Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) said it has placed its new Platteville natural gas processing plant, located northeast of Denver, into service. It will have an initial capacity of 33 MMcf/d and is expandable to 50 MMcf/d with additional inlet compression. The plant will facilitate additional oil and gas production growth in the Denver-Julesburg (D-J) Basin from DEFS customers.

The processing expansion represents the third major expansion of capacity in the last three years in the area and increases DEFS capacity to more than 240 MMcf/d. DEFS presently owns and operates seven plants and more than 2,200 miles of gas gathering lines in the area.

“The D-J Basin area continues to see production growth and high levels of producer activity despite the volatile commodity price environment we have experienced over the past year,” said Michael J. Bradley, senior vice president at DEFS. “Even with our having added 60 MMcf/d of incremental processing capacity in the area over the past two years, all of our plants were running at or near their full capacities, necessitating the new Platteville plant to meet the needs of our customers.”

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