Hexagon Agility receives Xpress Natural Gas composite module order

Hexagon Agility (Costa Mesa, Calif., U.S.) a Hexagon Composites (Alesund, Norway) business has received a contract for Titan 53 transport modules — which include what Hexagon Agility says are the world’s largest composite pressure vessels — from Xpress Natural Gas LLC (XNG, Andover, Mass., U.S.), a leading full-service provider of compressed and renewable natural gas in the U.S. The Titan 53 large-capacity Mobile Pipeline modules will serve multiple projects to communities and industries that do not have access to natural gas or lack sufficient pipeline capacity to meet anticipated demand.

“We were the launch customer for Hexagon Agility’s Titan 53 and they have been a game changer for us. The higher capacity and lower cost of ownership have allowed us to optimize our dispatch reliability and significantly reduce the number of trips required to serve our customers,” says John Nahill, CEO and co-founder of XNG. “The partnership with Hexagon Agility has enabled us to deliver exceptional customer service while driving with safety, reliability and reducing our own carbon footprint.”

According to Hexagon Agility, Mobile Pipeline is vital to driving energy transformation away from petroleum fuels to clean and renewable natural gas. As renewable natural gas sourced from organic material becomes fully compatible with today’s infrastructure, Mobile Pipeline equipment and is being rapidly adopted to drive decarbonization of industrial and vehicle fleet operations. Hexagon Agility currently has 1,700 Mobile Pipeline modules deployed globally.

“We appreciate our long partnership with XNG in driving energy transformation. They were one of the pioneers of Mobile Pipeline and operating their fleet on clean CNG,” says Seung Baik, president of Hexagon Agility. “Our mutual success is the result of a shared common vision of Clean Air Everywhere.”

The order represent an estimated total value of $8 million (approx. NOK 68 million). Titan 53 modules are expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2021.