Powder River basin due gas processing plant

Evolution Midstream LLC, Denver, has broken ground on construction of a natural gas processing plant in Converse County, Wyo., in the heart of the Powder River basin (PRB).

Located nearby Evolution’s existing PRB infrastructure, the Jewell plant is scheduled to begin operations during this year’s fourth quarter with an initial processing capacity of 40 MMcfd, which will be expanded to 100 MMcfd in 2019 to meet growing needs of producers in the region, the operator said.

The plant, which will be equipped with an unidentified “innovative processing technology” unique to the region, will include a 4,500-b/d fractionation and stabilization train designed to extract purity propane and provide stabilized condensate for sale in local and interstate markets.

The plant also will offer residue gas connections to MIGC LLC’s, Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary Wisconsin Interstate Co.’s, and other interstate pipelines that extend to the Cheyenne Hub market, Evolution said.

Backed by $300 million in equity commitments from funds managed by EnCap Flatrock Midstream, Evolution, via subsidiary Rowdy Pipeline LLC, operates about 1,000 miles of gas gathering lines and 43,700 hp of compression in the PRB to serve oil and gas producers in Wyoming’s Campbell, Converse, and Johnson counties.

Contact Robert Brelsford at [email protected].