Lucid Energy Group LLC, Dallas, has reported the startup of the Red Hills II cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Lea County, NM.
With the expansion, the Red Hills processing complex has the capacity to process 310 MMcfd of gas, which brings the total processing capacity of Lucid’s South Carlsbad gas gathering and processing system in Lea and Eddy counties to 345 MMcfd, tripling processing capacity since Lucid's September 2016 acquisition of Agave Energy Co. (OGJ Online, Sept. 2, 2016).
The South Carlsbad System serves producers developing the prolific Wolfcamp, Bone Springs, and Avalon formations of the northern Delaware basin.
Separately, Lucid also reported that it remains on schedule with its previously announced Roadrunner cryogenic processing plant. Roadrunner I, the first plant at the Roadrunner complex in Eddy County, is a 200-MMcfd plant, which will bring the total capacity of the South Carlsbad system to 545 MMcfd in January 2018.