Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners said Aug. 3 it will expand three projects in west Texas to support production growth in Permian Basin. Enterprise will add a third plant at its Mentone cryogenic natural gas processing complex in Loving County by 2024Q1 to increase capacity by 300 million cubic feet per day and allow EPP to extract another 40,000 barrels per day of NGL.
Enterprise will add its seventh natural gas processing plant in Midland County by 2024Q1 with capacity of 300 million cfd and ability to extract more than 40,000 b/d of NGLs. Enterprise also will expand its Shin Oak NGL pipeline system by looping and modification of existing pump stations to add 275,000 b/d of capacity.
A.J. (Jim) Teague, co-CEO, said, “Reliable supplies are a vital necessity for world markets… These projects provide Enterprise with capital-efficient way of meeting the needs of our producing customers while generating an attractive return.”