Rockies
Chipeta Processing LLC and the Greater Natural Buttes Gas Gathering System
Overview
Chipeta Processing LLC, an Anadarko affiliated company, owns the Chipeta Plant. Together, the Chipeta Plant and the Greater Natural Buttes gas gathering system have established the premier center for gas gathering, processing and marketing services in eastern Utah’s Uinta Basin. The assets are anchored by Anadarko equity and third party production.
The Chipeta Plant has cryogenic and refrigeration processing capacity of 750 MMcf/d. Electric drive compression ensures the Chipeta Plant is the most reliable processing facility in the Uinta Basin with a 2009 runtime percentage of nearly 100%. Chipeta delivers residue gas to WIC, CIG and QPC. Natural gas liquids are marketed to the Mid-America Pipeline Company system (“MAPL) or sold by truck to local markets. Gas is delivered to the plant inlet from the Greater Natural Buttes gas gathering system and the third party owned Three Rivers high pressure pipeline.
The Greater Natural Buttes gas gathering system spans a geographic area of about 1,080 square miles and consists of approximately 1,300 miles of gathering pipeline and 25 compressor stations operating 159,520 horsepower. Anadarko is an operational leader in the Uinta Basin with electric driven compression and centralized zero-emission dehydration units which minimize emissions and increase on line performance. Anadarko’s commitment to safety and environmental excellence is exhibited in its continuous efforts to minimize surface disturbance, centralize condensate loading locations, execute maintenance programs and deploy automation and control efficiency applications.
Operating Data
Market Access
| Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd. (WIC) |
| Colorado Interstate Gas Co. (CIG) |
| Questar Pipeline Company (QPC) |
Operating Data - Chipeta and Greater Natural Buttes
| 2010 Average Volume |
402 MMcf/d |
| Gathering Lines |
1,300 miles |
| Operating Pressure, PSIG |
70 - 900 |
| Operating Horsepower |
177,400 |
| Compressor Stations |
24 |