Piñon Midstream LLC has commissioned the third 450-gallon-per-minute (GPM) amine treating unit (Amine Practice III) at its Darkish Horse Treating Facility in Lea County, New Mexico.
The Darkish Horse Treating Facility is a bitter pure fuel treating and carbon seize plant. Amine Practice III will increase the ability’s treating capability by 50 p.c to roughly 270 million cubic ft per day (MMcfpd), the corporate mentioned in a media launch.
Piñon mentioned that since commencing operations in August 2021, the ability has captured and completely sequestered over 225,000 metric tonnes (MT) of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S), decreasing the environmental impression of oil and pure fuel manufacturing within the Delaware Basin.
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Moreover, Piñon mentioned it has secured a crucial New Supply Evaluation (NSR) air allow in February 2024, opening the door for future growth initiatives on the Darkish Horse Treating Facility.
“With the current receipt of the NSR allow, Piñon is well-positioned to considerably broaden our bitter fuel treating and carbon seize operations inside the Delaware Basin”, Piñon CEO Steven Inexperienced mentioned. “This essential milestone underscores our mission to unlock substantial acreage throughout the Delaware Basin whereas enhancing the environmental impression of oil & fuel manufacturing”.
The NSR allow permits for important infrastructure additions, together with three extra 900-GPM amine treating items (Amine Trains IV, V, and VI) with a mixed capability of as much as 220 MMcfpd; two cryogenic processing vegetation with a complete permitted processing capability of 460 MMcfpd; three triethylene glycol (TEG) dehydrators for Amine Trains IV, V, and VI; a ten,000-barrel-per-day condensate stabilizer, and 4,400 barrels of extra storage capability.
The current system expansions additionally noticed the commissioning of recent bitter fuel gathering and fuel carry pipelines, a 15,000-horsepower compression station, and extra interconnects for downstream processors, the corporate mentioned
In April 2024, Piñon expanded its bitter fuel gathering system by including roughly 5 miles of absolutely NACE-compliant 16-inch high-pressure metal pipeline, in line with the corporate. The corporate additionally accomplished the set up of its fifth NACE-compliant compressor station, the Comanche Peak Compressor Station. Piñon mentioned it now owns and operates over 15 miles of NACE-compliant pipeline and 5 compressor stations with a complete bitter fuel compression capability of roughly 270 MMcfpd.
The Darkish Horse Treating Facility connects with a number of downstream processors through Piñon’s Grande candy fuel pipeline system, which consists of roughly 22 miles of 20-inch high-pressure metal pipe. Piñon mentioned it just lately secured a sixth interconnect settlement with a brand new downstream processor, growing downstream takeaway and processing capability to greater than 500 MMcfpd.
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