Processing

Pipeline, processing and storage capacity additions would be needed to replace natural gas with zero-carbon hydrogen, according to a review of emerging international fuel substitution goals issued Wednesday by the Canadian government. “At any pressure, the volumetric energy density of hydrogen is about one-third that of natural gas,” said the 141-page report, Hydrogen Strategy for…

Tumbleweed Midstream LLC, which serves natural gas producers in Colorado and Kansas, has executed three long-term gathering and processing agreements that have quadrupled production at its Ladder Creek Helium Plant.  Two of the new agreements for the plant in eastern Colorado would more than double the inlet volume to 12 MMcf/d, while the third contract…

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.

Dallas-based Lucid Energy Group has secured a long-term natural gas gathering and processing agreement in New Mexico’s Permian Basin with ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc.