Waukesha Gas Engines – Powering your reliable, responsible energy future.
WPI has almost 100 years of experience representing the Waukesha engine product lines operating in some of the most demanding applications, including gas compression, power generation, and mechanical drive applications – no matter how remote or harsh the environments are. Today, Waukesha is building on this foundation to evolve engine technologies, create new service innovations, and maximize the engine’s operational performance and environmental impact.
Waukesha is in Our Name
Waukesha Pearce Industries (WPI) has had a longstanding relationship with the name Waukesha. Almost 100 years ago in 1924, Louis Pearce Sr., President of the Portable Rotary Rig Company, purchased two Waukesha Motor Model EU engines. We became the first Waukesha Engine distributor in 1933. Then, in 1944, the Portable Rotary Rig Company ceased its drilling rig manufacturing operations and incorporated as Waukesha Sales and Service, Inc. In 1967, Waukesha Pearce Industries was formed; for 79 years, our company has had Waukesha in its name.
Reliability and Productivity
The reliability of our engines is our most important focus. WPI delivers uptime™ and prevents unplanned downtime through reliable and available engines. We excel in the most challenging and remote environments with the following:
- New and proven smart controls
- Remote monitoring systems
- Fuel flexibility and transient response capabilities
- EPA-certified engines that can be used in many applications
Short Payback and Long-Term ROI
Our engines give you an immediate upfront capital expenditure advantage and lasting operational expenditure savings. Our smarter engines, longer service intervals, and lower upfront costs help avoid unplanned maintenance. This means equipment works:
- Tougher with enhanced reliability, availability, and efficiency
- Longer with extended service intervals and comprehensive upgrades
- Smarter with advanced controls using analytics and business intelligence
Maintenance and Upgrades
Our upgrades equip your existing model engines with today’s advanced technologies. Certified remanufactured parts reduce unplanned maintenance and lower repair costs. Together, these two programs maximize bottom-line performance by:
- Adding horsepower to equipment without increasing the physical footprint
- Using warrantied, genuine OEM parts
- Improving reliability and reducing operation costs
Service and Support
Maximize operational uptime with WPI. We have access to extensive technical training and support to keep systems up and running by tapping directly into our:
- Technical support and customized training sessions
- Passionate sales engineering teams
- Closely managed parts inventory
Gas Compression, Power Generation, and Mechanical Drive Applications
Downstream Processing
Natural gas accounts for 23% of the world’s energy consumption today, and demand is growing. However, raw natural gas as it comes from the ground must be processed — to clean it and remove impurities, including water, to meet the specifications for marketable natural gas – and to separate valuable components, including natural gas liquids such as ethane, butane, and propane. Compressors driven by WPI’s Waukesha gas engines are used throughout gas processing facilities.
Why WPI
- Durable: WPI's Waukesha gas engines are designed and built to perform within punishing environments.
- Variable speed capability: Gas engines' wide turndown range handles partial-load operation more efficiently than electric motor-driven compressors.
- Reduced energy waste: Captured waste engine (exhaust) heat is used for other processes, lowering energy and operating costs and reducing carbon emissions.
- Emissions flexibility: WPI offers technology options to meet most local air quality mandates.
- Lower emissions per horsepower: Rich-burn Waukesha gas engines with a 3-way-catalyst enable more horsepower per site for more productivity and profit.
- Total engine control: WPI's Waukesha ESM fully integrated control and diagnostics system optimizes engine performance and maximizes uptime.
Wellhead/Field Gas
Because oilfield operations often unlock plentiful natural gas supplies, WPI offers power generation solutions that put that low-cost fuel to use to help power oil and gas production sites across the globe.
Whether you can use the field gas or not, the transition to natural gas powering wellhead operations is picking up speed. Natural gas-powered generator sets on drilling rigs have been around since 2010. However, diesel is still the predominant fuel used in oilfield powergen applications. ESG scores and Emissions reporting are strong incentives for conversion to NG.
Backed by almost a century of innovation and engine-building experience, WPI’s Waukesha gas engines are ideally suited to deliver reliable and efficient performance for a variety of mobile and stationary applications – whether running on oilfield gas pulled straight from the ground, trucked-in liquid natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG).
