vs. pipeline midstream costs / MCF | $0.5 | |
Comments?
Are there buyers downstate, in New England, or in Canada willing to pay $3.80 / MCF?
BH
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May you, and all beings
be happy and free from suffering :)
-- ancient Buddhist Prayer (Metta)
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