Double E Pipe Given FERC OK to Move Permian Natural Gas

FERC last week approved the 1.35 million Dth/d Double E Pipeline LLC project to transport Permian Basin natural gas. 

The Double E project would offer firm transportation service from producing areas in the Delaware sub-basin in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas to delivery points near the Waha hub. 

Project backer Summit Midstream Partners LP expects to secure a notice to proceed with construction within three months. The company is awaiting a right-of-way approval from the Bureau of Land Management and needs to file an implementation plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Receiving the FERC certificate “is an important milestone in the development of the Double E Pipeline Project,” Summit CEO Heath Deneke said. “…We are in the process of finalizing...