Brazos Midstream completes several crude oil and gas processing plants in Delaware Basin

Brazos Midstream Holdings has completed multiple crude oil and gas gathering and processing projects in the Delaware Basin, US.

It has begun operation of a new 60 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d) natural gas processing plant (Comanche I), several new compressor stations and around 150 miles of large diameter, low and high-pressure gas gathering pipelines.

The project also included the construction of 35 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines, two crude oil storage terminals with a total capacity of 50,000 barrels (bbls) and connections to several downstream crude oil pipelines.

Comanche I cryogenic natural gas processing plant and associated pipelines are located in Ward, Reeves and Pecos counties, Texas.

Brazos CEO Brad Iles said: “We are excited about the high-quality assets our team has constructed over the past 18 months.

“Our investment creates a franchise with enhanced midstream service offerings in one of the most economic oil and gas producing regions in the country.”

Meanwhile, Brazos has begun construction of a second gas processing plant (Comanche II), which will add 200mmcf/d of incremental processing capacity, thereby increasing the firm’s total operated processing capacity in Delaware Basin to 260mmcf/d.

Comanche II is expected to be operational during the first quarter of 2018.

Iles added: “With multiple productive zones in and around our area of operation, we expect drilling activity and volume growth to remain strong for years to come.

“This further emphasises the critical importance of our strategically located platform and the timely expansion of our processing capacity.”

Further expansion of the processing capacity features an additional 200mmcf/d natural gas processing plant and is anticipated as early as 2018.