Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is building the Mentone West 2 plant in the Delaware Basin, aiming to expand its natural gas processing capabilities in the Permian Basin.
The new facility will have the capacity to process more than 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcfpd) of natural gas and to extract in excess of 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) of natural gas liquids (NGLs). The plant, which will be constructed in Loving County, Texas, is expected to begin service in the second quarter of 2026, Enterprise said in a news release Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the partnership has started service on its Mentone 3 natural gas processing plant, which is also capable of processing over 300 MMcfpd of natural gas and extracting more than 40,000 bpd of NGLs.
The construction of the Mentone West 1 plant, formerly known as Mentone 4, is on schedule and projected to begin service in the second half of 2025, Enterprise said.
Following completion of these projects, Enterprise said it will have the capacity to process more than 2.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfpd of natural gas and to extract more than 370,000 bpd of NGLs in the Delaware Basin.
In the Midland Basin, Enterprise’s Leonidas natural gas processing plant in Midland County, Texas, has begun service. The construction of the Orion natural gas processing facility is proceeding on schedule, with service expected to begin in the second half of 2025, the partnership said.
Each of the plants has the design capacity to process more than 300 MMcfpd of natural gas and to extract over 40,000 bpd of NGLs. With the completion of Orion, Enterprise said it will have the capacity to process 1.9 Bcfpd of natural gas and to extract more than 270,000 bpd of NGLs.
The plants in the Delaware and Midland Basins are supported by long-term producer dedications and minimum volume commitments, Enterprise noted.
“The Permian Basin is expected to account for more than 90 percent of domestic NGL production by the end of the decade as producers and oilfield service companies continue to push the envelope and develop new and more efficient techniques in one of the world’s most prolific energy basins,” A.J. Teague, co-chief executive officer of Enterprise’s general partner, said. “With the expansion of our natural gas processing network, Enterprise is facilitating this growth and providing safe and reliable access to domestic and international markets”.
Enterprise Products Partners describes itself as one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals.
The partnership’s assets include more than 50,000 miles of pipelines; over 300 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.
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