We operate approximately 8,500 miles of gathering pipelines, nine treating plants and 17 active processing plants. Our treating facilities have a combined capacity exceeding 850 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) while the combined capacity of our processing facilities has risen to 950 MMcf/d from 375 MMcf/d in 2001, when we first began acquiring natural gas gathering and processing assets.
Our natural gas systems are located primarily in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions, with a large presence in Texas, one of the most active natural gas producing areas in the United States. Three of our larger systems are located in Texas basins that continue to experience growth in natural gas land leases, drilling and production. Our focus is on acquiring assets with strong growth potential located in these areas—and then developing those prospects to meet customer needs for processing and providing access to natural gas markets. We have made significant progress by physically connecting our systems so that natural gas from our Anadarko, North Texas and East Texas systems can connect with long-haul pipelines that reach market hubs in the Midwest and Northeast, where energy consumption continues to grow.
Improvements in technology are contributing to growth in natural gas
production from tight sand and shale formations. As a result of more
restrictive natural gas specifications imposed by interstate pipelines,
we are expanding our main gathering and processing systems—including
well connections, processing plant re-activations, new plant construction,
compression and new pipelines.
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