FAQ
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Do you only service nitrogen?
Yes.
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Can you transport product to the site?
Yes.
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Which customers do you work with on the Gulf Coast?
N2 Solutions has relationships with clients such as Lotte Chemical, Enterprise Products, Westlake Chemical, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Formosa Plastics, and many more.
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What is the key reason for your company success?
N2 Solutions is focused on the needs of our clients. We have a well-trained, experienced staff who interact well with each other and clients and are effective in achieving optimum results for each project. Also, our staff is cross-trained, so when someone is unavailable, others can step in and handle client issues.
The N2 Solutions staff takes pride in being a close-knit, family-oriented operation. Our entire group is ready to step in and support each other to effectively deliver ‘better than expected’ results to clients.
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What is your ultimate ESG mission?
N2 Solutions’ mission is to provide support services that net a zero negative impact on the environment, our employees, our customers and our shareholders.
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How is ESG considered before major operational changes, equipment purchases or technology investments?
N2’s dedication to evolving through technology has rewarded us with reducing waste while continuously improving efficiency.
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How is N2 Solutions focused on environmental efforts?
Having strategically placed facilities of operation and servicing customers directly from our satellite locations, while sourcing products and material locally, is a tremendous benefit to reducing our fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Using web-based applications for many of our standard documents has reduced our paper consumption and waste generated from office products exponentially. We will continue to search for ways to best service our customers in an environmentally friendly manner and will continue to utilize technology to enhance our capabilities without creating environmental burdens.
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How do you navigate the ever-changing landscape of ESG?
Environmental Consciousness, Social Responsibility and Governance are static goals of N2 Solutions. However, we do understand that there are many roads that may be taken to achieve that goal. We are proud to be a company that is adaptable and capable of meeting the different needs of our customers while still managing to conduct our business in a conscientious manner.
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How does N2 meet and exceed customer expectations?
It starts with listening. All customers have concerns or problems they have experienced. Understanding what is important to them and having a plan to mitigate their concerns before they happen is what makes N2 Solutions who we are; it is the reason we have ‘solutions’ in our name.
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How does N2 equipment and offered solutions compare to competitors’ of the industry?
Our fleet of high-rate pumpers offer a one-stop-shop for pump rates of 250 scfm (15,000 scfh) to 16,500 scfm (1,000,000 scfh) with a single pumper. Our fleet also has the capability to deliver LIN (liquid nitrogen) at temperatures of -320˚F as well as gaseous N2 at temperatures up to 450˚F.
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How is N2 Solutions focused on social efforts, i.e., being an equal opportunity place of work that allows employees to develop and flourish?
N2 Solutions prides itself on hiring from a large and diverse candidate pool. This ensures we give each and every individual employee exposure to a variety of cultures. We feel that combining these varying cultures with exceptional operational knowledge creates a team that can draw from each other’s experiences to drive our company forward.
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Why is safety an integral part of everyday operations?
N2 Solutions is obligated to keep our employees mentally and physically healthy and protected from work hazards. We understand that incidents create a lack of confidence in the company which results in lower productivity and higher turnover. We want our employees to know we care about them. Meeting safety expectations promotes positive growth and supports our TEAM mentality.
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How are you continually investing in N2 Solutions?
At N2 Solutions, we are continually investing in growth and the wellbeing of our customers. Specifically, we invest in safety, safety training, equipment maintenance and additional equipment for the N2 Solutions inventory. Most importantly, we invest in our people with additional training – both for safe operations and quality of operations. We also invest in additional personnel to supplement our current workforce and add to our capabilities in order to better handle larger and more complex opportunities.
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Who does N2 Solutions have the capacity to serve from a geographical standpoint?
With strategic locations throughout the South Central and Northeast regions, N2 Solutions has the capacity to serve the entire United States.
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Which ASU’s are you “tied” to?
None. N2 Solutions has the ability to pick-up from any Air Separation Unit across the Gulf Coast due to our partnerships and agreements set up among all of the industrial gas suppliers.
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Can you provide hot and cold nitrogen applications?
Yes.
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Discuss N2’s West Virginia Division of Labor certification and how it’s beneficial in providing service to companies.
The West Virginia Division of Labor Contractor License is a form of doing business in the state of West Virginia. Practicing in the state without a license can lead to fines.
In 1991, the West Virginia Legislature enacted §21-11 of the State Code. This law was established to set specific professional guidelines for contractors as well as to protect state businesses and consumers who utilize their services.
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How does N2 Solutions ensure a safe and on-time delivery?
A single point of contact, coordinating from beginning to end, allows us to execute projects safely and in a timely manner. Our journey management, pre-job paperwork and GPS tracking system ensures our team can securely perform each job by giving them the tools needed to be successful. An open line of communication with our client gives them the peace of mind that N2 Solutions will meet and exceed their expectations.
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What industries does N2 Solutions serve and where do you see the largest growth opportunity?
We serve:
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Upstream Oil and Gas
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Support of Drilling and Production Operations
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Midstream Oil and Gas
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Pipelines, Pipeline Transfer and Gathering Facilities
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Integrity Testing of Underground Storage Facilities
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Testing of Aboveground Storage Tanks and Storage Facility Piping
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Downstream Oil and Gas (And Other Industrial Plant Applications)
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Refineries, Petrochemical Sites, Chemical Plants
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Testing of Critical Instrumentation Tubing
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Leak Testing and Operation of Hydraulic Lines
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Inert Purging of Chemically Sensitive Lines
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Dewatering and Drying of New Installations
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N2 Solutions sees a huge opportunity for growth in the downstream sector of our industry. To capture a larger market share of the downstream sector, N2 Solutions has added business development staff with prior proven records in this sector. We have also added equipment and service personnel to better manage the higher demand of our team.
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How are N2 applications tailored customer-to-customer?
Upon each customer request, our team asks questions based on the customer’s scope of work to verify requests as well as make suggestions based on our experience to make the project as efficient and economical as possible.
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How does N2 Solutions place an emphasis on temperature control in all applications?
Some projects require great emphasis on temperature control. At N2 Solutions, our operators are qualified to monitor and adjust temperature on these types of operations. We have successfully maintained a +/- 5˚F temperature range over long periods of time and varying pump rates.
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What other capabilities do you have aside from providing nitrogen?
N2 Solutions not only provides nitrogen product to the site in transports, but also has the focused ability to service applications of pumping, purging, drying, or blanketing with nitrogen during daily operations or maintenance in a pipeline or facility setting.