Summit Midstream gets FERC environmental go-ahead for Permian gas line

Summit Midstream Partners LP and Exxon Mobil’s 135-mile Double E Permian basin natural gas pipeline project received an environmental assessment from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) stating that the project would not significantly affect the human environment. Summit expects to commission the pipeline in 2021.

Double E includes 135 miles of trunklines and laterals connecting Delaware basin production areas in New Mexico and Texas to the Waha hub. Pipe will run through Eddy County, NM, and Loving, Ward, Reeves, and Pecos Counties, Tex., including:

• 33.3 miles of new 30-in. OD trunkline (T100) from Summit’s existing Lane gas processing plant in Eddy County, to the proposed Poker Lake meter station site, also in Eddy County.
• 84.2 miles of new 42-in. OD trunkline (T200) from Poker Lake through Loving, Ward, and Reeves Counties, Tex., to a proposed Waha receiver and separation site in Reeves County, Tex.
• 1.4 miles of new 42-in. OD trunkline (T300) from the receiver and separation to final delivery locations in Pecos County, Tex.
• 16.4 miles of new 30-in. OD lateral (L100) from existing Loving processing plants to the proposed T100 pipeline.

Summit subsidiary Summit Permian Transmission LLC owns 70% of Double E, with the balance held by ExxonMobil Permian Double E Pipeline LLC.