NGL Energy expands DJ basin crude pipeline to 200,000 b/d

NGL Energy Partners LP will increase the capacity of its Grand Mesa crude pipeline to at least 200,000 b/d by using 20-in. OD pipe. Volumes committed to Rimrock Midstream LLC’s 150-mile Denver-Julesburg basin gathering system, currently under development and planned to tie into Grand Mesa at Lucerne, Colo., prompted the expansion decision.

Christopher E. Smith

Feb. 19, 2015

Grand Mesa will include more than 550 miles of pipeline, multiple truck injection bays, more than 1 million bbl of storage, and at least two origination points near Lucerne and Kersey (Riverside Station) in Weld County, Colo. NGL expects the system to enter service fourth-quarter 2016. Rimrock will build and operate the pipeline system.

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Chris joined Oil & Gas Journal in 2005 as Pipeline Editor, having already worked for more than a decade in a variety of oil and gas industry analysis and reporting roles. He became editor-in-chief in 2019 and head of content in 2025.