Blue Mountain Midstream LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based Linn Energy Inc., has commissioned its Chisholm Trail III cryogenic gas plant in the heart of the liquids-rich Merge-SCOOP-STACK play in central Oklahoma (OGJ Online, July 14, 2017).
Located near Tuttle, Okla., on Blue Mountain’s 80-acre site in Grady County, the nameplate 250-MMcfd plant along with 62,000 hp of compression and 108 miles of gathering pipe entered service at the end of this year’s second quarter, Linn Energy said.
Currently processing more than 100 MMcfd, the Chisholm Trail plant will be capable of processing up to initial-capacity level of 150 MMcfd in the coming weeks to meet producer demands, with the full 250 MMcfd to become available by fourth-quarter 2018 after installation of an additional 25,000 hp of compression, the operator said.
In response to rising throughput forecasts for the area—including existing producer commitments and anticipated production growth from Roan Resources LLC as well as other regional upstream producers—Blue Mountain is evaluating another expansion of the Chisholm Trail system that would include addition of a second 250-MMcfd train to increase total processing capacity at the site to 500 MMcfd by late 2019 (OGJ Online, June 28, 2017).
Future expansion plans also could entail 55,000 hp of new compression, more than 130 miles of high and low-pressure gathering line extensions, and additional delivery interconnects in operation by yearend 2020, the company said.
The operator, however, did not disclose a timeframe for when it might reach final investment decision on the proposed system expansion.
Supported by a dedicated acreage position of more than 80,000 net acres under long-term contracts with natural gas producers in central Oklahoma, the Chisholm Trail system currently includes interconnections into the Southern Star Central, Enable Gas Transmission, and ONEOK Gas Transportation natural gas pipelines, with ONEOK Hydrocarbon also providing NGL transportation from the site.
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