Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. (Southern Star) has named Charles Crews as executive vice president and chief operations office. Crews most recently served as president and chief executive officer of the Northeast Gas Association (NGA). NGA is the nation’s largest regional energy trade association representing energy companies across the Northeast United States.
Prior to joining NGA, Crews served as principal of management consulting firm FPH Consulting Services LLC where he led the company’s engagements across a broad spectrum of areas including operations management, capital investment, infrastructure planning, organizational design, and business plan development.
With more than two decades of industry experience, Crews has held various leadership and executive positions. He served as vice president for Consumers Energy, one of the nation’s largest investor-owned utilities, leading the strategy, operations, maintenance, and construction for the company’s natural gas operations division.
Headquartered in Owensboro, Kentucky, Southern Star has approximately 5800 miles (9334 km) of natural gas transmission pipeline in the Midwest and Mid-Continent regions of the United States. Its system has a design capacity of 2.4 Bcf/d (67.9 x 106 m3/d), utilizing 14 compressor stations to produce a total of horsepower 218,299 hp (162,851 kW). Eight storage fields provide 46.7 Bcf (1.3 x 109 m3) of seasonal storage.
