In early December, natural gas production in the Permian has been averaging a record 14.2 Bcf/d, a gain of 1 Bcf/d in only six months. That rapid pace of growth is putting pressure on every aspect of midstream infrastructure — gas gathering systems, processing plants, and takeaway pipelines — and resulting in a variety of efforts aimed at ensuring there will be sufficient capacity in place to support the increasing gas volumes being produced. New gas-gathering mileage is being added, some new processing plants are being built, and at least a couple of new large-diameter pipelines from the Permian to the Gulf Coast are being considered. However, reflecting the midstream sector’s financial discipline, there’s also a big push to make fuller use of existing assets, in some cases by relocating processing plants, compressors, and other assets to where they are needed most. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss the latest gas-related infrastructure developments in the Permian’s Midland and Delaware basins.
As we said a few months ago in One Step Ahead, Permian natural gas production has roughly doubled in the past four years, spurring the build-out of billions of dollars in gas-related assets. These projects include innumerable miles of new gathering pipeline, more than new 50 gas processing plants, and a number of new takeaway pipelines, most recently the 2.1-Bcf/d Permian Highway Pipeline and the 2-Bcf/d Whistler Pipeline, which started up in January and July of this year, respectively.
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There also have been two pipeline additions within the Permian this fall. In October, Energy Transfer completed its Permian Bridge project, which involved the conversion of 55 miles of an existing 24-inch-diameter NGL pipeline between the Midland and Delaware basins to rich-gas service. Permian Bridge now enables 115 MMcf/d of associated gas with high NGL content to be transported from the Midland to underutilized processing plants in the Delaware. Energy Transfer noted during its November 3 earnings call that the pipeline’s capacity could easily be expanded to 200 MMcf/d. In mid-November, a 70/30 joint venture of Summit Midstream Partners and ExxonMobil’s XTO Energy started up its 1.35-Bcf/d Double E Pipeline, which runs 135 miles from the Eddy/Lea county line in New Mexico to the Waha gas hub in Pecos County, TX. Summit Midstream has said that pipeline will run near about 30 processing plants with a combined capacity of about 10 Bcf/d.
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About the song
"More, More, More" was written by Gregg Diamond, and appears as the third song on side one of The Andrea True Connection’s debut album with the same title. Released as a single in February 1976, the song went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The disco song has been featured in a few television shows and motion pictures over the years since its release. Personnel on the record were: Andrea True (vocals) and various Jamaican studio musicians under the direction of producer Gregg Diamond.
More, More, More is a disco album featuring songs written by producer Gregg Diamond and sung by Andrea True. True was in Jamaica shooting a TV commercial. During that time, the Jamaican government banned the transfer of assets due to political circumstances. True decided to invest her earnings into recording More, More, More with her producer and partner in The Andrea True Connection, Gregg Diamond, at a Jamaican studio. Released in February 1976, the album went to #47 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. Four of the five songs on the album were released as singles.
Andrea True (Andrea Marie Truden) was an American pornographic actress and singer from the disco era in the 1970s. She released three studio albums, nine singles, and starred in over 50 adult films. True died in Kingston, NY, in November 2011.
