Plains All American Pipeline LP is wrapping up more than 145 miles of crude oil pipeline projects that are expected to add 200,000 b/d of takeaway capacity from the Bone Spring, Spraberry and Wolfberry producing areas in nine West Texas counties.

Meanwhile Plains also said it is constructing new crude oil rail facilities in Tampa, CO, and Yorktown, VA, and further modifying its Yorktown facility. The new rail facilities and modifications are expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2013 for about $125 million. In Texas it announced new projects to serve producers in the Eagle Ford Shale.

The three pipeline projects to serve West Texas that are completed or nearing completion cost about $135 million, Plains said. “These projects provide additional pipeline gathering capacity in areas with significant production growth and will have the ability to supply crude oil to Basin Pipeline, Longhorn Pipeline and/or West Texas Gulf Pipeline,” said Plains COO Harry Pefanis.

The new 15-mile Barstow pipeline project, which was recently brought into service, extends south from Plains’ Bone Spring pipeline and will initially provide 50,000 b/d of capacity to growing production in Ward, Reeves and Pecos counties. The Barstow pipeline will receive crude oil from two truck injection stations and has a long-term delivery commitment from Hoover Energy’s Pecos Crossing pipeline.

The new 50-mile North Spraberry pipeline will extend northward from Midland, TX, to Martin County, TX, and west to Andrews County, TX, to transport Wolfberry and Spraberry production. It will have an initial capacity of 40,000 b/d and is expected to be brought into service in stages through the end of this year.

The new South Spraberry trunkline consists of a 50-mile pipeline extending from Midland to northwest Reagan County and connecting to Plains’ existing Spraberry Pipeline, which runs to southeast Reagan county. It will provide 60,000 b/d of capacity for Glasscock, Reagan, Irion and Crockett counties. Included in the project are two gathering laterals: one extending to Best, TX, and another extending to Barnhart, TX. In addition, a new 15-mile pipeline providing 50,000 b/d of capacity will be constructed from Garden City, TX, to the South Spraberry trunkline. The South Spraberry segments are expected to be in service by the end of 2012.

Plains also said it is expanding its Gardendale Gathering system and constructing a condensate stabilization facility in the Eagle Ford, and building a new pipeline along the Gulf Coast. The projects are expected to be completed by the end of 2013 at a cost of $190 million.

The Gardendale expansion involves constructing four crude oil gathering pipelines extending from Dimmitt and La Salle counties and terminating at Plains’ Gardendale Terminal in South Texas. The gathering lines, which range in size from six to 10 inches in diameter and total 90 miles are designed to provide 115,000 b/d of capacity. They will connect at Gardendale to long-haul pipelines, enabling shippers to deliver to Texas refiners in Three Rivers, Corpus Christi or Houston. The new pipelines are underpinned by producer agreements and are expected to be placed into service between the fall of 2012 and the second quarter of 2013, Plains said.

The new 80,000 b/d Eagle Ford condensate stabilization facility will be constructed adjacent to the Gardendale terminal and designed to extract natural gas liquids from condensate, enabling the condensate to meet the shipping specifications of long-haul pipelines originating at Gardendale. The facility’s first 40,000 b/d phase, which also will include related pressurized storage capacity, is expected to be in service in early October. The second 40,000 b/d phase is expected to come into service near the end of this year. The facility is underpinned by long-term commitments from producers on the Gardendale Gathering system and can be expanded, Plains said.

The new Gulf Coast crude pipeline is a 24-inch diameter, 40-mile line that will originate from Plains’ Ten Mile terminal in Mobile County, AL. The project is underpinned by a long-term throughput and deficiency agreement with a shipper that includes the lease of approximately 1.5 million bbl of new and existing Plains storage capacity. The project is expected to be in service in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Separately in Colorado, the Plains Tampa facility is 50 miles northeast of Denver and is designed to receive crude oil via truck and pipeline and to load unit and manifest trains at a rate of up to 68,000 b/d. The facility is being built to service increasing Denver-Julesburg Basin crude oil production and is underpinned by firm contracts with large independent producers, Plains said. It is expected to be in service during the third quarter of 2013. BNSF Railway Co. will provide the rail transportation.

The Yorktown crude oil rail facility is being constructed at Plains’ multi-product terminal and is designed to receive unit and manifest trains with the capability to unload at a rate of up to 130,000 b/d. The project includes modifications to existing infrastructure to facilitate loading barges and ocean-going vessels at higher rates and handling multiple products. The rail facility and other modifications are expected to begin service in the first half of 2013. CSX will provide the rail transportation.

Earlier this year Plains said it would build a 170-mile pipeline between Alfalfa County, OK, and its Cushing, OK, storage facility to service increasing Mississippian Lime crude oil production in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas (see Shale Daily, Feb. 10).