Processing

With an eye on connecting Permian Basin producers to domestic and international markets, Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) has started commercial operations at a cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Loving County, TX.

With an eye on connecting Permian Basin producers to domestic and international markets, Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) has started commercial operations at a cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Loving County, TX.

As processing capacity has come online in 2019, natural gas production from the Bakken Shale has been booming, and Western Canada producers stand to lose out as they compete with more molecules seeking markets in the Midwest.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission plans to analyze the composition of natural gas liquids (NGL) produced in the state to weigh the feasibility of building petrochemical plants to help reduce flared and wasted natural gas from Bakken Shale production.

Crestwood Equity Partners LP has renegotiated extended long-term contracts with producers and shippers as it launches operations at the 120 MMcf/d Bear Den II natural gas liquids (NGL) processing plant in Watford City, ND.

Denver-based DCP Midstream LP said it plans to expand capacity on its Southern Hills natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline system in the second half of 2019 by roughly 40,000 b/d.

Meritage Midstream Services II LLC said this week it expects to more than double its natural gas processing capacity in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB) if a new cryogenic plant comes online in the third quarter as expected.

On the heels of a friendly C$600 million ($449 million) natural gas processing takeover in Alberta, Oklahoma-based SemGroup Corp. highlighted a growth plan that drove the deal by starting up an operation in the Canadian province early.

Oklahoma-based Oneok Inc. is moving ahead with an expansion of its natural gas processing plant in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale.