Company History
Gas Turbine Applications Inc. was incorporated in 1984 a privately held corporation. The initial company focus as a service support facility for Solar® gas turbine products. Due to urging by customers it was soon expanded to include component overhauls. The success of the component overhaul work convinced the company to again expand into the engine overhaul work.

The Saturn test facility was built in 1986 and full overhauls began that year in a new 4000 sq. ft. shop facility. In 1992 the Centaur test cell was completed and overhauls for these products were added. A new 14,500 sq. ft. shop with 20 ft. high ceilings and a 7-ton walking bridge crane was completed in 1996.

Since the beginning in 1984 GTA has provided service, parts support and overhauls to most U.S. based gas and oil companies. In 1994 we performed overhauls of three Centaur generator engines to the United Arab Emirates for installation in Saudi Arabia. We have provided Saturn or Centaur overhaul services to ESSO Resources in Canada, Transgas Pipeline in Saskatchewan Canada, Qatar General Petroleum in Qatar, and the National Gas Company in Trinidad Tobago. After more that 18 years GTA has developed a reputation for high quality overhaul work at reasonable prices and reliable field service support.

The overhaul test cells are equipped with high speed viscous shear dynamometers for full load testing of the Saturn and Centaur engines after overhaul. Each unit is tested to meet factory specifications and a complete certified test report is provided. Our shop services include heliarc welding, rotor balancing, precision grinding, and many specialized component processes. We overhaul and flow gas fuel control valves, overhaul and test guide vane actuators, overhaul and test starters, along with hundreds of various package related components.

In October 2002 Caprock Country Enterprises, dba Gas Turbine Applications a Midland, Texas corporation, purchased GTA. Wayne Metcalf who has more than 45 years of gas turbine experience heads Caprock. Mr. Metcalf formerly owned and operated Metcalf Servicing Incorporated (MSI), a company that also provided overhaul and service support for Solar products, so he brings an excellent background to the company.