Compressed natural gas infrastructure and mobile fuel solutions for industrial energy transition
Certarus operates a physical CNG logistics network—compression, mobile fueling, and virtual pipeline infrastructure across North America. The tech stack is ops-heavy (Samsara for fleet/asset tracking, Ignition for industrial controls, SCADA/PLC for compression equipment) with traditional ERP (Salesforce, Concur, UKG), reflecting a capital-intensive, regulated business where asset integrity and dispatch reliability drive revenue. Hiring is skewed 86% to operations (maintenance, commissioning, asset management), indicating the company is scaling physical infrastructure and asset support rather than product or platform velocity.
Certarus is a publicly traded energy infrastructure company headquartered in Houston, Texas, with operations in the United States and Canada. The business centers on a fully integrated CNG platform: mobile compression units, transportation logistics, and station filling infrastructure that displace diesel and propane fuel across industrial, mining, forestry, utility, and data-center customers. Revenue streams include fuel sales, equipment commissioning, and maintenance contracts. Current operational focus spans CNG filling-station maintenance, compression asset commissioning, asset integrity documentation, and market expansion in industrial verticals—alongside persistent pressure to meet volume targets and acquire new customers in remote and competitive markets.
Operations and asset management: Samsara (fleet tracking), Ignition (HMI), SCADA/PLC (compression control). Enterprise systems: Salesforce (CRM), Concur (expense), Microsoft 365, UKG (HR). This is an industrial-ops stack, not a software platform.
Meeting volume and margin targets, acquiring new industrial customers, managing transportation/logistics efficiency, maintaining equipment reliability, delivering fuel to remote locations, and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance in a capital-intensive, asset-dependent business model.
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