Meter station / Civil + mechanical
Final Delivery
Meter
Station
Abilene, Texas
March 15 – June 1, 2026
Zero recordables
The assignment
A new connection.
Built in motion.
Vector built a new 24-inch final delivery point meter station in Abilene, Texas, establishing a natural gas connection for a new data center load. Multiple parallel meter runs were sized for required throughput and maintenance isolation while the station took shape inside an active, shared construction site.
Meter size
24
inches / multi-run
Crew size
19
OSHA recordables
Zero
Weld inspection
100%
X-ray
Scope of work
Fabricated in-house.
Installed in the field.
Meter station
New 24-inch final delivery point station with multiple parallel meter runs and additional small meters for auxiliary equipment.
Civil / trenching
In-ground header trenching across a congested site, including dewatering through repeated rain events and coordination around shared access.
Fabrication + valves
Full yard and field fabrication, field dimensional verification, and installation of Bettis actuated valves tied into the station’s emergency shutdown system.
Field execution
The site
never stopped
moving.
Fabrication began in the Vector yard on March 15 to get ahead of the schedule. Crews mobilized April 15 and completed the station June 1 while coordinating with data center contractors, an adjacent wind farm, scheduled blasting shutdowns, shared access, and changing ground conditions. Every weld received 100% X-ray inspection; repairs were resolved without a cutout, and field dimensional checks caught issues before installation.