Double E natural gas pipeline approved by FERC

Summit Midstream Partners LP’s (SMLP) Double E Pipeline LLC, a joint venture in which SMLP owns a 70% operating interest, has received US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval to build and operate its 1.35-bcfd Double E Pipeline. Double E will deliver natural gas from Delaware basin in southeast New Mexico and west Texas to delivery points near Waha in Reeves and Pecos Counties, Tex.

Upon fulfilling certain remaining requirements, including finalizing a right-of-way grant from the Bureau of Land Management and filing an implementation plan with FERC, Double E expects to receive FERC's notice to proceed with construction.  This notice to proceed is expected within the next 90 days.

Double E will consist of 135.2 miles of pipe including:

• 33.3 miles of 30-in. OD trunkline from Summit’s Lane processing plant in Eddy County, NM, to the proposed Poker Lake meter station also in Eddy County.
• 84.2 miles of 42-in. OD line from the Poker Lake station through Loving, Ward, and Reeves Counties, Tex., ending at Waha.
• 1.4 miles of 42-in. OD pipeline from the Summit’s Waha site to the final delivery location in Pecos County, Tex.
• 16.3 miles of 30-in. OD lateral from existing Loving processing plants to the proposed trunkline in Eddy County, NM.

ExxonMobil Permian Double E Pipeline LLC owns the other 30% of Double E pipeline.