As per the terms of the contract, Enterprise will provide natural gas processing, as well as natural gas liquids fractionation and transportation services to accommodate Anadarko’s liquids-rich natural gas production from the Eagle Ford Shale.
The company plans to construct a new 46.5-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline through LaSalle County, Texas to further expand its rich natural gas gathering system.
This new infrastructure, along with portions of the partnership’s previously announced pipeline expansions, will be utilized to handle the additional volumes under the new contract.
The company said the latest agreement is in addition to a similar arrangement the two companies signed in September of 2010.
Current natural gas processing capacity at the partnership’s existing South Texas facilities is 1.5 billion cubic feet per day.
Once the new cryogenic processing plant is completed in Lavaca County, Texas, Enterprise will add 600 million cubic feet per day of incremental capacity.
The new processing plant is expected to begin service in mid-2012.
