Growth in southeast Texas drilling operations prompted DukeEnergy Field Services to build a new gas processing plant in WestBeaumont, TX, which went on line last week. The plant has capacityof 100 MMcf/d.

“Duke Energy Field Services built this new plant to offerproducers additional processing services to keep pace with theincreased supply,” said Jim Mogg, Duke Energy Field Servicespresident. “This area continues to have significant growth indrilling, largely as a result of new technology producers are usingto give them higher success rates.”

The cryogenic plant is on the Centana Intrastate Pipeline systemand will offer state-of-the-art recoveries of gas liquids. Combinedwith its 200 MMcf/d processing plant at Port Arthur, TX, DukeEnergy Field Services has 300 MMcf/d of processing capacity insoutheast Texas. The company said it is continuing to expand itsGulf Coast gathering and processing capabilities. In April thecompany acquired the 85 MMcf/d capacity Haynesville, LA, processingand fractionation facility and related liquids pipelines fromDynegy Midstream Services.

In early April, Duke Energy Field Services began deliveries intothe Perryville Hub in northern Louisiana through a new 4.5-milepipeline and the addition of 7,500 hp of mainline compression. Theexpansion allows for an incremental 100 MMcf/d of capacity intomajor transmission pipes serving the Midwest and Northeast markets.The company also expanded its South Texas gathering and processingcapabilities by acquiring the 90-miile Brooks-Hidalgo Pipelinegathering system.

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