Why WPI
- Rugged, durable operation. Suited for reliable operation in harsh, remote, mobile, or stationary mission-critical applications
- "Plug and Play" installation. Easily exchanged with existing diesel rig power generation drivers
- Reduced operational costs. Field gas operation cuts operating costs by up to 80% compared to diesel or dual-fuel operation
- Fuel flexibility. Ability to operate on a wide range of gas fuel quality, including high-BTU field gas (up to 1654 BTU HHV), HD-5 propane, and ethane, without knock
- Lower emissions. Paired with a three-way catalyst, rich-burn engines can attain or surpass the latest environmental requirements, producing emissions as much as 95% lower than diesel operation
- High-altitude performance. Maintains performance ratings at much higher altitudes (up to 8,000 feet) – without derate – compared to diesel technology
- Excellent transient load capability. Rich-burn engines handle significant load variations in just two steps (nearly as well as diesel engines)
Midstream Storage
In colder climates, natural gas consumption fluctuates with the seasons, but natural gas production is a continuous, year-round process. Gas produced during times of low demand is bought more cheaply by gas companies and stored for later use when consumption levels and prices rise. Compressors, such as those driven by WPI’s Waukesha gas engines, are integral to storage and retrieval.
Why WPI
- Durable: Waukesha gas engines perform exceptionally well in remote and often harsh environments.
- Greater productivity: Waukesha engines run at full power at higher altitudes and ambient temperatures, compressing more gas for profit.
- Reduced costs: Gas engines can reduce operating costs significantly compared to electric motor-driven compressors by reducing peak demand charges.
- Emissions flexibility: WPI offers technology options to meet most local air quality mandates.
- Lower emissions per horsepower: Rich-burn Waukesha gas engines with a 3-way-catalyst enable more horsepower per site for more productivity and profit.
- Total engine control: Waukesha's ESM fully integrated control and diagnostics system optimizes engine performance and maximizes uptime.
Midstream Transmission
Natural gas accounts for 23% of the world’s energy consumption today, and usage is expected to grow. This abundant, environmentally friendly fuel in the global energy stream requires compressing it for efficient handling.
Engine or turbine-driven compressors move gas effectively through transmission pipelines. WPI’s Waukesha gas engines are designed for this demanding application. Our gas engines are backed by almost a century of engine-building expertise.
Why WPI
- Durable: WPI's Waukesha gas engines perform exceptionally well in remote and often harsh environments.
- Greater productivity: Waukesha engines run at full power at higher altitudes and ambient temperatures, compressing more gas for profit.
- Emissions flexibility: WPI offers technology options to meet most local air quality mandates.
- Lower emissions per horsepower: Rich-burn Waukesha gas engines with a 3-way-catalyst enable more horsepower per site for more productivity and profit.
- Total engine control: WPI's Waukesha ESM fully integrated control and diagnostics system optimizes engine performance and maximizes uptime.
Upstream Gas Gathering/Wellhead
Engine-driven compressors compress gas at the wellhead, gather gas from multiple wells, and send it to processing facilities. WPI’s Waukesha gas engines are designed for this demanding application. Our gas engines are backed by more than a century of engine-building expertise.
Why WPI
- Durable: Running on raw gas from the wellhead, WPI's Waukesha gas engines perform with extreme reliability in remote and often harsh environments.
- Fuel tolerance: Waukesha gas engines can handle significant variations in field gas quality and keep running. More uptime means more profit.
- Greater productivity: Waukesha gas engines run at full power at higher altitudes and ambient temperatures, compressing more gas for profit.
- Emissions flexibility: WPI offers technology options to meet most local air quality mandates.
- Lower emissions per horsepower: Rich-burn Waukesha gas engines with a 3-way-catalyst enable more horsepower per site for more productivity and profit.
- Total engine control: WPI's Waukesha ESM fully integrated control and diagnostics system optimizes engine performance and maximizes uptime.
Upstream Injection
Technology advances are helping to make the most of the world’s oil and gas resources. Secondary recovery methods enable producers to extract more oil from older wells. Many of these technologies incorporate injection processes that use engine-driven compressors.
WPI’s Waukesha gas engines are designed for these demanding applications and are backed by almost a century of engine-building expertise.
Why WPI
- Durable: Waukesha gas engines perform with extreme reliability in remote and often harsh environments.
- Fuel tolerance: Waukesha gas engines can handle significant variations in field gas quality and keep running. More uptime means more profit.
- Greater productivity: Waukesha engines run at full power at higher altitudes and ambient temperatures, compressing more gas for profit.
- Emissions flexibility: WPI offers technology options to meet most local air quality mandates.
- Lower emissions per horsepower: Rich-burn Waukesha gas engines with a 3-way-catalyst enable more horsepower per site for more productivity and profit.
- Total engine control: WPI's Waukesha ESM fully integrated control and diagnostics system optimizes engine performance and maximizes uptime.