North Texas System
A substantial portion of natural gas on our North Texas System is produced from the Barnett Shale formation, one of the most active natural gas regions in North America. While abundant natural gas reserves were known to exist in this area since the early 1980s, recent technological developments in fracturing the shale formation now allow commercial production of these natural gas reserves. Barnett Shale production has risen from approximately 110 MMcf/d to more than 1,800 MMcf/d since 1999.
To accommodate anticipated growth in the region, we are constructing two new natural gas processing plants—and related upstream facilities—with a total of approximately 75 MMcf/d of capacity, which are expected to be operational in stages beginning in mid 2007.
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