The pipeline will originate from Skellytown in Texas’ Carson County and extend about 580 miles to NGL fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas.
According to the companies, the new Texas Express Pipeline (TEP) will help producers in west and central Texas, the Rocky Mountains, Southern Oklahoma and the Mid-continent region maximize the value of their natural gas production.
TEP will have an initial capacity of about 280,000 barrels per day (bpd), which can be expanded to about 400,000bpd.
The joint venture will also include two new NGL gathering systems, and the first will connect TEP to gas processing facilities in the Anadarko/Granite Wash production area in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma.
The second gathering system will connect the new pipeline to Central Texas, Barnett Shale processing plants.
Volumes from the Rockies, Permian Basin and Mid-continent regions will be delivered to the TEP system utilizing Enterprise’s existing Mid-America Pipeline assets between the Conway hub and Hobbs NGL fractionation facility in Gaines County, Texas, the companies said.
The new pipeline will be constructed and operated by Enterprise, while Enbridge will build and operate the gathering systems.
The pipeline and gathering systems, which are subject to regulatory approvals, are expected to begin operations in the second quarter of 2013.
