Mid-America Pipeline builds respect on 400-mile loop
Mid-America Pipeline Co. recently celebrated its 35th birthday by constructing a 400-mile expansion across New Mexico in only one year while strictly adhering to an array of federal, state and Native American regulations. The new 12-inch loop parallels two existing lines from the Four Corners producing region in San Juan County, NM, to Mid-America`s Hobbs Station in Gaines County, TX. A 14-mile, 10-inch lateral also was constructed to receive deliveries direct from El Paso Natural Gas Co.`s new Chaco processing plant near Bloomfield, NM. The project increased the capacity on Mid-America`s Four Corners System from 135,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquids to 185,000. The paper discusses the problems encountered and the company`s solutions.
- OSTI ID:
- 438956
- Journal Information:
- Pipeline and Gas Journal, Vol. 223, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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