Case Study: Large Natural Gas Pipeline Company achieves zero downtime and uninterrupted compressor station operations with Stratus Technologies' ftServer platform

Ensuring Continuous Compression Station Operations

A large natural gas pipeline company operating 15,000 miles of pipeline across 16 states—transporting over 1 trillion cubic feet of gas per year—faced a catastrophic compressor-station failure and fire that caused nearly $600,000 in damage. The incident and new PHMSA CRM regulations prompted a modernization program requiring fully redundant compressor stations and reliable real-time analytics, but the company’s initial multi-server approach was space- and power-constrained, difficult to restore (2–3 days per site), and prone to data loss that undermined predictive analytics.

The company deployed Stratus ftServer platforms to run virtualized SCADA, historian, HMI and analytics applications, delivering an always-on, operationally simple system that eliminated the need for onsite IT specialists. Since implementing ftServer in 2014 the pipeline operator has experienced zero downtime or data loss, gained the flexibility to add applications at compressor stations, and achieved the redundancy and continuous data capture required for regulatory compliance and proactive maintenance.