Tulsa-Based Oneok Plans Pipeline Project

Oneok Partners on Monday announced plans to construct a 78-mile natural gas liquids gathering pipeline.

The pipeline will connect two natural gas processing plants in the Woodford Shale play in southeast Oklahoma to the Tula-based partnership’s Mid-Continent natural gas liquids gathering system for fractionation. These two plants will have the ability to produce 25,000 barrels per day of raw natural gas liquids.

The 78-mile pipeline extension will transport raw natural gas liquids from a natural gas processing plant being built by Devon Energy Corp. in Hughes County and a recently constructed natural gas processing plant owned by Antero Resources Midstream Corp. in Coal County. The $25 million extension is scheduled for completion in the second quarter.

“Our supplies of raw natural gas liquids continue to grow from expansions in areas such as the Woodford Shale, resulting in increased NGL volumes being gathered into our Mid-Continent NGL gathering system,” said Terry Spencer, executive vice president of Oneok Partners’ natural gas liquids business.

“When we complete our Arbuckle Pipeline in early 2009, we will be able to transport these additional NGL barrels to our Mont Belvieu, Texas, fractionation facility,” he said. “As a result, Arbuckle will not only be moving NGLs from the Barnett Shale play of north central Texas, it will also transport natural gas liquids from Oklahoma.”

Arbuckle Pipeline, which is expected to be complete by early 2009, will initially transport up to 160,000 barrels per day of raw natural gas liquids. Originating from Oneok Partners’ existing Mid- Continent natural gas liquids network in Oklahoma, the 440-mile pipeline will pass through the Barnett Shale area and connect with Oneok Partners’ existing fractionation facility at Mont Belvieu and other Gulf Coast-area fractionators.

Originally published by Journal Record Staff.

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