Enterprise Products Partners LP began commercial operations at its new cryogenic natural gas processing facility in Eddy County, N.M., which has a nameplate capacity of 200 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of natural gas, the company said May 3.
The plant can extract up to 25 thousand barrels per day of NGL.
Prior to the startup of the South Eddy plant, much of the natural gas being processed at the plant was flared, shut in, or blended into a residue pipeline with no NGL upgrade.
A.J. “Jim” Teague, CEO of Enterprise’s general partner, said that the South Eddy plant is critical for doubling Enterprise’s gas processing capacity. He said that a second cryogenic processing facility being developed as part of the joint venture at Waha is scheduled to begin service in the third quarter of 2016. It will add another 150 MMcf/d of incremental capacity.
Enterprise also constructed about 90 miles of high-pressure gathering lines to supply the South Eddy plant, and also completed a 71-mile extension of its Mid-America Pipeline system, which provides Delaware Basin producers with NGL takeaway capacity and direct access to Enterprise’s integrated network of NGL assets.
Teague said that the additional processing capacity will provide Delaware Basin producers with access to NGL fractionation and storage at Mont Belvieu, Texas.
Enterprise Products Partners LP is based in Houston.
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