Vaquero Midstream to build Caymus II gas plant in Delaware basin

July 18, 2017
Vaquero Midstream LLC, The Woodlands, Tex., is planning construction of the 200-MMscfd Caymus II cryogenic processing plant on the firm’s existing Caymus plant site in Pecos County, Tex., in the southern Delaware basin.

Vaquero Midstream LLC, The Woodlands, Tex., is planning construction of the 200-MMscfd Caymus II cryogenic processing plant on the firm’s existing Caymus plant site in Pecos County, Tex., in the southern Delaware basin.

Vaquero notes that the 30-in. and 24-in. Lariat rich-gas gathering header transverses northwest from the Caymus facility near the Waha gas hub in Pecos County through some of the highest gas-oil ratio production in the southern Delaware basin. More than 70 rigs are currently active within 10 miles of Vaquero’s gathering line.

Construction is estimated to be complete in first-quarter 2018. The project will be supported by an agreement with Vaquero’s bank group to increase its revolving line of credit to $95 million from $40 million.

After completion of the Caymus II plant, Vaquero will have 400 MMscfd of processing capacity in service at the site, with further expansion capability to more than 1 bscfd. The Caymus I plant was commissioned about a year ago (OGJ Online, July 7, 2016).