Enterprise’s Permian gas processing capacity on the uptick

Enterprise Products Partners LP is planning a further expansion of its natural gas processing operations in the Permian’s Delaware basin to support ongoing production growth of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs in the region.

In Loving County, Tex., Enterprise will build the new Mentone West 2 plant, which will be equipped to process more than 300 MMcfd of natural gas and extract more than 40,000 b/d of NGLs upon planned startup in second-quarter 2026, the operator said on Apr. 3.

The operator said construction in Loving County on the 300-MMcfd Mentone West 1 gas plant—formerly known as Mentone 4—is on schedule for targeted start of service during second-half 2025 (OGJ Online, Oct. 31, 2023).

Elsewhere in the Delaware basin, Enterprise confirmed startup of its 300-MMcfd Mentone 3 gas processing plant, which is also capable of extracting more than 40,000 b/d of NGLs.

Following completion of the Mentone West 1 and 2 projects, Enterprise said its Delaware basin system will be able to process and extract more than 2.8 bcfd and 370,000 b/d of natural gas and NGLs, respectively.

In an update on its operations in the Midland basin, the operator said its 300-MMcfd Leonidas plant in Midland County, Tex., is now in service, with construction on the nearby 300-MMcfd Orion gas plant also on schedule for targeted startup in second-half 2025. In addition to sharing nameplate gas processing capacities, each of the plants is equipped with about 40,000 b/d of NGL-extraction capacity.

Upon commissioning of the Orion plant, Enterprise said it will have capacity to process 1.9 bcfd of gas and extract more than 270,000 b/d of NGLs across the Midland basin system.

All of Enterprise’s plants in the Delaware and Midland basins are supported by long-term producer dedications and minimum-volume commitments, the operator said.