**Brazos Midstream Enhances Permian Gas Processing Capabilities**
In a significant milestone for the oil and gas industry, Brazos Midstream has achieved mechanical completion on its new 200-million-cubic-feet-per-day (MMcf/d) cryogenic gas processing plant, Sundance I, in Martin County, Texas. The facility, expected to commence commercial operations in October 2024, marks a crucial step in Brazos Midstream’s strategic expansion in the Permian Basin’s Midland sub-basin.
This expansion is part of a broader initiative to upgrade the region’s midstream infrastructure. Brazos Midstream is nearing completion of about 175 miles of high-pressure natural gas gathering pipelines, ranging from 16 to 24 inches in diameter, spanning across key counties in the Midland Basin, including Ector, Howard, Martin, Midland, Glasscock, and Reagan. Once operational, this gathering system will comprise approximately 260 miles of pipelines and 10 compressor stations.
To accommodate forecasted production growth, Brazos Midstream has revealed plans to build a second cryogenic gas processing facility in the region. The new plant, with a capacity of 300 MMcf/d, is scheduled for startup by the end of 2025. This expansion will boost Brazos Midstream’s overall Midland basin processing capability to 500 MMcf/d by 2025, emphasizing the company’s commitment to supporting its producer customers’ growth.
Established in 2014 and having acquired its initial Martin County gas-gathering infrastructure in 2021, Brazos Midstream has gradually expanded its presence in the Permian Basin. Its current and planned assets in the Midland basin include existing gathering infrastructure in Borden County, Texas, supported by over 125,000 acres of long-term acreage dedications from its upstream producer customers.
Collectively, Brazos Midstream’s Permian infrastructure represents the largest privately held midstream platform in the basin. The company’s assets span approximately