Gas Utilities

Altamira offers integrated technical, regulatory and environmental services with proven expertise supporting gas operators. We have decades of experience helping gas utilities overcome complex project challenges with tailored solutions and a commitment to quality, compliance and lasting partnerships.

Whether a gas utility needs to replace legacy pipes, detect and address methane leaks or prepare for a regulatory audit, Altamira’s dedicated team is ready to help. Our focus on incorporating advanced technologies into our services allows us to streamline processes, mitigate compliance risks and create project clarity. Altamira supports every stage of a gas utility project, from planning and design through long-term asset integrity management.

With Altamira, there’s no need to hire multiple companies to support your project’s long-term success. We offer a full range of services to help gas utilities design, build, maintain and operate their gas systems compliantly and confidently.

Project Advisory and Strategic Consulting

Altamira’s consulting services guide gas utilities through planning, managing and optimizing infrastructure to ensure alignment with regulations and project goals. Through services like gap assessments and regulatory interpretations, we help utilities understand exactly where their existing processes and documentation fall short of PHMSA and state requirements. Our experts then deliver a clear roadmap for closing compliance gaps, reducing the risk of costly project delays or noncompliance penalties.

GIS Analyses

Our custom geographic information systems (GIS) services help gas utilities efficiently plan pipeline routes and conduct critical high consequence area (HCA) and moderate consequence area (MCA) analyses. We are part of the ESRI Silver Program, meaning we have access to the latest ESRI GIS tools and advanced technical support.

Using technologies like ESRI ArcGIS Online and high-precision field data collection, our team maps pipeline corridors, identifies HCA and MCA boundaries and evaluates land-use risk factors. These capabilities allow gas utilities to focus on inspecting and maintaining high-priority pipeline segments to ensure compliance and protect public safety.

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

Altamira’s EHS team supports gas utilities by preparing Title V and minor source air permit applications and determining which federal and state emissions standards apply to new or modified compressor stations and other critical assets. Our team also manages ongoing air quality monitoring and reporting across gas utility facilities.

For pipeline construction and acquisitions, Altamira conducts Phase I, Phase II and Phase III environmental site assessments and handles waste characterization and disposal planning for legacy pipe materials. These services help gas utilities move through environmental approvals efficiently, reducing permitting timelines and keeping infrastructure projects on schedule.

Pipeline and Facilities Engineering

Altamira’s team of experienced gas utility engineers and project managers delivers engineering design and project management services for expansions, modernization and replacement programs. Our engineers help clients develop traceable, verifiable and complete (TVC) documentation packages by digitizing historical records and conducting rigorous audits. When needed, Altamira’s pipeline engineers perform engineering critical assessments to reverify maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) and meet PHMSA requirements. The result is TVC records and MAOP reverification reports that are ready for audits.

Pipeline Safety Management System (PSMS) Services

We understand the ongoing compliance challenges that gas utilities face and have developed a solution to help address them. With our Pipeline Safety Management System (PSMS) services, we create comprehensive compliance programs that include processes and practices for operating pipeline systems safely and according to all applicable regulations. The program is based on the American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1173.

Altamira’s PSMS services help companies develop a culture of safety. These services also remove the burden of creating a robust compliance program using internal resources alone.

Asset Integrity

Altamira’s asset integrity experts help gas utilities meet today’s leak detection, methane reporting and risk management demands with comprehensive integrity management programs for both transmission and distribution systems. For distribution operators, we design and maintain distribution integrity management programs that help identify system risks and guide ongoing maintenance planning.

Our asset integrity services help utilities identify and prioritize repairs to meet reporting mandates and support reliable, long-term system operation.

Regulatory Compliance

Altamira delivers tailored compliance programs that help gas utilities manage ever evolving regulatory requirements while also responding to state and federal documentation and audit trends. Our experts support clients with ongoing risk assessments, annual report preparation, operational and technical documentation and audit readiness services.

By leveraging industry-leading methodologies and maintaining strong working relationships with regulators, Altamira keeps utilities audit-ready, minimizing the risk of compliance-related shutdowns. We empower leaders to operate with greater certainty as new regulations emerge.