Plains All American Expanding Eagle Ford Fractionation & Condensate Stabilization

January 2, 2014 R.T. Dukes

Plains All American plans to spend $120 million to construct a new natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator and expand its condensate stabilization facility in South Texas.

The new fractionator will be located near the company's Gardendale facilities in La Salle County, TX.

The fractionator is supported by third party commitments and will have capacity of 15,000 b/d of Y-Grade and off-spec Y-Grade products.

Also Read: Plains & Enterprise Announce Eagle For JV Pipeline Expansion

Plain All American's existing Gardendale truck and rail infrastructure will be upgraded to handle unloading and loading of Y-Grade products. Plains will also build 80,000 bbls of storage for the NGL products

The condensate stabilization train will be the third in the area and will provide approximately 40,000 barrels per day of incremental capacity. Total capacity will be 120,000 b/d when it is completed.

NuStar Fills Expansion Phase 1, Still Receiving Commitments on Phase 2

October 11, 2013 R.T. Dukes

NuStar Energy has received binding commitments filling its first phase of the company's planned Eagle Ford expansion.

Read more about the expansion in the article - NuStar Energy Planning Eagle Ford Pipeline Expansion

The first phase will increase capacity by 35,000 b/d to the company's Corpus Christi North Beach Facility. The second phase will increase capacity by as much 65,000 b/d. Phase 1 should be complete in the third quarter of 2014.

Plains & Enterprise Announce Eagle Ford JV Pipeline Expansion

September 23, 2013 R.T. Dukes

Plains All American and Enterprise Products are planning a $120 million expansion of the Eagle Ford JV Pipeline system. The expansion will increase the pipeline's capacity to 470,000 b/d of light and medium crude grades, as well as increase storage capacity in Corpus Christi, Gardendale, and Tilden by 2.3 million barrels.

The JV pipeline system is largely in service and will be completed by September 30, 2013. The companies will add capacity by looping pipelines and adding pumping capacity. The expansion will be complete by the second quarter of 2015. The JV pipeline was initially planned with potential for 350,000 b/d of capacity.

The expansion will be completed in time to support production moving through Plains' Cactus Pipeline. The Cactus Pipeline will have the capacity to move 200,000 b/d from West Texas into the Eagle Ford region.

Read the full press release at paalp.com or enterpriseproducts.com

NuStar Planning Eagle Ford Oil Pipeline Expansion - Open Season Started

July 25, 2013 R.T. Dukes

NuStar Energy has launched a binding open season to determine interest in an expansion of the company's Eagle Ford Shale - South Texas oil system. The expansion will add as much as 100,000 b/d of capacity moving oil to the company's Corpus Christi North Beach facility.

NuStar spent $425 million to acquire assets from TexStar Midstream in late 2012 and those assets will be part of the expansion.

The expansion between the company's Gardendale Terminal in La Salle County and Corpus Christi will be conducted in two phases:

Phase 1 - Will add 35,000 b/d of throughput available in the 3rd quarter of 2014
Phase 2 - Will add 65,000 b/d of throughput available in the first quarter of 2015

The expansion will raise total capacity in the system to ~200,000 b/d. NuStar is making 90,000 of the 100,000 b/d expansion available to shippers.

The open season continues through noon on August 30, 2013

Read the full press release at nustarenergy.com

La Salle County Refinery Planned Near Gardendale

May 20, 2013 R.T. Dukes

Worldwide Energy Consortium is planning a refinery in La Salle County near Gardendale. Significant volumes of oil pass through the Gardendale Rail system and through Plains All American Pipeline's gathering system.

The Whitetail Refinery will be built to take advantage of growing Eagle Ford production in the area. The refinery is in the permitting and engineering phase, but the company expects it will be operational by the fourth quarter of 2014. That's fast moving for a refinery.

“The rapid deployment of modern, cost efficient refining operations directly into the new production regions will positively impact the producers, consumers, and the investors in our projects.”

— Dave Martinelli, CEO Worldwide Energy Consortium, Inc.

Read the full press release at worldecorp.com