Natural Gas Services Segment
Our Natural Gas Services segment consists of a geographically diverse complement of assets and ownership interests that provide a varying array of
wellhead to market services for our producer customers. These assets are positioned in areas with active drilling programs and opportunities for both
organic and bolt-on acquisition growth. The Southern Oklahoma and East Texas assets provide operating synergies and opportunities for growth in conjunction
with DCP Midstream.
Please click on any of the follow links to view more information on our natural gas assets:
North Louisiana
System
The North Louisiana system is a large integrated midstream natural gas system that offers the following
services:
- gathering
- compression
- treating
- processing
- transportation
- sales of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and condensate.
The system covers 10 parishes in northern Louisiana and two counties in southern Arkansas. Through our North Louisiana system, we offer producers and
customers wellhead-to-market services. The North Louisiana system has numerous market outlets for the natural gas that we gather, including several
intrastate and interstate pipelines, major industrial end-users and major power plants. The system is strategically located to facilitate the transportation
of natural gas from eastern Texas and northern Louisiana to pipeline connections linking to markets in the eastern and northeastern areas of the United
States.
The North Louisiana system consists of:
Southern Oklahoma System
The Lindsay Gathering assets were acquired from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in May 2007. The assets gather
and compress natural gas located in Grady, Garvin and McClain counties and deliver it to a third party for processing. The assets are adjacent to assets
owned by DCP Midstream, LLC, the owner of our general partner, and provide operating synergies and opportunities to participate in growth projects with our
parent.
The Southern Oklahoma system consists of:
Asset Name
(click link for map) |
Processing Capacity (MMcfd) |
Miles of Pipe |
Throughput Capacity (MMcfd) |
Lindsay Gathering  |
n/a |
225 |
35 |
DCP East Texas Holdings, LLC
The 25% ownership interest in the East Texas assets was acquired from DCP Midstream in July 2007. The East
Texas system is an integrated gas gathering and processing complex located primarily in Panola County, Texas, and is comprised of the following assets:
- a natural gas processing complex with total processing capacity of 780 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d);
- approximately 900 miles of gas gathering pipelines with over 1,500 receipt points and over 25,000 horsepower of compression; and
- the Carthage Hub, with an aggregate delivery capacity of 1.5 billion cubic feet per day, which delivers residue gas to multiple interstate
and intrastate pipelines.
DCP Midstream retained the remaining 75% ownership interest and operates this system.
Asset Name
(click link for map) |
Processing Capacity (MMcfd) |
Miles of Pipe |
Throughput Capacity (MMcfd) |
| East Texas |
780 |
900 |
780 |
Discovery Producer Services, LLC
The 40% ownership interest in the Discovery assets was acquired from DCP Midstream in July 2007. The
Discovery assets, operated by the Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB), offers a full range of wellhead to market services to both onshore and offshore natural
gas producers. The assets are primarily located in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Lafourche Parish, La., and consist of the following:
- 270 miles of deepwater Gulf of Mexico gathering and FERC-regulated transmission pipelines;
- the 600 MMcf/d LaRose gas processing plant; and
- the 32,000 barrel per day Paradis fractionator.
The remaining 60% ownership interest is held by Williams Energy Partners (NYSE: WPZ).
Asset Name
(click link for map) |
Processing Capacity (MMcfd) |
Miles of Pipe |
Throughput Capacity (MMcfd) |
| Discovery |
600 |
270 |
600 |
Collbran Gas Gathering
The 70% operating interest in the Collbran Gas Gathering joint venture, located in the Piceance Basin in western
Colorado, was acquired from DCP Midstream in August 2007 following their acquisition of Momentum Energy Group. The remaining interest in the joint venture
is held by Plains Exploration (25%) and Delta Petroleum (5%), who are the producers on the system. The gas is gathered primarily under fee contracts with
long term acreage dedications. The Anderson Gulch processing plant is currently under expansion to double its operating capacity to 120 MMcfd by the end of
1Q 2008.
Asset Name
(click link for map) |
Processing Capacity (MMcfd) |
Miles of Pipe |
Throughput Capacity (MMcfd) |
| Collbran |
60 |
31 |
60 |
Douglas Gas Gathering
The Douglas gas gathering system is located across 4,000 square miles in the heart of the Powder River Basin in
Wyoming. The system gathers primarily rich casinghead gas under percentage of proceeds contracts and delivers the gas for processing to a third party under
a fee agreement.
Asset Name
(click link for map) |
Processing Capacity (MMcfd) |
Miles of Pipe |
Throughput Capacity (MMcfd) |
| Douglas |
N/A |
1,324 |
60 |