Vaquero Midstream LLC, The Woodlands, Tex., has started up its previously announced Caymus II cryogenic processing plant on the firm’s existing Caymus plant site in Pecos County, Tex., in the southern Delaware basin (OGJ Online, July 18, 2017).
Now in operation, the 200-MMcfd Caymus II UOP Russell plant and existing Caymus I plant are anchored by long-term volume and acreage commitments from producers in multiple zones and benches of the Delaware basin, Vaquero said.
Both plants are served by more than 135 miles of high and low-pressure gathering pipelines, including the 30-in. and 24-in. Lariat rich-gas gathering header system traversing through the core of the southern Delaware basin through Pecos, Reeves, Ward, and Loving counties, supported with more than 43,000 hp of field compression.
Alongside the Caymus II processing train, Vaquero said it also has installed an additional 3,500 b/d of inlet-liquids handling, 400 gpm of amine-treating capacity, and an additional 20,000 hp of dual-drive residue compression at the complex, continuing operational flexibility for the Avalon, Wolfcamp, and Bone Spring formations.
The operator also has added an additional residue market connection and NGL connection. The 16-in. Riata residue header now enables producers to access the Waha market through the Oasis system, as well as previously connected systems, including Atmos, Enterprise, Northern Natural, Oneok’s West Texas transmission system, and Roadrunner gas transmission line which, together, provide access to more than twelve residue gas market destinations in California, Dallas, the US Midwest and Gulf Coast, as well as Mexico.
The Vaquero 12-in. Pistolero NGL header provides outlets connecting to Lone Star’s West Texas Gateway pipeline, Enterprise Chaparral, and now the Targa Grand Prix NGL systems.
“Several producers on our system have increased their drilling and completion programs, and Vaquero’s goal is to be ahead of their production so when they need us, we are there for them,” said Gary Conway, Vaquero’s chief executive officer and president.
“We are enabling our producers to accelerate drilling and completions with the confidence of the most reliable market in the basin,” Conway added.
With completion of the Caymus II plant and 2016 commissioning of the Caymus I plant, Vaquero now has 400 MMcfd of combined processing capacity in service at the site, with further expansion capability to more than 1 bscfd (OGJ Online, July 7, 2016).
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