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Vaquero Midstreamhas commissioned the 200 MMcf/d Caymus I Natural Gas Processing Facility in Pecos County, TX. The cryogenic plant is supported by long-term commitments with major producers and could be expanded with four additional 200 MMcf/d processing trains. It features oversized inlet liquids handling with condensate stabilization and storage, inlet compression to minimize field pressure, amine treating, propane refrigeration prior to cryogenic processing. The plant has the operational flexibility necessary to handle production from the Permian Basin’s Avalon, Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations for future drilling. Caymus I is supplied by 80 miles of a high-pressure gathering pipeline, consisting of 30- and 24-inch diameter pipe connecting Pecos, Reeves, Ward and Culberson counties to the facility and designed for volumes of more than 800 MMcf/d. A 16-inch diameter residue header connects multiple outlets at the Waha market, including connections with Atmos, Enterprise, Northern Natural Gas and Oneok’s WestTex Transmission system connecting to the Roadrunner Gas Transmission Pipeline. The Vaquero 12-inch diameter natural gas liquids header was also commissioned with outlets connecting to Lone Star’s West Texas Gateway Pipeline and Enterprise Chaparral systems. Vaquero was formed to target projects in the Permian, East Texas and Oklahoma (see Shale Daily,Aug. 22, 2014).