WesTex Gas combines storage facilities
- American Pipeline Co., Houston, TX (United States)
Combined data from numerical simulations, test wells, and open hole logs were among the many parameters used in the planning and construction of a new gas storage facility in west Texas. Cavern storage (Salado), vertical well reservoir storage (Loop), and horizontal well reservoir storage (North Felmac) were all integrated into a single complex that offers high deliverability and storage capacity. WesTex underground gas storage fields, caverns, and operations facilities are located approximately 60 miles from Lubbock in Gaines County, Texas. When completed, the site will have 18 Bcf of working gas with a facility-limited withdrawal capacity of 600 MMcfd and an injection capability of 300 MMcfd. Total available compression onsite is 7,800 bhp. Direct pipeline interconnects allow receipts and deliveries with El Paso Natural Gas, Northern Natural Gas, and Red River pipelines. Connecting with Red River Pipeline allows access to multiple pipeline interconnects at WAHA and North Texas.
- OSTI ID:
- 6780797
- Journal Information:
- Pipeline and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Pipeline and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 221:9; ISSN PLGJAT; ISSN 0032-0188
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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