The world is preparing to consume more electricity than its existing power infrastructure can comfortably provide. AI, data centers, and industrial operations are accelerating demand, while new generation and transmission capacity can take years and billions of dollars to build. Todd Travis, founder of Texas Monoline LLC, believes part of the answer is already moving through the infrastructure that exists today.
The mechanical engineer, who has spent three decades in industry, argues that pressure losses throughout oil and gas systems represent a largely overlooked energy resource. His calculations point to thousands of locations where pressure is intentionally reduced as gas moves from wells through transmission networks, creating opportunities to recover energy that is currently dissipated.
