PennTex completes Mt Olive gas processing plant in Louisiana, US

PennTex Midstream Partners has completed its Mt Olive gas processing plant and related residue gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines in Ruston, Louisiana, US.

The company has also placed the plant in-service.

Following the completion, the company will be able to increase natural gas processing capacity to 400 million ft³ per day (MMcf/d) in the Terryville Complex in northern Louisiana.

The facility comprises a cryogenic natural gas processing plant which has a design-capacity of 200 MMcf/d, along with on-site liquids handling facilities for inlet gas as well as additional residue gas and NGL pipelines.

With a throughput capacity of about 400 MMcf/d, the 14-mile residue gas pipeline provides market access for residue natural gas from PennTex’s processing plants.

The 41-mile NGL pipeline, which provides transportation to downstream markets for NGLs produced from the company’s processing plants, has throughput capacity of over 36,000 barrels a day.

PennTex Midstream Partners senior vice president and chief operations and engineering officer Tommy Stone said: "Working with our partner companies and the local, state and federal agencies, PennTex has been able to successfully design, build and commission these facilities in an extremely safe and efficient manner to meet the processing requirements of our customers."

The latest development marks the completion of the second phase of the company’s Terryville Complex assets.

PennTex completed the initial phase of development in May 2015 and included the Lincoln Parish plant, a 200 MMcf/d design-capacity cryogenic natural gas processing plant.

In addition, 31 miles of related natural gas gathering and residue gas transportation pipelines were included.

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Image: PennTex Midstream Partners’ Mt Olive Gas Processing Plant. Photo: courtesy of PennTex Midstream Partners, LP.