Enterprise Products Partners is planning to build a new cryogenic natural gas processing facility and associated natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline infrastructure in the US.
The new facility and infrastructure will help to facilitate continued growth of NGL-rich natural gas production in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
Enterprise is yet to determine the site for the new processing plant, which will have a design capacity of 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d).
The plant will also be capable of extracting more than 40,000 barrels per day of NGL and is expected to come on stream in the second quarter of 2018.
Enterprise Products Partners chief executive officer Jim Teague said: "This project complements our ongoing growth in the region and is the third cryogenic natural gas processing plant Enterprise has announced in less than 24 months.
"The South Eddy facility began operations earlier this year, while our joint venture processing plant at Waha is expected to begin service in the third quarter of 2016.
As part of the project, the company will construct natural gas gathering lines, a residue pipeline to Waha and an NGL pipeline to its Mid-America Pipeline system.
These assets will be designed in such as way that they integrate with the rest of the company’s Delaware Basin infrastructure.
Teague added: "The continued growth of Enterprise’s Delaware Basin network, and its integration with the rest of our systems, offers additional value-added options, as well as access to the most attractive domestic and international markets."
