Rockies
Granger Complex and Rendezvous Pipeline
Overview
Owned and operated by Western Gas Partners, LP, the Granger System is located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming and consists of a gas processing facility, an 810-mile natural gas gathering system and eight field compression stations with 41,950 horsepower. The processing facility has a cryogenic capacity of 200 MMcf/d and refrigeration capacity of 100 MMcf/d with NGL fractionation.
The Granger system is supplied by the Moxa Arch, the Jonah field and the Pinedale anticline across which Anadarko controls approximately 568,000 gross acres. Anadarko is the largest customer on the Granger system with approximately 54% of throughput for the year ended December 31, 2011. The remaining throughput was primarily from five third-party shippers.
Market Access - Residue Gas
| Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) (Kinder Morgan) |
| Kern River Gas Transportation Company (MidAmerican) |
| Mountain Gas Transportation, Inc (MGTI)* (WES) |
| Northwest Pipeline Company (NWPL) (Williams) |
| OTTCO (DCP Midstream) |
| Overthrust Pipeline (Questar) |
| Questar Gas Management Company (QGM) |
*via a connect with Rendezvous Pipeline Company, a FERC-regulated Questar affiliate
Market Access - NGLs
| Local Markets |
| Mid-America Pipeline (MAPL) (Enterprise) |
Operating Data
| 2011 Average Volume |
256 MMcf/d |
| Gathering Lines |
810 Miles |
| Receipt Points |
689 |
| Gas Compression (Horsepower) |
41,950 |
| Compressor Stations |
8 |
| Processing Capacity (Cryogenic) |
200 MMcf/d |
| Processing Capacity (Refrigeration) |
100 MMcf/d |
| Fractionation Capacity |
9,5000 Bbls/d |
Rendezvous Pipeline
Overview
Rendezvous is a 338-mile pipeline system that delivers gas from the Pinedale and Jonah fields to WES’s Granger processing facility and to Questar’s Blackfork facility. Questar is the operator of Rendezvous and WES holds a 22% interest in the system.
Operating Data
| 2011 Average Volume (net) |
177MMcf/d |
| Pipeline |
338 Miles |
| Receipt Points |
4 |
| Gas Compression (Horsepower) |
7,485 |
| Compressor Stations |
1 |